experience of working on ranches‚ he was interested in special kinds of relationships among men working on ranches with him. There are several themes in the novel. The main theme is the careless nature of people caused by weakness. Nearly all the characters‚ including George‚ Lennie‚ Candy‚ Crooks and Curley’s wife feel lonely‚ isolated and weak and they try to destroy those who are even weaker. Perhaps the most powerful example of this cruel tendency is when Crooks criticizes Lennie’s dream of the
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characters weaknesses are preyed upon‚ there are many characters who’s weaknesses are preyed upon such as; Crooks‚ who is a ‘negro stable buck’ who is racially aggravated and is preyed upon racially and because he walks crooked due a problem with his back. Lennie‚ who is a mental handicap which prevents him from living life as an independent adult‚ he is preyed upon because of his lack of ability to be independent and his stupidity. Candy‚ who is elderly and has no hand as he lost it in a machine accident
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How does Steinbeck present an aspect of power in Of Mice and Men? Introduction Steinbeck shows us power in many different ways‚ Physical‚ Personal‚ Financial Power and Power of Seduction the novel was set in the 1930’s when power meant a lot to a lot of people. This meant that people would do anything to get respected! In the 1930’s the world was a different place to what it is now‚ a lot of racial division and an economic crisis which would last well over a decade. Steinbeck uses real- life
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story of two migrant workers in 1930’s California‚ George and Lennie. George shares an unusual‚ and somewhat questionable‚ brotherly relationship with Lennie‚ which faces criticisms from multiple characters. In the story‚ Lennie has a mild mental disability‚ but makes up his absentmindedness with his unparalleled strength. As George and Lennie progress through the story‚ they meet various characters that‚ along with George and Lennie‚ convey the themes of human nature‚ the unachievable American dream
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In ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ Steinbeck presents uses some of the characters in order to show the effects that race‚ sex and disability had on status within communities of this particular time period i.e 1930’s. However‚ some would argue that it still holds value for modern day situations. These are all exploited as weaknesses by Steinbeck throughout the novel. Curley’s Wife suffers from a lack of identity. Throughout the entire book Curley’s Wife is simply referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’ and if not‚ would
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men were forced to wander from ranch to ranch seeking temporary employment‚ to live in bunk houses with strangers‚ and to suffer the abuses of arbitrary bosses. George sums up the misery of this situation at several points during his monologues to Lennie - "Guys like us‚ that work on ranches‚ are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place". This dream‚ of course‚ does not come to fruition‚ and indeed Steinbeck seems to have designed his bleak world to preclude
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Name Date Professor Tragic Elements of Antigone and OMM A tragedy is a serious work of fiction that presents the downfall of its protagonist‚ who through some error in judgment‚ weakness in character‚ or twist of fate suffers crushing defeat or death. It also must involve incidents arousing pity and fear. The novel Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ and the Greek drama Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ both have the woeful elements of a tragedy. In Antigone‚ the main character Antigone is of the cursed
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writers do this to illustrate the chances of normal people succeeding and how being born into a hierarchy means that you’re destined to a class in society. In Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie is introduced with a “shapeless face” and animal imagery is used to signify his strength‚ “bear drags his paws”‚ this portrayal of Lennie sets him apart from George in the hierarchy. As the story develops the readers understanding of George’s and Lennie’s relationship does to‚ the reader realises that the theme that
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Although society views compassion as a weakness‚in reality compassion is a strength developed through a person overcoming suffering. People view compassion as a weakness‚it is not it’s a strength when people are suffering during tough times they overcome it and become a stronger person because of that.Though many characters in the book”Mice and Men have really good friendship they also have a really good compassion towards one another they are frighten of each other. Candy is a guy they meet along
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Men is the story of two strong companions: semi-retarded Lennie and his friend and carer George. Set against the backdrop of depression-era California‚ this is a story of friendship and loneliness‚ compassion and cruelty‚ dreams and the harsh reality of life and death. The novel culminates in the death of Lennie‚ which has relevance to the themes present in the book: death‚ weakness‚ loneliness and hopeless dreams. During the story‚ Lennie is surrounded by death. However‚ in his childish perspective
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