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    How does Steinbeck present the character of Curley in Of Mice and Men? In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck mainly presents Curley as a mean person who wants authority on the ranch. Although this makes Curley a more hated character‚ Steinbeck makes it clear to the reader that Curley is only mean as a result of being lonely. This loneliness of Curley was typical of men on ranches in 1930s America. Curley wants to get more authority on the ranch. When we first see Curley‚ he is described as closing his

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    John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men does not portray women very respectively. Curley’s wife walks the ranch as a seductress. Bored‚ lonely and always looking for her husband‚ Curley. When we first encounter her appearance‚ Steinbeck describes her as having ‘full‚ rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up’ this is a prime example of her superfluous character. She is flirtatious and her body language is provocative. Before Curley’s wife makes her first appearance‚ her personality is emphasised

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    headache or medical issues because of stress? YES NO 14) Is your academic performance become weaker? YES NO 15) Do you have ideas how to calm your body and reduce its tension? YES NO

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    George makes his worry on the issue very clear when he explains to Lennie before arriving at the ranch‚ ‘’ When he[the boss] finds out what a crazy bastard you are‚ we won’t get no job‚ but if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk‚ we’re set’’(Steinbeck 6). Just the urgency from George makes the reader understand how important these jobs were to the men‚ and if they were going to reach their dream‚ nothing could mess that up. Like most migrant workers in this time‚ they were not permanent and could

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    In "Of Mice and Men"‚ Steinbeck shows every character’s desire for some kind of achievement in life as an example of the American dream and how unattainable it really is for them. The American Dream is one of liberty‚ untarnished happiness and self-reliance. At the beginning of the novel George and Lennie immediately bond together building a close friendship that teaches them both new things. Crooks is willing to work for nothing‚ just to gain the independence for a life outside the stables and to

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    Symbolism in John Steinbeck’s work East of Eden John Steinbeck is considered to be one of the most talented American writers of all time. Most of his works are regarded highly by critics and celebrated as magnificent forms of twentieth-century literature. Steinbeck’s style remains consistent throughout many of his works; he almost always incorporates the Bible. There are few better examples of Steinbeck’s style than East of Eden. Throughout Steinbeck’s novel East

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    Have you ever felt lonely or isolated before? In the story “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck these characters Candy‚ Curley’s wife and Crooks are all on the look for the American dream during this they all experience loneliness and isolation in their own way. Candy is the oldest out of all of the workers he is also disabled and this causes him to have the most money out of all the workers. “And they give me two hundred and fifty dollars cause I lost my hand. and I got fifty more saved up

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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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    How does Steinbeck present the theme of loneliness in ’Of Mice and Men’? ’Of Mice and Men’ is written by John Steinbeck‚ published in 1937. The novel is set in the 1930s during the great depression in California. The two protagonist characters‚ George and Lennie are farm workers who have a dream of one-day owning their own ranch. They find work in a ranch near Soledad‚ after escaping from Weed because of George’s incident. They are met by different characters on the farm that all have a dream. To

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    In the story "Of Mice & Men"‚ John Steinbeck creates a pair of low-class companionship as the story ’s main character. This pair of companionship‚ George and Lennie is very different from each other‚ nothing alike‚ no matter talking about their figures‚ personality‚ IQ‚ etc‚ except that they both carry the same American dream as they spend their hard days traveling together and working in the ranch. Lennie is portrayed as being childlike. He looks up on George as a parental figure: "Lennie ’s lips

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