The cold harsh winds of the winter whistled through the ranch. Nothing moved‚ the grounds lay bare the only sign of life was an illuminated window on the far side of the silent ranch. The light came from a small wooden shack; the shack appeared newer than the rest of the weather worn buildings‚ it also looked better cared for than the other buildings. Next to the shack was a small garden and in it were gravestones. Two were lined side by side‚ but another sat lonely in the corner of the garden. The
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Everyone has a goal or dream at some point in their life. Some people have a dream which is coming to America‚ to have an education‚ money and a safe country. Others have a goal of just climbing or reaching the top of a mountain. In 1929 the Stock Market crashed leading the Great Depression. During this time people became unemployed or it was a struggle to find a job and keep it. Steinback reflects this serious issue in his novella “ Of Mice and Men” Lennie and George‚ the main characters‚ traveled
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Today prejudice issues have improved a lot since 1930’s‚ this has only been the case for 30 or 40 years. But they are still little problems such as the Ku Klux Klan. This is a secret organization founded in the southern states during Reconstruction to terrorize and intimidate former slaves and prevent them from voting or holding public office. In the book people wouldn’t even talk to Crooks and they could be hanged for no reason. Today‚ this would never happen‚ this might be because now we are more
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English Controlled Assessment Question: Explore the methods Steinbeck uses to demonstrate the effects of isolation on people in Of Mice and Men “You’re all scared of each other that’s what.” This quote is one of the main points of John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice And Men‚ the effect of isolation on human beings‚ and specifically the culture of our nations that forces people to be isolated. Steinbeck almost immediately sets the course of the book with his setting‚ the 1930’s depression was an
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Explore how John Steinbeck presents minor characters in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is an emotive novel which was written by john stein back in the 1930’s in the midst of the Great Depression. It is about two main characters George and his simple minded friend Lennie and the struggle the struggle they go through in order to gain the subsistence of life. In this story John Steinbeck introduces minor characters who help describe who help describe what was going and they help build
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How does John Steinbeck portray loneliness and isolation in the novel “Of Mice and Men”? The novel of “Of Mice and Men” was written in the time of the great depression in the 1930’s in America‚ this was the time in which Professional workers became Migrant workers due to the Wall Street crash in 1929. The great depression caused many professional workers to turn to working in farmland harvesting wheat. John Steinbeck published the novel of “Of Mice and Men” in 1937 it is set in Salinas‚ California
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Techniques That Steinbeck Uses To Present George & Lennie and Their relationship leading up to the Dream. Leading up to their dream Steinbeck builds up a clear image to who Lennie and George are. Immediately the main point is made to us that George is an intelligent‚ curious man who is portrayed as a motherly character who looks after Lennie and shows him what to do. Lennie is portrayed as the complete opposite as he is compared to a horse (huge‚ powerful) and a bear (massive‚ powerful‚ clumsy and
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How does Steinbeck’s writing make the fight‚ a powerful and significant moment in the novel? Steinbeck uses many ways to make the fight powerful and significant; he makes things in the scene fast paced‚ from where Curley sees George smiling‚ to him starting the fight and Lennie getting beaten up‚ to Lennie crushing his hand. Yet Steinbeck stretches the fight over 2 pages and a bit‚ where as it would have probably lasted less than 30 seconds which shows it’s a significant piece and amongst it there
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How does Steinbeck present ideas of relationships in a time that this novel is set? Steinbeck portrays a world dominated by authoritative white males. It is the attitude of this social structure that permeate ranch society and those who come from outside these expectations are inferior. Of Mice and Men describes the plight of which women‚ disabled people‚ black people and people with mental difficulties endure and suffer simply because they do not fit into the ideal category which we see whilst they
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finally see all of the signs and warnings that Steinbeck gives the reader using animals. Firstly‚ Steinbeck uses Animal Imagery to convey Lennie’s Character by using them in similes and metaphors‚ always in comparison to Lennie. The usage of animal simile is a subtle way of Steinbeck portraying Lennie as he is portrayed‚ with out telling the reader directly that Lennie is this or that. Within the first chapter‚ where Lennie and George are introduced‚ Steinbeck uses similes a lot to depict Lennie: dragging
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