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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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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In the play A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams‚ there are two sisters‚ Blanche DuBois and Stella Kowalski‚ who couldn’t be more different from each other. Blanche is a melodramatic‚ mature‚ old-fashioned Southern belle; while Stella is understanding‚ content‚ and protective. A Streetcar Named Desire takes place in the 1950’s in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. It starts with Blanche DuBois going to visit her sister Stella from the South‚ who is a mature English teacher from Belle Reve
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This quote shows that he is perfect for labour work. Lennie is described by George that “he’s jes’ like a kid”‚ so he is physically very strong and stable‚ but mentally he is just like a little child. He likes to stroke and “pet” soft things like mice and Curley’s wife’s hair; just like a little child with his favourite blanket or stuffed toy. Lennie is frequently described by the author using animal imagery. He looks like a bear‚ walks like one-he drags his feet “the way a bear drags it’s paws”
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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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Explain how Steinbeck presents Crooks in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ The first time Crooks was mentioned by Candy Chapter 1 page 21. Candy is the gossip one‚ he knows everything‚ and sees everything. Candy introduces Crooks to Lennie and George. ‘Yeah. Nice fella‚ too. Got a crooked back where horse kicked him. The boss gives him hell when he’s mad. But the stable bucks don’t give a damn about that’. That shows that Crooks doesn’t care what people think about him‚ he respects himself. On
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Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife in multiple ways. In the first appearance of ‘Mice of Men’ he described her symbolically using a metaphor; ‘the rectangle of sunshine in the door way was cut off’. This is already foreshadowing to the reader that Curley’s wife is trouble‚ for example the metaphor Steinbeck used to describe her can be referred to as light and darkness. In this case Curley’s wife representing the darkness presenting her as destructive further in the book‚ an example of her being destructive
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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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plantation is going… oh there is that “varsouviana” music I keep hearing! Ha! It makes me feel like dancing! Stella honey‚ you know I’ve run “from under one leaky roof to another leaky roof” and haven’t been “awf’ly good lately”. I’ve come to know that “men don’t – don’t even admit your existence unless you’re making love to them” and I “have to be seductive” and “make a little temporary magic!”… “Belle Reve had started to slip through my fingers”‚ and you see Stella‚ “I don’t want realism”‚ “I’ll tell
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