Of Mice and Men In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck it describes that these two immigrant farmworkers‚ Lennie and George traveling together. The reason that these two are together is because Lennie Smalls: one of the characters is mentally impaired and George knew his Aunt Clar. Aunt Clar had asked George to watch Lennie for her cause it was her time to go... These two were always moving around place to place‚ to get money. These two were dreaming of buying a land together. This was
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possibly her last gasps of air‚ you have a decision to make‚ end or keep her life as this is a 50/50 chance situation. This would be one example of a justifiable act‚ along with situations such as war ethics‚ hunting for sport‚ and in the case of George and Lennie. In the case of military ethics‚ a person should have the choice to kill in order to defend their country. People should look to see this is justifiable‚ “Consider the situation
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Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck‚ a novel set in the early 1930’s‚ during the Great Depression‚ teaches readers about the importance of hard work‚ friendship‚ dreams‚ and sacrifice. While teaching readers these important lessons‚ George -- the main character‚ who is small‚ quick‚ and bright -- is forced to shoot Lennie -- George’s best friend‚ who‚ while childish and innocent‚ got into lots of trouble for unwittingly scaring a woman‚ hurting Curley’s hand -- after he killed Curley’s wife. Many believe
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novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ alot of the controversial incidents happened at the peak of ones emotion. This is referring to when George shot Lennie‚ but this is not the only time in this novel where this had happened. George’s actions were justifiable when he shot Lennie in the back of the head because he was only trying to save his best friend. George killed Lennie to protect him from the terrible things that would have happened to him if he lived. George knew that if Curley had
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How does Steinbeck create tension in the fight between Lennie and Curley in Chapter 3? Steinbeck cleverly builds up the tension throughout Chapter three to foreshadow the fight. It is important to note how Steinbeck builds up the tension beforehand‚ as he jumps from scene to scene which has conflicting emotions for both the characters and the reader‚ to perhaps manipulate us to believe that Lennie will be in grave danger‚ due to the violent and discriminatory characters present in the early-mid 20th
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Of Mice and Men: Lennie and George Of Mice and Men‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ is the story of two simple farm hands‚ Lennie Small‚ who incidentally‚ really isn ’t very small‚ and his better half‚ George Milton‚ on their quest to have "a place of their own‚" with plenty of furry bunnies‚ of course. Sound strange? Read on to get clued in. The book opens along the banks of the Salinas River a few miles south of Soledad‚ California. Everything is calm and beautiful‚ and nature is alive.
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Explore how Steinbeck presents and develops the character of George In the well known novel “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck‚ the first character you meet is George‚ he is immediately seen as the leader of the pair‚ George and Lennie. He is “small and quick‚ dark of face” and is identified as a worker‚ because of the clothes he wears and possessions he carries‚ for example‚ his “tight blanket roll” and his hard wearing “denim” clothes. George is normally seen as being angry most of
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Introduction ii. Of Mice and Men a. George and Lennie are opposites; George is smart‚ Lennie is extremely strong. b. George tries to keep Lennie‚ who is mentally disabled‚ under supervision at all times c. Lennie doesn’t recognize his strength. d. “ “Don’t you go yellin’ ”‚ he said and he shook her and her body flopped like a fish... she was still‚ for Lennie had broken her neck... “I didn’t want to hurt you... I done another bad thing.” ” e. George must kill Lennie‚ resulting in death of best friend
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How does Steinbeck explore the theme of loneliness in “Of Mice and Men” In “Of Mice and Men”‚ the theme of loneliness is central to the novel. It is introduced to the reader at the very start of the novel i.e. the first time that we see George and Lennie they are walking apart – “they had walked in single file down the path and even in the open one stayed behind the other”. Throughout the novel we see that everyone is lonely and it seems that the description of George and Lennie at the start of
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the book of Mice and Men‚ George and Lennie are characters who faced hardships throughout their journey. They are friends who grew up together and looked out for one another. George and Lennie had a relationship that could never be broken until it came to the end of the story. Lennie is a tall‚ heavily built man who is mentally incompetent and relies on George to tell him what to do. Although he tends to forget what he’s told‚ Lennie remembers every word George said to him about owning
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