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    respect‚ but he earns it. He is ‘the prince of the ranch’. Technically‚ this should be the role of Curley‚ as the boss’ son‚ but Slim takes over this role. He has been appointed the role by the ranch workers‚ who all look up to

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    How does Steinbeck use Foreshadowing and Settings effectively in Of Mice and Men? John Ernst Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men uses a lot of foreshadowing and clever settings effectively‚ which makes his novel a great book. The use of foreshadowing entices the reader and makes you want to read on. The well-described settings make a vivid image of what is actually going on and help us think what it really was like during the 1930’s. Steinbeck uses masses of foreshadowing throughout his book. For instance

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    are two characters George and lennie that practically grow up together. George and Lennie relationship is strong where they look out for each other. Sometimes lennie can get out of hand do things that causes them to move or relocate. George and Lennie relationships stands strong until Lennie gets out of hand and has to be dealt with for the better of their friendship. From “Of mice and men” George and Lennie almost grew up together‚ George would be out in the field and Lennie would just come outside

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    Did George have a good reason for killing Lennie? The reason for George to kill Lennie varies‚ and different people have different reasons or opinions of the situation. Well the reason was simply for protection‚ and all out of love. It was nothing personal‚ George just knew that it was the best thing to do for Lennie’s safety. George had been Lennie’s caregiver for a long time‚ he knew that Lennie wasn’t in his right mind‚ and that he didn’t know what he was doing. When Lennie accidentally killed

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    In chapter one‚ Steinbeck introduces us to George and Lennie. They are migrant workers who travel to work on a ranch in Soledad‚ California. The odd duo are trying to survive and save up some money during the 1930’s Great Depression. In chapter two‚ George and Lennie are introduced to the Swamper‚ Curley‚ Boss‚ Slim‚ Carlson‚ and Curley’s wife. Swamper’s real mane is Candy and only has one hand. As George and Lennie learn more about them‚ they notice that Curley is good at boxing and his wife is

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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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    the 1930’s in America. There are two main characters in this story are called George and Lennie. These two men struggled from the Great Depression Era by an economic failure and stock marketing failures which lead to unemployment and poverty in North America that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. I believe that Lennie is the loneliest character because he is an outcast‚ like him assaulting the

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    by John Steinbeck called Of Mice and Men is made into a movie‚ directed by Gary Sinise‚ about the hardships and many challenges of George Milton and Lennie Small. They constantly move from town to town to avoid troubling situations that Lennie gets them caught in. Lennie Small is a friendly‚ simple‚ and strong‚ but also is mentally ill‚ he is played by John Malkovich. George Milton‚ played by Gary Sinise‚ is a simple man who is the smarts and the responsible one between him and Lennie. A key

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    The Migrant Experience The largest migration in American history was the Dust Bowl exodus. “Between 1935 and 1939 nearly 300‚000 southwesterners migrated to California” (Rice 407). Family farmers‚ tenant farmers‚ and sharecroppers‚ were the people that were displaced during the 1930’s; there were multiple reasons behind the exodus of the people whose families had worked the land for many generations. Severe drought in the Great Plains region‚ particularly western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle

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    Lennie Sympath

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    Men by John Steinbeck‚ I came to realize that most of the characters had something that we could sympathize with. For George‚ it was how he always had to run away from jobs because of something Lennie did‚ for Crooks‚ it was the fact that he was treated so poorly for having a different skin colour. However‚ Lennie seems to have it the worst. He has the mental capacity of a child‚ ends up killing a woman on the ranch‚ and his best friend has to kill him by the end of the book. Lennie was born with

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