In the novel “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck George kills Lennie. Did George have the right to shoot Lennie? Or in further words did Lennie choose the right decision? This debate may cause a disagreement or friction between the readers. Although‚ it was a good idea for George to kill Lennie because he kept Lennie from suffering more. If George decided to let Curley kill him Lennie would have had a long and painful death. In the story Curley states‚ “ I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that
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Why does George kill Lennie? George is a man of morals and when Lennie killed Curley’s wife‚ he broke the biggest moral law which forced him to kill Lennie: ”You hadda‚ George” Slim tells George that shooting Lennie was morally the right thing to do and that he should feel honoured‚ because he did the right thing. But George still feels bad about what he has done‚ because Lennie was his best friend and the only way to achieve the dream and Lennie gave George a special sense in life. Lennie was the
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American Dream and The Great Depression – How are these 2 elements reflected in John Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice & Men” and how do they shape the characters in the book in particular‚ Lennie and Curley’s Wife. I have chosen the 2 elements The American Dream and The Great Depression because they are both similar and strive for a positive outcome‚ I will speak about how the American Dream shapes Lennie and how the Great Depression shapes Curley’s wife. The American Dream is a fantasy of an ideal
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Women in of Mice and men Candy: ‘Well I think Curleys married…a tart’ George: ‘She’s gonna make a mess. They’s gonna be a bad mess about her. She’s a jail bait all set on the trigger. That Curley got his work cut out for him. Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl‚ specially like her.’ Lennie: ‘I think shes purty’ Whit: Clara gets three bucks a crack and thirty-five cents a shot‚ and she don’t crack no jokes. But Suzy’s place is clean and she got nice chairs. George: "You give
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Thesis In "Of Mice and Men‚" John Steinbeck utilizes his prevailing themes of friendship and loneliness‚ through his deep characterization and interconnection between George and Lenny‚ in order to illustrate glamorized desire of "the American dream." Evidence "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. Pg.119 This was Lennies big dream‚ this was all he ever thought about. Steinbeck mentions the dream
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Will ..... Mrs. Butcher English II H 11 January 2013 Of Mice and Men Compare and Contrast Essay Of Mice and Men has a very evident foreshadowing event. When Candy’s dog is killed it foreshadows that Lennie will be killed as well. The main similarity between the two deaths is the fact that the deaths are looked upon as mercy killing. The two deaths are both similar and different in many different ways. Lennie’s death came as no surprise because of all of the problems that he had been causing
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The story ’Of Mice and Men’‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ is bassically a novel that is about impairments that are both symbolic and literal. Most of the characters in the novel are impaired in a constricting way‚ whether it is mentally through isolation‚ loneliness and intellectuality or physically through their damaged bodies. Crooks‚ the stable buck who works with the ranch horses‚ resides in a little shed connected to the barn by himself because he is the only black man on the ranch. He is named
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How are Crooks and Curley’s Wife presented as weakened/marginalised characters in the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’? Both Curley’s Wife and Crooks suffer from loneliness as a result of their marginalised life in the novella. Curley’s Wife - because of her gender and partly because of her tart-like nature‚ and Crooks - because of his race and his skin colour. Most (almost all) of the characters are victims of ostracism‚ although some cases are more noticeable than others. Steinbeck describes Crooks’
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‘Of mice and men’. Meanings of: • Bucking Barley- Throwing large bags of Barley grain onto the back of a truck. • Jerkline Skinner- A jerkline is a single rein that runs to the lead animal in the team of mules or horses. The skinner controls the jerkline. • Ranch Hand- A hired hand on a ranch. Info on: • Life working on farms/ranches in the 1930’s America. If you were a farmer in the Midwest and Southwest during the 1930s‚ you had seemingly everything against you--from the Great Depression
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“I’m not good enough”‚ “I’m not going anywhere” “I don’t have a future” If you tell yourself something enough times‚ you actually start to believe it. In today’s pessimistic society‚ people tend to get caught up in the hardships of life‚ losing sight of the future and the opportunity that it holds. These negative perceptions affect a person’s mindset and result in the absence of hopes and dreams to move forward‚ transcend barriers and conquer the unimaginable. Steinbeck’s understanding of
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