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    Explore the way Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as someone we both sympathise with and dislike at times. Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as one we both sympathise and dislike at times by showing both sides of her story to the reader‚ he illustrates Curley’s wife’s‚ point of view by revealing her past and why she is married to Curley. He then depicts the other side of her personality by exposing how she is around the ranch workers‚ and what they think of her. The author also illustrates the life

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    Loneliness in Of Mice And Men  In this essay I shall set out to discuss the recurring theme of loneliness evident in "Of Mice And Men" by John Steinbeck. I shall be writing about some very different characters‚ who all have this one trait in common. Loneliness affects many of the characters‚ and Steinbeck seems to show that it is a natural and inevitable result of the kind of life they are forced to lead.  Every character in the story exhibits loneliness. Curley’s wife seeks the attention of

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    Honors English II Quarterly Outside Reading Opening Sequence: In the beginning of Of Mice and Men it describes the Salinas River and a small wooded area around it. The setting is described as peaceful and calming versus how the ending plays out. Later it tells of two men walking down to the river‚ whose names we learn are George and Lennie. It is important to the development of the story that they stop here because George mentions to Lennie that if he were to ever get into any trouble to come back

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    In Mice of Men there were literary analysis use to describe problems‚how things looked. Such as personification ‚simile and hyperbole and many more. Steinback uses a lot of describing words to explain ‚he will spent about a whole page explaining one thing. Just how he explains George “The first man was small and quick ‚dark of face ‚with restless eyes and sharp strong features”(Steinback 2). He use describing words and simile to explain how George’s face looks and how it is shaped.Steinbeck does this

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    Explain how Steinbeck presents Crooks in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ The first time Crooks was mentioned by Candy Chapter 1 page 21. Candy is the gossip one‚ he knows everything‚ and sees everything. Candy introduces Crooks to Lennie and George. ‘Yeah. Nice fella‚ too. Got a crooked back where horse kicked him. The boss gives him hell when he’s mad. But the stable bucks don’t give a damn about that’. That shows that Crooks doesn’t care what people think about him‚ he respects himself. On

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    her character evolves and her sweeter and more vulnerable side is shown in contrast to her first appearance which portrays her as imposing and a trouble maker. Throughout the course of the novel‚ it appears women are treated with contempt and Steinbeck generally depicts women as trouble-makers who bring ruin on men and drive them mad. Aside from wearisome wives "Of Mice and Men" offers limited rather misogynistic descriptions of women who are either dead‚ maternal figures or prostitutes.

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    Over this unit‚ John Steinbeck pushes his idea of the American dream very heavily through the characters in his book‚ Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck’s veiw on the idea of the american dream is that is is nothing more that just a dream. He expresses this message by having some of the main characters work harder any anyone else but fall short of ever reaching their dreams. During the Socratic seminar‚ the class talk about how Lenny’s dream was simple but George believed that they could

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    Consider the theme of Loneliness in the novel `Of Mice and Men` The novel `Of Mice and Men` by John Steinback is set against the background of the American Great Depression in the 1930`s. In it‚ we meet the characters of George and Lennie who are migrant workers who find work in various ranches. George and Lennie are different to the rest as they have each other to look out for‚ were as the rest of the characters are all‚ in some way‚ lonely. Crooks is discriminated and is alone because of his

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    In Steinbeck’s book‚ Of Mice and Men‚ he made the characters face a lot of hard choices‚ but friendship can get you through anything the world throws at you. Friendship stays through the good and bad. So‚ if you have a few or even one friend than you are richer than you think. Steinbeck portrays their friendship in Of Mice and Men by George telling Lennie to jump into a river knowing he can’t swim. “George and Lennie are close friends. They travel around together and George looks out for Lennie

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    Of Mice and Men Essay John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ utilises a Middle American setting during the Great Depression‚ to display the hardships centred characters experience in their companionships with one another. It expresses loneliness for those who do not fit the social standards and are outcasts from the main group on the ranch. The unique relationship between George and Lennie‚ Candy and his dog plus the loneliness of Curley’s wife‚ combine to illustrate how friendships do not last forever

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