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    get no more jobs’’(Steinbeck 60). In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie and George are very close friends and George looks out for the mentally handicapped Lennie. Lennie is fascinated with soft things‚ but tends to hurt them on accident. George and Lennie share a dream of living off the land. That dream suddenly goes away when Lennie kills Curley’s wife. Through changes of the character‚ Candy‚ Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to predict the end of the book‚ and he and his dog are like the

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    even funny.” (p.113) * Curley’s Wife = powerful‚ white‚ married to the boss’ son. Shows weakness “They left all the weak ones here.” (p.110) “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while.” (p.110) * Sexuality gives her power – men fancy her. BUT are too scared to talk/go near her which causes her loneliness * She can’t escape her terrible relationship “Think I don’t know where they all went? Even Curley‚ I know where they went.” (p.110) “I don’t like Curley. He aint a nice

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    The writer uses narratorial commentary of the scene and what is happening in it. the writer also uses a third person to presents candy and show his feeling and emotions to the reader and makes the reader feel sypethic for the character. He is giving us allot of information of the character by doing this and it tells us the thought of the reader’s learnt for reading this novel that candy is a lonely and isolated character in the ranch as soon he will be useless as he is getting old as a result of

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    Steinbeck uses poetic language to build the imagery of the opening scene of the farm. Steinbeck uses descriptive language to portray to the reader an almost dreamlike image of the settings. For example‚ instead of brief sentences‚ he uses long sentences that have slow and lethargic feel. The beautiful‚ ideal scenery is a backdrop to the relationship between George‚ Lennie and the other workers on the farm. The language Steinbeck uses in the opening scene is in simple contrast to the dialogue between

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    Authors use irony to make stories more exciting. To begin‚ in the movie The Labyrinth‚ there was some verbal irony. Verbal irony is when a character says something that they don’t really mean. The first example of verbal irony was when Sara referred to the labyrinth as a “piece of cake” while she was truly having many difficulties. Another was when Hoggle the goblin said that he could never hurt Sara‚ but he still gave her the poisonous peach anyway. And finally the last was Hoggle said he didn’t

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    GLOSSARY OF MEDIA TERMS This glossary is designed to give you technical terms to help you write in more detail about media texts. It includes many of the terms used in television‚ film‚ newspapers and marketing. |biased |One-sided rather than neutral or objective | |broadsheet newspaper |also sometimes called ‘the quality press’. | |

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    In the novel “Of Mice and Men”‚ John Steinbeck uses symbolism in the book to make it easier for the readers to understand the story. He also uses symbolism to make his readers think and allow his readers to see things on a deeper level. The use of symbolism helps create imagery for the reading‚ enhancing the plot‚ and helping to develop characterization. Some of his common symbols in the book include: the dreamhouse‚ hands‚ and rabbits. John Steinbeck first uses symbolism with George and Lennie’s

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    story “Sweat‚” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ seems to exemplify the epitome of a bad marriage. Hurston uses foreshadowing and irony to demonstrate the disintegrated relationship between the abusive husband and the diligent wife. Throughout the story‚ it becomes obvious that the husband does not oblige by the motto‚ “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Hurston’s use of irony and foreshadowing helps reveal the fact that “the good will prevail” and Sykes will finally get what he deserves.

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    Candy…if I got old an’ a cripple’ ‘Candy looked helplessly… were law’ p72 * ‘Helplessly’ tells me that there was no hope‚ no one helps him. He’s not respected. * Steinbeck writes this to show us how status was important and if you were no use you would die. * “I gotta gut ache” p70 He anticipates that a bad things going to occur shows nervousness. * Steinbeck writes this to give us the interpretation that something was going to happen. 2. Candy is shown to feel ashamed- ‘Awright

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    of how Charles misbehaves in class. At the end of the story‚ the reader learns that Laurie is actually Charles. The story includes multiple foreshadowing clues to hint that Laurie is Charles‚ including when Laurie had to stay after school‚ Laurie’s bad behavior at home‚ and when Laurie’s mother meets Charles’ teacher at the PTA meeting. The first foreshadowing hint is when Laurie starts misbehaving at home. On his first day of kindergarten Laurie returns home with an attitude towards his parents

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