chapter George kills Lennie. It might seem like he’s being mean‚ proving Lennie’s statement that George is always nice to him wrong. I don’t think that George is being mean by killing Lennie‚ on the contrary‚ I think George is being nice by doing so. If George hadn’t done it‚ Lennie would have suffered much more. Curly was angry because Lennie killed his wife and he wanted to make him suffer for it. Earlier in the story Curly said that he was going to shoot Lennie in the gut himself. If George had let
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ended when George shot Lennie in the back of the head. He didn’t want Lennie to feel the pain‚ so he tried to picture their American dream to take Lennie’s attention away. Did George have to shoot Lennie? Were there other options and alternatives to shooting his best friend? When George made the decision to kill Lennie‚ he felt that he had no other choice but to shoot Lennie. George knew that he didn’t want to continue living and travel with Lennie anymore‚ because he fears that Lennie will make
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Right after George and Lennie had got off the bus‚ George expresses how all Lennie does is get him in trouble and that he’d be better off not being friends with him. This is Steinbeck already setting the theme by using George and Lennie’s relationship as an example. After getting to the farm George and Lennie start talking to the Boss and he asks George what he’s getting out of their relationship. This is Stienbeck again emphasising how one sided the relationship is. While Slim and George are talking
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Throughout the course of this essay I am going to examine how Steinbeck presents the character of Curley’s wife in ‘Of mice and men’‚ through the way she is treated‚ spoken to and spoken about as well as her own dialogue and actions. Curley’s wife lives with and is married to Curley and is the only women on the ranch; therefore I will be using her as a representation of how women were treated and portrayed in the 1930s. In of Mice and Men Steinbeck uses language to hint to the reader that Curley’s wife
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In the novel of mice and men‚Steinbeck never gives Curley’s Wife a name. This is done to show that she does not have any identity or position on the ranch. As Curley’s Wife is a representation of all women in the 1930s I feel Steinbeck uses her to show that she does not have any identity or position on the ranch. As Curley’s Wife is a representation of all women in the 1930s I feel Steinbeck uses her to show that most women back then had no identity or position in the working world. No characters
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How does John Steinbeck present Curley’s wife in “Of mice and men”? John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” is set in 1930’s America during the Great Depression and gives the reader a glimpse of the hardships of life back then and the social oppression. The theme running throughout the book is of a friendship between two men amidst dreams that they have‚ and of dreams being crushed. Curley’s wife is an important character in the book. John Steinbeck presents her in different ways throughout the novel
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is a key role in their friendship. George accepts Lennie with his mental disability which is why they have a strong friendship. Lennie is extremely strong so when fighting Curley‚ George sticks up for Lennie‚ “‘Get him‚ Lennie. Don’t let him do it’” (Steinbeck 63). Since Lennie is extremely strong‚ George knows that he should let Lennie stick up for himself and not allow Curley to make him feel weak and inferior to the rest. George also accepts the fact that Lennie cannot remember tons of information
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Lennie Lennies behaviour is very childlike‚ this can be perseieve from ‘’Lennie put his hands over his ears’’ his manorisms of dealing with issues are very child like and can be seen to be similar to the ideal of ‘out of sight out of mind’. This makes us forget about his strength and we are reminded that he can be dangerous‚ in the scene when he fights with Curley which surprises the reader as he first comes across as a soft person‚ and this i turn prepares the reader for the following events of
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Discuss how Steinbeck establishes George and Lennie’s character through his use of description. Of Mice and Men is a book set in Soledad‚ California following two migrant workers that roam around finding work where they can. In the opening there is a sense of peace‚ calm and nature. It was very unusual for migrant workers to go around together and Steinbeck makes the reader asks themselves questions about the unlikely partnership. George Milton was first described as thin‚ defined features
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bad morals. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ people question Gorge on whether or not it is morally right of him to kill Lennie. Are his reasons good enough? Many believe that it is immoral if George to kill Lennie. Despite the fact that he is killing him and killing is thought to be morally forbidden‚ one needs to understand why he thinks its the best thing to do. George is doing what he thinks is right. It is not immoral of George to kill Lennie. Lennie does not understand what he is fully
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