John Steinbeck reflects on the context of 1930’s America in his novel entitled ‘Of Mice and Men’. The public would perceive Afro-Americans solely by their physical features and society would segregate them as a result of their racial distinction. I will be exploring how Steinbeck presents Crooks and his development through literary devices‚ and hence‚ how he changes depending on the characters he is interacting with. Steinbeck initially presents Crooks in a dialogue between George and Candy though
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John Steinbeck shows that discrimination can lead to aggression in the novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ through the character Lennie. Lennie tries to explain to George that he doesn’t try to kill the mice‚ but he ends up killing them anyway; “I’d pet ‘em and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead-because they was so little” (Steinbeck 10). Lennie wants the comfort of having something to take care of even if it is just a mouse. George doesn’t understand why
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How does Steinbeck present Curley’s Wife? The book was written in the 1900’s which was an area where women and black people were marginalized by society due to their sex or skin colour. In the book‚ the first time we are introduced to Curley’s Wife is through another character: Candy. This suggests that she must be quite an important character as she is being rumoured about. He says “Wait’ll you see Curley’s Wife”‚ this quotation intrigues the reader and makes them wonder about Curley’s Wife. Then
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George treatment did prove Lennie wrong. I don’t think that George acted mean but did act mean for the way of killing a guy. I think that Lennie got proven wrong that George would’ve done something wrong. Also in chapter six it stated that when Lennie put down the gun‚ "George looked down at the gun. ’’ So that one way to explain Lennie that George could’ve done something bad at the time but didn’t kept the conversation going. The imaginary rabbit was acting as himself and the rabbit would talk to
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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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the American Dream. George and Lennie are poor homeless migrant workers‚ doomed to a life of wandering and toil in which they are never able to reap the fruits of their labor. Their desires may not seem so unfamiliar to any other American: a place of their own‚ the opportunity to work for themselves and harvest what they sew with no one to take anything from them or give them orders. George and Lennie desperately cling to the notion that they are different from other workers who drift from ranch
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According to George‚ what makes George and Lennie different from other ranch laborers? Support your answer with evidence from the text. What makes George and Lennie different from other ranch laborers is that Lennie has George to look after him and George has Lennie to look after him (Steinbeck 14). They also have a dream to look forward to‚ unlike the other ranch laborers who “got nothing to look ahead to” (Steinbeck 14). 2: In the first chapter‚ the narrator describes George and Lennie as opposites
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he 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." (p.44) This shows how George thinks Lennie might be useless if the boss heard him talk. For this reason George is very careful not to let Lennie talk in front of people because he might ruined their opportunities. Just like George‚ Arnie’s family thinks their mom is useless because of her weight and that she can’t do anything around the house. People thinking they are useless
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How does Steinbeck create tension in the fight between Lennie and Curley in Chapter 3? Steinbeck cleverly builds up the tension throughout Chapter three to foreshadow the fight. It is important to note how Steinbeck builds up the tension beforehand‚ as he jumps from scene to scene which has conflicting emotions for both the characters and the reader‚ to perhaps manipulate us to believe that Lennie will be in grave danger‚ due to the violent and discriminatory characters present in the early-mid 20th
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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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