Of Mice and Men "O.K. Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and—" "An’ live off the fatta the lan’‚" Lennie shouted. ”An’ have rabbits. Go on‚ George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove‚ and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that George." (119-123) “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
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Of Mice and Men-BR Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck is a dramatic and somewhat comedic novel set during the Great Depression. Of Mice and Men was publish in 1937‚ during the Great Depression. This novel follows George and Lennie‚ two “bindle stiffs”‚ who have a friendship of brotherhood. George and Lennie go from ranch to ranch working trying to fund their dream of one day owning their own ranch. Unfortunately‚ Lennie has the mentality of a three year old and must be constantly looked
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respond to the themes of Friendship and Loyalty‚ Loneliness and Prejudice; and lastly Feminism. These are all found in this setting of the Great Depression‚ directing the reader to find the deeper meaning behind each of these themes‚ by making it easier to relate to‚ making the novella come alive‚ revealed through the use of Steinbeck’s chosen characters in this tragic novella Of Mice and Men. Firstly in the Great Depression many experienced Loneliness and Prejudice‚ seen through the characters of
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The death of Lennie at the end of ¡®Of Mice and Men¡¯ seems‚ at first‚ to be the most tragic event in the novel‚ especially for the people directly concerned‚ such as George and Lennie himself. However‚ in actual fact‚ the novel is full of sad people suffering in a world where no one really cares about them. The men who worked on the ranches‚ the itinerant workers were sad and lonely people. As George says ¡°Guys like us‚ who work on ranches‚ were the most lonely people in this world.¡± They
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you’re eyes‚ stuck in a place all alone‚ or losing the closest friend that you have. John Steinbeck does a wonderful job of portraying all of these themes in his book Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck sets his book up during the great depression‚ there he illustrates the themes of broken dreams‚ friendship‚ racism‚ and loneliness. The main characters are George and Lennie‚ two migrant workers that stick together for the entirety of the novella. The most important thing that John Steinbeck portrays
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OF MICE AND MEN ESSAY OF MICE AND MEN ESSAY The book is about George and Lennie who are intinerant workers and have a dream of owning a big house with animals and crops. George and Lennie are the kind of people who don’t really have friends because their always travelling alround the country for work. The things that make the other characters lonely is the same thing as George and Lennie which is the fact that they travel for work. Lennie and George are the two main characters that come along
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Initially the character of Curley’s Wife is described to the readers by the men on the ranch that George and Lennie last work on‚ in their conversations with each other‚ before Curley’s Wife’s character is fully introduced with speech and description of physical appearance. Expressions‚ such as the idiom “she got the eye”‚ are used to describe her‚ implying that she is promiscuous and flirtatious‚ something that is later emphasised by her being referred to by the derogatory term of “tart£‚ implying
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Of Mice and Men is a novella[1][2] written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937‚ it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two displaced migrant ranch workers‚ who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California‚ USA. Based on Steinbeck’s own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath)‚ the title is taken from Robert
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Explore the way’s Steinbeck presents and uses setting in ‘Of Mice and Men’ John Steinbeck uses a range of techniques to present setting in Of Mice and Men‚ for example he uses foreshadowing‚ pathetic fallacy‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ metaphors‚ similes and more. He uses these to add to the tension in the book and make it seem like they are actually in 1980s America. The Bunk House- Steinbeck shows the bunk house in many different perspectives. He writes about the people on the ranch having
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In the passage Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck uses imagery to show the plain and basic bunkhouse and how the ranch is isolated to show the lack of identity the men have. “Long‚ rectangular building” and “whitewashed‚ floor unpainted” indicate that it is the place of inhabitance of George and Lennie and how it is not really there home but it is somewhere where they are just staying. The surroundings are a representation that the inhabitance of the bunkhouse is ‘cold’ and ‘not homely like but it serves
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