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    Father ’s didn ’t take the future ’s problems into consideration when making the ideal dream for Americans. They were unaware of the hardships the discriminated would face‚ which made it hard to make the American dream more than just a dream. In Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck shows the death of the American Dream and why it was unattainable by many.

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    “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck there was a strong bond between almost every character.For example George and Lennie were best buddies even if they went too far sometimes.But they would always have each other along each side. But both had lies happening through each others backs.So this all campares to the meaning of trusting is good but not trusting is much better. Many people trust many people‚ but in specific their friends just like George and Lennie from the novel‚ Of “Mice and Men” by John

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    John introduced us to a character called Curley’s wife‚ she plays a complex and misfit character as she got so many different sides to her‚ as sometimes the reader feels sympathetic and unsympathetic about her. John Steinbeck’s novel of Mice and Men is an example of how the reader’s perception of a character can change without the character actually changing. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as colour imagery‚ appearance‚ metaphors and similes in the early

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    nature of human existence can all be explored through the bunkhouse and Crooks’ room. Paragraph of dreams: The playing cards in the bunk play a major role not only as a way to entertain oneself but also portraying the futility of dreams. When the men sit around the ‘big square table’ to play together they have the opportunity to succeed. They would enjoy this as they live in a life where their only companion is loneliness and defeat. The cards are a symbol of dreams as they take a gamble in the

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    Another example would be during a person’s life time they can experience very painful illnesses. People should have the rights where they can die when they want only‚ if they are in a very painful stage of an illness or injury. In the book “Of Mice and Men” set in the 1930’s‚ has a lot of different conflicts. Some have to do with two close friends‚ a wife and husband‚ a mouse and an boy. The one that sticks out the most is the conflicts between the two friends. They have had a lot of conflicts between

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    In my english two class we read a book‚ it was called “ of mice and men”. It was a great book!Afterwards we saw the movie to the book‚ although they had their differences and similarities. Three main things I’ll talk about is setting‚ character and theme. Setting in the movie the introductions starts off with the girl running and whining just because she thought she was being harassed by lennie. Anyways they were in the town of weed but had to leave quickly from the town so they went to a new ranch

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    sexism existed strongly. The scene for the novel sets in a small town called Soledad. The definition of Soledad is loneliness which represents the town’s symbol. Most characters feel lonely and would do anything not to feel it. Most of the time men are seen traveling alone‚ so when the owner of the ranch seen that George and Lennie travel together. He didn’t trust George because most of the time people aren’t seen traveling together unless the other person owes money. “ Well‚ I never seen one

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    He is lonely because he is a black man that nobody really wants to be around‚he doesn’t really talk to anybody until Lennie walks into his bunkhouse. He tells Lennie that the other men that are white don’t let him into their bunks and he doesn’t ever let anybody in his. He actually does talk to Lennie about things so they actually became friends. He says‚”Well buddy I guess this just isn’t a place for a black

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    Of Mice and Men Thematic Essay The book Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck and takes place during the Great Depression. Throughout the book we follow the two main characters‚ George and Lennie. George is shown to have much power over Lennie. These two and many other characters struggle with obtaining‚ holding‚ or keeping “under control” the amount of power they have or want. In Steinbeck’s novel‚ the theme that seems to be most present is that‚ although people seek power‚ they often misuse

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    George is prime examples of innocence‚ due to fact that he’s always watching over Lennie and cares for him deeply. Slim had not moved. His calm eyes followed Lennie out of the door. "Jesus‚" he said. "He’s jes’ like a kid‚ ain’t he." "Sure‚ he’s jes like a kid. There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither‚ except he’s so strong" (Chapter 3). "The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men‚ [often go awry]." It means that no matter how much of a good plan one makes‚ and how much thought one puts into

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