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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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    Of Mice and Men – By John Steinbeck How is the power of dreams and dreaming in the novel? The idea of moving from one place to another‚ working hard and trying to raise the quality of life for you and your loved ones is known as ’The American Dream ’. Steinbeck invites us to understand how having this dream keeps them going despite the challenging life that each character faces. Throughout the novel‚ Steinbeck makes this ’dream ’ the main focus of the story for both the reader and characters

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    Lennie Although Lennie is among the principal characters in Of Mice and Men‚ he is perhaps the least dynamic. He undergoes no significant changes‚ development‚ or growth throughout the novel and remains exactly as the reader encounters him in the opening pages. Simply put‚ he loves to pet soft things‚ is blindly devoted to George and their vision of the farm‚ and possesses incredible physical strength. Nearly every scene in which Lennie appears confirms these and only these characteristics.

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    “Of Mice and Men” Quotes Hopes and Dreams: “An’ live off the fatta the lan’‚” Lennie shouted. “An’ have rabbits” “We’d jus’ live there. We’d belong there. We’d have our own place where we belonged and not sleep in no bunk house” They fell into silence. They looked at one another‚ amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true. “Nobody never gets to heaven‚ and nobody never gets no land. It just in their head.” [Crooks] “why I’d come lend a hand” “Well just

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    Of Mice and Men Analysis In this passage taken from ’Of Mice and Men’‚ Steinbeck illustrates how people from different walks of life can share a similar dream. The three characters‚ Lennie‚ Crooks and and Candy have all been damaged and bruised by life‚ yet still aim to have something small to call their own. Set in the barn on the ranch of ’Soledad’‚ the characters share a conversation about dreams and ambitions. Lennie is visiting the Negro stable buck when Candy comes to investigate. Although

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    methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife and the attitudes of others to her? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. b) how does Steinbeck present attitudes to women in the society in which the novel is set? In this passage if mice and men‚ Steinbeck present Curley’s wife as a dreamer‚ who is an outsider‚ insecure and labelled by others. He does this by the use of metaphors and stereotyping. In the beginning of the passage Curley’s wife is introduced into the novel for the first

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    In the book “ of mice and men” Euthanasia played a small theme but a very important one. Euthanasia is painlessly putting a person to death. One example of euthanasia in “mice of men” is For a moment he was business like.”Steinbeck pg 105. This described George’s personality before he killed Lennie. He had to prepare himself to get ready to kill his close friend. He had to do this to save him he would either have gone to jail or had been killed slowly. Not only is euthanasia used

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    1 The Jewish definition of suicide is termination of your own life. 2 Jewish people believe that animal testing is wrong but you should use animal 3. Judaism teaches us that abortion is wrong unless there is a valid reason to have one for example‚ you do not have the financial capability to support the child or you have a serious medical condition. You cannot abort the child once you are 10 weeks pregnant. 4 Jewish people believe that in some cases euthanasia is acceptable such as passive

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    CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2012 series 0500 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH 0500/23 Paper 2 (Reading Passages – Extended)‚ maximum raw mark 50 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took

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