George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two migrant field workers in California during the great depression‚ on there way to yet another ranch. They are coming from a ranch in Northern California‚ called weed‚ in which they got kicked out from. What had happened was‚ Lennie had an obsession with stroking things. There was this one girl at the the ranch in Weed‚ that had on a nice dress. Lennie thought it would be a nice thing to stoke her dress. And while he was holding her dress‚ she got scared and started
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The dream of mice and men Everyone in this world dreams‚ but when dreams don’t come true why would you bother dreaming? For most of the people dreams are the only things they have left in their lives. In Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men‚ he tells us the idea of destroyed dreams through the character’s experiences showing us that no matter how much we try to sacrifice to make dreams come true‚ sometimes they just simply do not come true. From the beginning of the book‚ Lennie and George had the
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Of Mice and Men In Of Mice and Men Candy believes that jealousy and inadequacy is the reason behind Curley’s hot temper and anger issues towards George and Lennie. This is true as people have a natural tendency of wanting to be better than everyone else and sometimes results in anger if it doesn’t go their way. In modern society people could see this statement true through fairy tales. Fairy tales always have some sort of antagonist that exerts aggression towards the protagonist. For example
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Friendship-Of Mice and Men Friendship is something that everyone needs at any time. Friendship keeps us closely interacted with our friends‚ it keeps you popular‚ keeps you away from loneliness. Friendship is an essential part of life to everyone. To me‚ I interact with my friends closely everyday‚ we chat‚ we play around‚ and we work together on homework. For teenagers like us‚ we like to interact with friends‚ with people at our age. Without friends‚ we won’t be able to do anything. We take
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gonna be sick like you was last night.” (p.3)and he is also like Lennie’s mentor/role model. He has struggles to keep his calm when Lennie aggravates him‚ “Well‚ we ain’t got any‚’ George exploded…I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an’ let you have fun”(p.6). George is a slightly shorter than average sized guy‚ with slight temper issues; however‚ he genuinely cares a lot for Lennie. He is also very forgiving in the fact that he gives people second chances. So far‚ George hasn’t
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CROOKS Key things that Crooks says Crooks does not say much in the book ‘of mice and men’. When he does he is very insulting in his language. For example when Lennie comes into his room all of crooks emotions come out at once because he feels he has power and authority over Lennie that he had never had before. You got no right to come in my room. “This here’s my room. Nobody got any right in here but me.” Crooks snaps at Lennie because he knows Lennie does not stick up for himself without George
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Of Mice and Men- Characters “Old Candy watched him go. He looked helplessly back at Curley’s wife‚ and gradually his sorrow and his anger turned into words. ‘You God damn tramp‚’ he said viciously. You done it di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad.’” Curley’s wife is a key character to ‘Of Mice and Men’ because she plays such a vital role in the story. She is the only woman on the ranch‚ and it is her presence and her behaviour that bring about Lennie’s final downfall. Although her behaviour may be
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Discrimination Essay Discrimination and prejudice references in the book‚ Of Mice and Men‚ reflect on the several characters lives. The biggest impacts of discrimination take its rest on Candy‚ Crooks‚ Lennie‚ and Curley’s wife. All of them are discriminated for different reasons. People are treated worse by the ranch simply because they are different. Candy is one of the oldest workers on the ranch and struggles to keep up with the pace of the other workers. The other workers are younger‚ stronger
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novel Of Mice and Men was published in 1937‚ it was based on his own experiences working alongside migrant workers in the 1930’s‚ which also happened to be in the time of the Great Depression. Critics have censored Of Mice and Men frequently‚ because of “Offensive Language‚ Racial Slurs‚ and vulgarity.” Yet‚ It is still a powerful read for elementary and High School students alike. Steinbeck’s strong themes‚ and powerful emotions‚ along with colorful words‚ and disputable topics makes Of Mice and Men
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book Of Mice of Men. Steinbeck’s book portrays friendship through the characters of George‚ Lennie‚ and Candy. Throughout the book they constantly pick each other up after mistakes and make living that much easier. Lennie has George’s back‚ and George has Lennie’s back and that’s all that seems to matter. Throughout one of the darkest times in American history‚ their guidance‚ help‚ and partnership light the pathway to their dream. First they both help guide each other in many different ways. George
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