“I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog.” (Steinbeck‚ p. 61). John steinbeck is the author of Of Mice and Men. In this book‚ he introduces us to Candy and his dog. Candy and his dog are both on the old age side‚ and both are becoming more and more less helpful. Steinbeck used the dog to represent Candy and his fear of being old and useless. Steinbeck uses Candy’s old dog to represent Candy himself. His dog is old and gets in the way. When Carlson killed his dog it was like a reminder
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Steinbeck shows friendship can not just help you but others no matter what happens. For example‚ when George was trying to protect Lennie he says “Course you did. Well ‚ look. Lennie-if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always did before‚ I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush.”(Steinbeck 15). George wants Lennie to be safe so he had a place for him to go to in case something went south. Lennie’s friendship is very important to him because George has Lennie’s back. Later on
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neliness can be someone’s only friend. Being in solitude can be someone’s choice or their only option. When society doesn’t communicate many people tend to get lonely‚ which causes people to avoid contact with each other. Some people choose to be lonely completely. This is a story about three people and how they were lonely. The story of an Old swamper‚ A whore‚ and A Stable Buck. Three people and how they were lonely. Crook’s was the stable buck in the ranch‚ He is bullied and disrespected
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People are lonely in the book Of Mice and Men. Curley’s wife is lonely‚ Crooks is lonely‚ Candy is lonely without his pup‚ and Lennie is lonely in his own special way. Many characters have a lonely trait in the book‚ Crooks isn’t aloud to hang around with the ranch hands because he is a different color than the other people that work on the ranch. Curley is always leaving his wife to sit in the house by herself so Curley’s wife gets really lonely. When Carlson shot Candy’s dog that really broke his
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Actions have Consequences Although people may have the best intentions and carefully-laid plans‚ factors outside their control can prohibit their dreams from becoming reality. John Steinbeck of mice and men‚ a story of two men George and lennie who come together and form a family. Although they both struggle with money and travel around the country for jobs they both believe that they will be able to live their Dream unfortunately life gets in the way and makes it harder to live the dream. Through
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Everyone has their own loneliness side‚ and this also happens in the little ranch from John Steinbeck’s novel“Of Mice and Man”. In this story Curley’s wife is always trying to talk with everyone but her husband Curley. There is another loneliness man in this story‚ he is Candy. Candy is an old character in that story‚ he has worked on that ranch for 10 more years with his old dog. Candy and Curley’s wife felt loneliness in this story. Curley’s wife is a beautiful and the only woman in that novel’s
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Loneliness‚ the quality of being unfrequented and remote‚ isolation. In simpler terms‚ to feel depressed due to not have companions or being alone. Loneliness is something we’ve all experienced at least once in our lives. Even fictional characters feel the negative‚ melancholy emotion. For example‚ George in “Of Mice and Men”‚ a novel about George and Lennie’s journey to have employment during the Great Depression to fulfill the dream of land ownership. In “Of Mice and Men”‚ John Steinbeck‚ the author
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In the film version of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ George Milton reflects on the time he had spent with his best friend‚ Lennie Small‚ on the ranch. He begins by looking back at the time when George and Lennie are chased out of their home town of Weed and are forced to find work‚ so they get jobs at a ranch. They plan to save up money and reach their dream of owning a farm and “live off the fatta the lan’.” On the ranch‚ they meet many different people and deal with different things. This movie
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The Feeling of Pain and Loneliness John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ addresses many topics with life lessons and themes through the main characters‚ Lennie and George. One of the themes that is most evident in the novel is the pain of loneliness. The theme of pain and loneliness can be represented in the novel by the characters Lennie‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife. Lennie is a mentally challenged‚ middle-aged man who shows his pain of loneliness in Of Mice and Men through what he says in
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In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men‚ George and Lennie are two friends who leave to work on a ranch where Lennie gets in trouble. Lennie gets in trouble when he kills an innocent lady and runs off. George and the other men set off to find Lennie‚ but george leaves them to find Lennie himself. After George finds Lennie‚ he makes him feel happy and excited for what they will have in the future. George should not have killed Lennie because Lennie was slow and did not know how strong he really
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