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 this the boss will have to kick him out of the ranch as he will be useless
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– Crooks is referred to as a “nigger” (p.40) and naturally doesn’t have power * Crooks does have some power – books‚ possessions‚ gold glasses‚ own room “You got no right coming in here.” (p.100) * Able to be rude to and manipulate Lennie‚ which makes him feel powerful “You crazy as a wedge… (p.101) George might not come back” (p.103) “I guy goes crazy if he can’t talk to nobody” (p.105) * Backs down to Lennie who is disabled = weakness “I was just supposin’‚ he’s gonna come back alright”
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2 Ghastin As I read the first chapter of Steinbeck’s book‚ Of Mice and Men‚ it definitely succeeded to establish Lennie as a sympathetic character. Lennie has a big body with a shapeless face and large pale eyes with wide sloped shoulders and‚ he walks dragging his arms and feet. He is also portrayed as a mindless childlike character that likes tender and soft creatures such as mice. Lennie is different from other characters in the book‚ because he seemed so large yet innocent. In the
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Curley’s Wife In Of Mice and Men‚ character symbolism lets the reader see what life was like in the 1930’s. Many of the characters portray a certain person that could have been living in the 1930’s. This book is about the adventures of two men‚ George Milton and the mentally disabled Lennie Small. They were migrant workers who had to search for work during the Great Depression. You see the friendship between the two men‚ and how they care for each other and try to protect each other. Author John
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Character Loneliness The theme of loneliness is very prominent in the book Of Mice and Men. It was not uncommon for people to be lonely during the period of time the novel was set in. John Steinbeck made it very clear that is happens to many people for many different reasons. Throughout the story many characters including Crooks‚ Candy‚ and Curley’s Wife all express how the feel lonely and isolated on the farm. Crooks discussed with Lennie how lonely he was and not only of the farm‚ but for as long
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All of these derogatory words were used to negatively describe one of the few female characters in John Steinbeck’s novella‚ Of Mice and Men. This story is centered on two men‚ named Lennie and George‚ who work on a ranch in an effort to achieve their dream of owning their own land. While attempting to reach their dream they meet few women‚ almost all of whom were painted in a negative light. This demonstrates the point made by John Steinbeck that women are trouble and will only lead to conflict
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let his wife out with the ranch workers so for someone to talk she came to people she would normally avoid under normal circumstances. However due to her lonesome life she results to communication with these outcasts. The fact that she refers to the men as ‘bindle stiffs’ implies she thinks she is superior to them‚ when in reality she has more in common with them than she might like to think. As she states ‘They left all the weak ones here’ it becomes clear to
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the men and were considered ‘useless’. Henceforth Steinbeck may have not given her a name as women were not considered important enough and she may not have deserved a name in this era. This could make the reader feel sympathy for her as she not only is considered useless but a possession to a person she doesn’t love. Then the reader may notice how she is dressed “full‚ rouged lips and wide spaced eyes‚ heavily made up”. Nobody dressed up to come to the ranch‚ it was a dirty place in which people
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George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two migrant field workers in California during the great depression‚ on there way to yet another ranch. They are coming from a ranch in Northern California‚ called weed‚ in which they got kicked out from. What had happened was‚ Lennie had an obsession with stroking things. There was this one girl at the the ranch in Weed‚ that had on a nice dress. Lennie thought it would be a nice thing to stoke her dress. And while he was holding her dress‚ she got scared and started
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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 the workers. Steinbeck tries to create this contrast between the background and the interactions between characters to highlight the roughness that exists on the farm. Through his description of “Golden Foothill slopes”‚ a river that “runs deep and green” and “sycamores with mottled‚ white‚ recumbent limbs”‚ Steinbeck is showing the natural beauty of the setting
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