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    Of Mice and Men Excerpt

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    Matt Jarrett p.6 Author Excerpt "Lennie!" he said sharply. "Lennie‚ for God’ sakes don’t drink so much." Lennie continued to snort into the pool. The small man leaned over and shook him by the shoulder. "Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night." Lennie dipped his whole head under‚ hat and all‚ and then he sat up on the bank and his hat dripped down on his blue coat and ran

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    Write a summary of the novel. The novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ begins in the Selina’s Valley‚ where 2 hoboes‚ Lennie and George arrived in a new ranch. They escaped from Weed because Lennie‚ who had a developmental issue‚ was wrongly accused of rape when he touched a woman to feel her soft dress. They met Candy and their prison-like narrow beds. Then they recognized Curley‚ Slim‚ who was the only person that George could treat him intently‚ Carlson and Curley’s wife‚ who was pretty but indelicate

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    the dream life‚ the audience comes to learn along with the characters that dreams are not all they’re cracked up to be and sometimes the most rewarding goal in life is one which has already been achieved. The two main characters in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck are poor farm workers who hope to one day own their own farm and become self-sufficient. What they never realize is that the most important thing they can ever have is each other. Despite their periodic quarrels‚ Lennie and George

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    Powell explains how in order to achieve a dream you must work for it as the characters in The Great Gatsby and Of Mice and Men worked to achieve their dreams. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ set in the 1920’s‚ the main character Gatsby is on a quest to find the love of his life as well as live the prosperous life he has always dreamed of. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ set in the 1930’s‚ the main characters George and Lennie‚ migrant farm workers‚ travel together working to have the

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    The theme of loneliness in this novel is a very good reflection of the social and economic settings of the 1930’s. Since most of the issues covered is typical of the 1930’s where racism and sexism existed strongly. The scene for the novel sets in a small town called Soledad. The definition of Soledad is loneliness which represents the town’s symbol. Most characters feel lonely and would do anything not to feel it. Most of the time men are seen traveling alone‚ so when the owner of the ranch

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    Quotes 'Of mice and men'.

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    Lennie ’’They had walked in a single file down the path‚ and even in the open one one stayed behind the other’’ This shows that Lennie has less power than George and follows him because he doesn’t know what to do. Section 1‚ page 19 ’’A huge man‚ shapeless of face‚ with large pale eyes‚ wide sloping shoulders... dragging his feet a little like a bear drags his paws‚ his arms hung loosely’’ This shows that Lennie has slow reflections‚ and is tall. Animal comparison Section 1‚ page 19

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    Of Mice and Men Essay Topics You will write a thoughtful essay that explores one of the options below. It will be 12 point‚ double-spacedTimes New Roman‚ MLA format‚ with 1 inch margins At least 3 pages long 3-5 good body paragraphs‚ plus an intro with a thesis‚ and a conclusion. Each body paragraph will have at least 1 quotation from the story 1. Of Mice and Men shows us that people can be cruel‚ or kind‚ or sometimes a mixture of both. Compare 2 characters (not George or Lennie). Write about

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    HOW DOES STEINBECK PORTRAY THE THEME OF LONELINESS IN “Of Mice And Men”? Steinbeck introduces characters sequentially and in this way is able to demonstrate a recurring theme of loneliness. Loneliness comes with racism‚ discrimination & ageism. Marginalization is a word which so eloquently describes the happenings that transpire throughout the book: Of Mice & Men. One character‚ who suffers from loneliness through intolerable discrimination‚ is Curley’s wife. She is discriminated against purely

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    Quotes for of Mice and Men

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    ’ We got a future’ the first signs of the main theme ’The American Dream’ come through here as we see that George and Lennie want to strive towards a better life than one of a ranch hand. ‘We got somebody to talk to’ the companionship between George and Lennie is very unusual in the time period of this book and the fact that they have each other makes them unique. Other characters such as Carlson‚ Slim‚Candy and Crooks all represent the theme of loneliness and friendship in some way. ‘don’t

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    Sierra Villanueva Mrs. José English II PAP 4th 8 November 2011 Of Mice And Men : An Annotated Bibliography "Book Review: Of Mice & Men." A Novel Menagerie. Novel Menagerie‚ 2009. Web. 7 Nov 2011. <http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/02/18/book-review-of-mice-and-men/>. The author of this review focuses on the life of Lennie. She sympathizes with the hard times Lennie had to go through as a character. The author describes Lennie to the readers as an innocent‚ childlike character who

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