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    Explore the way’s Steinbeck presents and uses setting in ‘Of Mice and Men’ John Steinbeck uses a range of techniques to present setting in Of Mice and Men‚ for example he uses foreshadowing‚ pathetic fallacy‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ metaphors‚ similes and more. He uses these to add to the tension in the book and make it seem like they are actually in 1980s America. The Bunk House- Steinbeck shows the bunk house in many different perspectives. He writes about the people on the ranch having

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    Of Mice And Men EN110 Composition and Literature By: 4/4/2012   EN110 Composition and Literature Of Mice and Men The Novel “of Mice and Men was written in 1937 by John Steinbeck and was set in the context of California’s valley along the Salinas River during the Great Depression of the 1930’s‚ a time when migrant farm workers found it very hard to get work. The story begins beside the Salinas River

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    portrayed throughout the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a ‘circular’ novella written by John Steinbeck which follows the lives of two travelling workers in 1930’s America. It is set during the ‘Great Depression’ and the author uses the everyday harsh conditions of that time as a basis for the novella. He focuses mainly on two characters‚ George Milton and Lennie Small who are opposites of each other‚ but still travel together. The initial descriptions of the two men help the reader understand the characters

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    Monica Prell Mrs. Gordon English 10 Honors 14 December 2012 Marginalizing: Major Problem in Of Mice and Men Have you ever witnessed someone being mistreated because they are not the same as everyone else? If you saw that person was belittled‚ made fun of‚ how would you react? In the novel Of Mice and Men how Lennie‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife are marginalized is what conveys the meaning of what it’s like to be put down for such unnecessary reasons. The first character

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    Of mice and men Back in the 1930’s Steinbeck introduced the characters dreams in the novel ‘of mice and men.’ The novel was set in America‚ it was the time when men had to travel the country looking for work and it was also the time of the Great Depression. Also the government were trying to tell people that they could achieve the American Dream if they worked hard. The novel was written to show what it was really like to try and live the American Dream at this time. Steinbeck presents characters

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    of Mice and Men many were disturbed by the way George handled Lennie. Many thought George didn’t need to kill Lennie. He and George could have run to a new location just like they’ve done before. They both could have started over again in a new work place‚ while still keeping their dream of getting a ranch someday. I believe otherwise. George needed to kill Lennie because he doesn’t understand his own strength‚ lennie could have killed again‚ and George didn’t know what the other men were going

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    Of Mice and Men is a novel written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937‚ it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two displaced migrant ranch workers‚ who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California‚ USA. Based on Steinbeck’s own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath)‚ the title is taken from Robert Burns’ poem

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    Loneliness in Of Mice And Men  In this essay I shall set out to discuss the recurring theme of loneliness evident in "Of Mice And Men" by John Steinbeck. I shall be writing about some very different characters‚ who all have this one trait in common. Loneliness affects many of the characters‚ and Steinbeck seems to show that it is a natural and inevitable result of the kind of life they are forced to lead.  Every character in the story exhibits loneliness. Curley’s wife seeks the attention of

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    John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men in an effort to illustrate the social limitations imposed upon the working class during the Great Depression era by creating various characters who shared one common dream‚ the "American Dream‚" Steinbeck dramatized on one individual level‚ the life of the protagonist‚ George‚ the grueling struggles and sanguine dreams of an entire social class of people Poet Robert Burns once said‚ "The best laid plans of mice and men gang oft a-glae‚" Steinbeck parallels this

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    Its purpose was to emphasize the heated discussions going on inside the room and to increase the tension and pressure. Also‚ these men were driven to madness rapidly by the heat. The heat was one of the key elements the director used. It showed how strong the tension was in there and how hard it was for juror number eight having to persuade the other jurors‚ even when they only wanted

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