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    Foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men By Alex Luciani Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is the tale of an unlikely friendship between two men trying to achieve their dream. It’s set in California during the Great Depression. Foreshadowing is used throughout the story to predict major events that happen later on. It fills the reader with a sense of dread and anticipation and keeps the story suspenseful. It makes the tone of the story more tragic‚ as the characters are predicted to fail. The ending of

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    How far does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife throughout the novella? Before she’s introduced to the reader: Chapter 2 “Well I think Curley’s married . . . a tart.” “Well‚ you look her over‚ mister. You see if she ain’t a tart.”  derogatory terms After she’s introduced to the reader: Chapter 2 “A girl was standing there. . .”  immaturity‚ naïve “She had full‚ rouged lips… heavily made up.”  Pouting‚ sensual image A lot of makeup‚ preposterous‚ ridiculous in context Red lips 

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    Of Mice and Men Essay Of Mice and Men is a novel about friendship. Discuss. Lennie and George’s friendship is a true and honest friendship Lennie and George are always looking out for eachother in different ways‚ are very dependent on eachother “But I wouldn’t eat none‚ George. I’d leave it all for you. You could cover your beans with it and I wouldn’t touch none of it” talking about the ketchup in the early stages of the book. “We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.” George

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    Analysis of ‘Underdog’ Characters in Of Mice and Men “A guy needs somebody – to be near him.” He whined‚ “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody…” (John Steinbeck 72). Love and belonging‚ is the third most important need in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. As human beings‚ being a part of something is crucial to our development as a person. People can go insane if they live a life of isolation. In John Steinbeck’s novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ the characters of Candy‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife are driven

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    Themes‚ Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Predatory Nature of Human Existence Of Mice and Men teaches a grim lesson about the nature of human existence. Nearly all of the characters‚ including George‚ Lennie‚ Candy‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife‚ admit‚ at one time or another‚ to having a profound sense of loneliness and isolation. Each desires the comfort of a friend‚ but will settle for the attentive ear of a stranger.

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    What does it take to be discriminated against? The story Of Mice and Men-- written by John Steinbeck-- answers this question. Of Mice and Men is an action-packed tale about two men named George and Lennie; these best friends acquire a job at a ranch and experience adventures‚ dreams‚ and discrimination while they are there. George tries to keep Lennie out of trouble as much as possible because Lennie can not look out for himself-- but this gets both of them into a lot of trouble. Discrimination

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    the novel Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck uses various methods and techniques to establish the dynamics of power on the ranch. In the first extract‚ George and Lennie are in the brush and we get a strong sense of George’s parental control over Lennie‚ but it also shows how Lennie’s physical stature gives him a degree of power over George. In extract two we meet Curley for the first time‚ and his authority over the ranch workers is clearly asserted through the various ways in which Steinbeck describes him

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    John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ is omnipresent throughout the book and is presented in various guises; it first appears in the title. ‘Of Mice and Men’ refers to the 17th century poem ‘To a Mouse’‚ written by Robbie Burns‚ the poem says "the best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft a glay"‚ meaning the best laid plans often go awry. This links to the novel as the characters that have dreams and plans to accomplish them‚ don’t achieve them. Here we see how both man are beast are powerless

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    In ’Of Mice and Men’‚ John Steinbeck includes a character‚ Crooks‚ as a stereotype of black people in the Great Depression; proud‚ bitter‚ and very sarcastic. Crooks is also extremely pessimistic and cold-hearted‚ due to the way people had been treating him all his life. Steinbeck portrays many of his characters lonely and isolated. Just as Candy’s age and handicap isolate him‚ and Curley’s wife’s being a female makes her life solitary‚ Crooks’s race is the main reason for his isolation. Because

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    "Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart." - Marguerite Gardiner. In society‚ both modern and in the past‚ prejudice has been a tool of thinking and labeling a group of race‚ people‚ class and culture in order to distinguish ones superiority and dominance from one another‚ but is simply a way to judge without gathering valid facts. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ we see that prejudice was just as rampant in the 1930’s. In the novel‚ prejudice is demonstrated on 3 different

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