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    when the boss tried talking to him George did all of the talking. I think the boss had a reason to be mad at the two because if they wanted to job bad enough they could have atleast showed up on time to do the work. Male Friendship Of Mice and Men explores the dynamics of male friendship. When Lennie asks George to tell him why they’re not like other ranchers‚ George explains that they’re different because they have each other. Usually ranchers have no family‚ no friends‚ and‚

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    “Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men shows us the importance of friendship and dreams‚ especially in difficult times. Explain how the author has created a range of characters to develop his story”. It is a basic human instinct to dream and to have life long ambitions. John Steinbeck’s classic novella‚ Of Mice and Men tells us the story of George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two ranch workers searching for new job possibilities in California during The Great Depression. Of Mice and Men portrays the characters

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    Kaylie Nelson January 5‚ 2015 Mice of Men Essay Pressler Per.4 Mice of Men Essay George shoots Lennie at the end of the story because Lennie has just killed an innocent woman and is not mentally stable. I believe there are multiple ways to view George’s actions. What George did is both justified and condemnable. Many things help to justify what George did to Lennie. For example on page 95 after George finds the body of the woman Lennie killed he tells Candy‚ “We gotta tell the guys. They gotta

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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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    In John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ there are many example of prejudice. The main types of prejudice shown in this novel are racial‚ sexual and social prejudice.  This essay is firstly going to look at racial prejudice. There is much racial prejudice shown in Of Mice and Men towards Crooks the black crippled stable buck. Crooks is more permanent than the other ranch hands and has his own room off the stables with many more possessions than them. This room is made out to be a privilege and

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    “Of Mice and Men” tells a tale of two men who cherish the bond and the dream they share in a world filled with brutality. George Milton is a small man‚ who took the responsibility of taking care of his half-witted and ungainly friend Lennie. The two men came to a farm to work‚ but Lennie accidentally killed the wife of the farm owner Curley. In order to save Lennie from a painful death‚ George kills Lennie with a shotgun while he is describing their dream to Lennie for the last time. It is the Purpose

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    in this novel is a very good reflection of the social and economic settings of the 1930’s. Since most of the issues covered is typical of the 1930’s where racism and sexism existed strongly. The scene for the novel sets in a small town called Soledad. The definition of Soledad is loneliness which represents the town’s symbol. Most characters feel lonely and would do anything not to feel it. Most of the time men are seen traveling alone‚ so when the owner of the ranch seen that George and Lennie

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    Of Mice and Men Essay A comparison of these two passages yields the concept that nature possesses a conflict between the ideal and the reality. One way Steinbeck expresses this theme is through his use of imagery. For example‚ he illustrates this imagery in the way he describes the actions of the woodland environment and how it changes from the beginning to end. Another way Steinbeck shows this idea is through the use of detail in his writing. An example of this would be how he describes the environment

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    OF MICE AND MEN QUOTES & NOTES ^_^ George Milton -“I been mean‚ ain’t I?” --> George is a good friend to Lennie. He protects him and does what is necessary to keep him out of trouble. -“If I was alone I could live so easy” --> Lennie is a burden to George -“I want you to stay with me‚ Lennie” –George --> conveys Georges loneliness Lennie Small -“paws”  animalistic quality; bear -“all you can ever remember is them rabbits” –George.  Lennie represents idealism and optimism in the American

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    | | | |Of Mice and Men shows us that people can be cruel‚ or kind‚ or sometimes a mixture of both. | |

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