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    Steinbeck’s novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ power is a hierarchy that’s inevitable. In other words‚ when power and respect is earned it makes for the “prince of the ranch” (Steinbeck 33).Slim has obtained respect by working. “He was a jerkline skinner… capable of driving ten‚ sixteen‚ even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders” (Steinbeck 33). He used his strength to gain power at the ranch. Yet‚ he did not let the power overtake his character and use it for evil. Because of this the men saw him as perfect

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    means everybody has different views of the world and responds physically and mentally to different situations. I agree with this quote because we all have different perspectives and we often debate about the way we view society. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck clearly shows how two persons are different in their own independent ways. The story of two migrant workers‚ George and Lennie run away from a farm in weed California because Lennie who freezes when he’s s cared‚doesnt let go

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    Importance of Dreams in Of Mice and Men  Many people have dreams in Of Mice and Men but I intend to discuss the dreams of Lennie‚ Candy and Curley ’s wife.  Lennie ’s dream is of owning a farm of his own with George. In his dream he looks after the rabbits. He likes this idea because he likes to pet things and the small things he finds as he is travelling around‚ like mice‚ are too easily hurt or killed when he pets them heavily. Rabbits are big enough for him to look after without hurting

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    happy‚ but she isn’t; being surrounded by loneliness and rudeness. John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men takes place in California in the 1930’s where two men travel from ranch to ranch for work and meeting new people along the way. Although the woman is married and has a stable home‚ she receives mental abuse and discrimination as shown by her husband‚ her peers and her words. One way the woman receives mental abuse and discrimination is from her husband. Her husband keeps her from having a normal

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    The novel Of Mice and Men takes place in the mid 1930’s. The setting is in Pacific Grove and Los Gatos ranch‚ California. The story mostly takes place on a ranch where there are many workers. Most of the workers are men. The only female on the ranch is Curley’s Wife. The men always call her mean names‚ and she often gets sad about it. She dreams of being a famous movie star. In the novel Of Mice and Men Steinbeck illustrates the unfair treatment of women‚ and how they are lonely. Curley’s Wife

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    Discuss the importance of the characters of Curley’s wife‚ Crooks and Candy. Introduction John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men deals with many of America’s age-old issues of sexism‚ racism‚ ageism and discrimination against those with a disability. This prejudice isn’t ever clearly stated - those who are discriminated against accept the prejudice against them as a way of life. While discrimination restrains social interaction for some characters on the ranch‚ the need to escape isolation and loneliness

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    Loneliness is an inevitable thing‚ and feeling of life that not even the strongest person can avoid. In his novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck illustrates the loneliness of California ranch life in the early 1930’s. Throughout the story‚ the reader discovers the many sources of solitude‚ primarily being discrimination and prejudice‚ resulting in isolation and loneliness. Crooks is a slightly handicapped lonely black man working on the ranch as a stable hand‚ who develops isolationism because

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    Of Mice and Men is a novella 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‚ the title is taken from Robert Burns’ poem "To a Mouse"‚ which read: "The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley

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    The significance of anger in Of Mice and Men In Steinbeck’s novel ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ anger is a frequent occurrence. Anger is either arouse by anxiety‚ trepidation or jealousy. Anger seems to always revolve around Lennie‚ as he is the source of anger‚ whether it is towards him‚ because of him‚ or from him. The first character to show anger is Lennie’s partner‚ George. We see very early in the novel that anger is shown towards Lennie. George is angry that in reality he doesn’t have what Lennie

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    The story takes place during the 1930s at a small ranch south of Soledad‚ California. The country was struggling through the Great Depression and focused on isolationism‚ preferring to settle troubles at home rather than the rising crisis in Europe. Though‚ the Eugenics Movement‚ a movement based on the idea of improving the human race through selective breeding – largely seen in Nazi Germany‚ was also beginning to spread in the United States. Stemming from the Eugenics Movement‚ public talk of euthanasia

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