Powerlessness‚ helplessness Especially in the first chapter Steinbeck foreshadows EVERYTHING that will happen in the book in the first chapter. Key event that builds the mood: The mood of powerlessness is shown and foreshadowed throughout the novel: "Of Mice and Men" in many ways. For example‚ Carlson killing Candy’s dog. Carlson is a ranch hand and Steinbeck has DELIBERATELY made his character into the typical ranch hand that you would get in 1930s America. Steinbeck uses the event of Carlson killing Candy’s
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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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Loneliness is a basic part of human life. Every one becomes lonely ones in a while but in Steinbeck’s novella “Of Mice and Men”‚ he illustrates the loneliness of ranch life and shows how people are driven to try finding friendship in order to escape from loneliness. He uses names and words such as a town near the ranch called “Soledad”. He makes it clear that all the men on the ranch are lonely‚ with particular people lonelier than others. I think all the people living in the ranch are lonely. This
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even funny.” (p.113) * Curley’s Wife = powerful‚ white‚ married to the boss’ son. Shows weakness “They left all the weak ones here.” (p.110) “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while.” (p.110) * Sexuality gives her power – men fancy her. BUT are too scared to talk/go near her which causes her loneliness * She can’t escape her terrible relationship “Think I don’t know where they all went? Even Curley‚ I know where they went.” (p.110) “I don’t like Curley. He aint a nice
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In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst‚ Brother’s relationship with Doodle is complex as he demonstrates supportive behavior that brings closeness‚ while also indulging his selfish tendencies simultaneously. Despite Doodle’s fragile nature‚ his brother seems to notice that Doodle has not seen the aesthetic qualities of the world yet. While they were outside‚ Brother decided to show him a spot where they could visualize the beauty of nature physically. When they were there‚ Brother found Doodle
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clearing in the woods‚ there lived a mouse. This mouse lived modestly with his wife and his two little tiny baby mice in a small cottage. Inside the cottage was a cozy living room with a warm hearth and two small bedrooms that were painted the color of yellow dandelions on a ripe summer day. They all lived together in that tiny round house‚ and the two tiny mice would often go out and play in the babbling brook a little way into the woods. There was Papa mouse‚ who was tall and limber‚ and as clever
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---In John Stienbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ almost every character has a dream‚ hope‚ or plan. These plans‚ hopes‚ and dreams gives each character their own personality and character traits. George and Lennie’s dream of one day owning their own farm makes their lives worth living and kept them going. Curley’s Wife is a prime example of the disappointment that comes with the let down of a failed dream. And finally‚ Candy and Cooks‚ who’s underlying problems with discrimination‚ both against age and
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The novel ‘of Mice and Men’ was written by John Steinbeck published in 1937 in a place known as the Pacific Grove and Los ranch in California. John Steinbeck addresses a variety of themes in the novel such as power‚ seduction and hierarchy. Steinbeck had worked as a ranch hand himself that’s why he understood the types of people that were in it. Following the US Stock market in 1929 US experienced a period of depression known as the ‘Great Depression’ in 1930s America‚ to highlight how people lived
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Q- “I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her” what is the reader supposed to think about Curley’s wife? * How is she described by the other characters? * How the author describes her * How she speaks/behaves * Her dreams * Is she the cause of all the trouble Written By Ruqayyah Draey Curley’s wife is not well described and respected by the other characters. She is often looked down upon and discriminated
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- Of Mice and Men – Chapter 2 questions 1. George and Lennie arrived at the ranch at ten o’clock in the morning local time due to there night in the wilderness. 2. Candy is the old handyman‚ aging and left with only one hand as the result of an accident‚ worries that the boss will soon declare him useless and demand that he leave the ranch. Of course‚ life on the ranch—especially Candy’s dog‚ once an impressive sheep herder but now toothless‚ foul-smelling‚ and brittle with age—supports
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