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    Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck The Death of Lennie The death of Lennie was quick and painless for Lennie‚ how quick and painless was it to the men or even George‚ his best friend? Should he have killed Lennie to keep him from going to jail or even worse which would have been dealt by Curley? This book was set in the time of the Great Depression. In the Great Depression people didn’t usually care about one another and this is a completely different story. We found out that George and Lennie

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    with their “dream” of owning land‚ Candy begs to join the “dream.” Candy lost everything including his beloved dog; he is desperate. This leads to my question‚ why did Steinbeck choose to make Candy join the dream over any other character? Steinbeck chose Candy to join the dream because he is the most desperate and Steinbeck wanted to

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    Stress in America In America many people are faced with the inability to relax. According to Elizabeth Gilbert Americans are overstressed and are unable to relax and enjoy life. Even if they went on a vacation they would not be capable of relaxing. Some people will argue that not all Americans are stressed to the point they are unable to relax. The reason is Americans are viewed as having better lives than people who live in foreign country’s. Americans are in fact faced with many problems such as

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    Explore the ways Steinbeck presents the character of Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men     The novel Of Mice and Men was written in the 1930’s by a man named John Steinbeck. The book is set in America and at a time during the Great Depression. This was when the stock market had crashed some years prior‚ lots of companies went bankrupt‚ the banking systems failed and a massive soar in unemployment was witnessed. Also during this period of the Great Depression droughts were seen in the southern and

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    How does John Steinbeck present the character of Crooks? In the novel "Of Mice and Men" John Steinbeck‚ the author‚ uses the character of Crooks to represent racism and symbolize the marginalization of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel is set. Crooks is significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American Dream and the feelings of all the ranchers: their loneliness and need for company and human interaction. Crooks got his name from his "crooked

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    Curley’s wife is a significant personality in the novel. John Steinbeck presents her in different ways during the novel and uses different methods to influence the reader’s judgement‚ for instance through her look‚ as she is a complex character. Significantly Steinbeck makes it clear that nurture turns her into the person she is in the novel‚ her nature is different. He uses language to show us who she is as revealed by colour and light symbolism; incongruity of her appearance and the setting; simile

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    How does Steinbeck convey the theme of loneliness? As a socialist writer‚ John Steinbeck used his stories to show how unfair the world was under capitalism. In Of Mice and Men‚ he used the settings‚ characterisation and language to convey the theme of loneliness. From the very first line‚ "A few miles south of Soledad" (Soledad being Spanish for solitary)‚ the settings pay homage to the theme of loneliness. The first and final scene take place in a majestic clearing that will remain untouched

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    and Men by John Steinbeck‚ the main characters George Milton and Lennie Small experiences many difficult situations which involves violence and barbarous behavior. This book was published during the Great Depression. After reading the novel‚ George and Lennie are at times the cause of the violence while also being the sheep of Curley‚ who finds barbarous behavior as a source of entertainment and he does this by bullying the ranch workers and whom is socially beneath him. Steinbeck illustrates the

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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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    Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath follows the Joad family‚ mainly Tom Joad‚ as they live through the Dust bowl. With corporate monsters and the struggle of living through this perilous time‚ the family does their best to survive. There are 4 main types of analytical lenses that can be used to look at Steinbeck’s work‚ including the archetypal‚ gender‚ marxist‚ and historical lenses. Archetypal deals with character types and their narrative design. Gender deals with the roles and stereotypes applied

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