To what extent does Steinbeck use animals in ‘Of Mice and Men’? Of mice and men was set in the late 1930’s when there was the great depression due to the wall street crash. Topics that have been covered in the novella are the poverty the migrant workers faced‚ the loneliness and friendship. I will discuss the use of animals and natural imagery. To begin with‚ Steinbeck describes Lennie as an animal. This is because whilst he is drinking from a river and this shows that he has a wild personality as
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novella written by John Steinbeck. The novella introduces us to two companions‚ George Milton and Lennie Small. George Milton is a farmworker who is "small and quick‚ dark of face‚ with restless eyes and sharp‚ strong features … [with] small‚ strong hands‚ slender arms‚ and thin and bony nose" (Steinbeck 1). And Lennie Small well Lennie is a strong child like character‚ Lennie has the looks of a man but the mentality of a child. Throughout the novella George treats Lennie nicely and lovingly. This
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In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ a tale set during the Great Depression. There is a man named George a small‚ lanky‚ quick witted man. He has a friend‚ Lennie a companion quite the opposite he is a large man with a childlike mind and always does the wrong thing. Despite their diffrences they seem to have made a friendship that requires George to give up some of the great things he could experience to help Lennie because he can’t take care of himself. George is constantly faced with the grim
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Steinbeck shows us how Lennie sees the world‚ perceives events‚ and how he reflects on something. His mind uses things he cherishes‚ to comprehend. Since the very beginning I always thought Lennie was incapable of apprehending what goes on. That doesn’t seem like the case now. Lennie is intelligent enough to see the damage and trouble he has caused. To interpret his thoughts‚ his mind creates hallucinations of his Aunt Clara and of a Rabbit. The mirage of Aunt Clara speaking in his voice is a way
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tough for minorities to get a leg up.” -Bill Gates. In John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men takes place during The Great Depression is 1937. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck uses some of his characters to show discrimination. The characters that i’m choosing to tell about the discrimination are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Lennie. Steinbeck’s focuses are showing how discrimination was used during the early 1900’s from slavery‚ gender‚ or just people that are disliked. Curley’s wife was discriminated
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I believe george was justified in shooting lennie‚ george realized he would not want anyone killing lennie for something he did not mean to do. But also george knew if anything was to happen to him lennie would not be able to live on his own. Lennie and george have been traveling together ever since lennie’s aunt clara died‚ she asked george to watch after lennie because he’s not that intelligent and he gets himself into quite a lot of trouble on his own. When george and lennie was working in
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Why George Should Not Have Killed Lennie At the last time I read book named “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck.. This book was interesting! I like it‚ we might understand this book in two ways‚ that we agree what George did and that we can not understand what George did. I know that a lot of people say that George should have killed Lennie‚ but I think that George should have not killed Lennie. He should not killed Lennie because it is not humanitarian‚ everyone has a right to life. When we killed
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’ Steinbeck uses quite descriptive vocabulary to describe Curley as an individual and links this to the way other characters react to him. Furthermore‚ he says “His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious”. This is a strong indicator in suggesting that Curley is quite an aggressive character as he describes him as pugnacious. The word ‘pugnacious’ itself is quite unusual and yet it solidifies the suspicions of what the audience think of Curley (him being a character always wanting a fight)
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In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ it tells you the story of two friends by the names of George and Lennie‚ who are migrant workers. Steinbeck has succeeded in making Lennie a sympathetic and emotional character due to many occurring situations throughout the first few chapters‚ though he has not been very successful in turning Lennie into a dynamic character. To say the least Lennie is rather obedient/loyal‚ sympathetic and rather sensitive. We know this because throughout the last
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Candy’s opinion of her. He tells George that‚ although she has only been married to Curley for two weeks‚ she has already "got the eye." He also describes he as "a tart" that has been flirting with both Slim and Carlson. Curley’s wife’s first appearance is dramatic. She suddenly appears in the open doorway‚ cutting off the bright sunlight‚ as if she has brought the darkness with her. The reader is already influenced by Candy’s description of her so that when Steinbeck describes her as having "full rouged
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