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Because of their handicap, age or race they are considered at the bottom at the society even in their relationship with the women. Finally, Curley’s wife symbolizes the Eve – the woman who brings sin and death to the world, as the Biblical story states. Steinbeck’s style is a combination of poetic and realistic. It is simple and forward with a few long sentences. His style uses detailed descriptions with smiles and imagery. For example, the smile “little rolled clusters, like sausages” is used to describe Curley’s wife; the imagery of natural and artificial light, the sunshine and darkness are used to create scenes in the novel.
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The language is direct, colloquial, ungrammatical and contains slang words like “jail bait” or “rat-trap”. In conclusion, I think that Steinbeck explores a wide range of attitudes towards women in the novel Of Mice and Men. He uses his characters to show how the men were stereotyping the women and the women were stereotyping the men in the 1930s society and how each puts the others’ dream down through his or her actions. The portrayal of women is unflattering. He uses Curley’s wife and the other women mentioned in the story to show how women are isolated and degraded in a male-centered society.
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” The repetition of the noun “paws” hints at the significance of the huge and powerful hands which Lennie beholds. “The way a bear drags its paws. ” The verb “drag “emphasises tiredness and powerlessness which reflects Lennie’s uncontrollable strength which leads him to violence but I think the violence that leads is accidental because of Lennie’s desire to pet soft things which his desires which are innocent motivate which him in order for this to happen. Curley’s wife’s death is foreshadowed by Lennie’s obsession with soft things.
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All the living things that Lennie pets have resulted in the death of them such as mice and the puppy. This gives the reader the impression that Curley’s wife could end up meeting death whilst the unaware Lennie. This is a perfect example to show how innocent one’s desires can lead to such catastrophic events. In-comparison, George realises the difficulty of making his dream come true to share with Lennie.
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But as we know George kills Lennie at the end. Without Lennie, George relinquishes his hope for a different life. Lennie was the only thing that distinguished his life from the lives of other men and gave him a special sense of purpose. With Lennie gone, his hopes cannot be sustained. The grim note on which the story closes on where George and Lennie’s dream first began and ended suggests that dreams have no place in a world filled with such injustice and adversity. As Steinbeck explores the theme of fate and powerlessness.
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As Destiny cannot be controlled or changed to suit the needs of motivate a person. Through Crooks, Steinbeck exposes the bitterness, the anger, and the helplessness of the black American who struggles to be recognized as a human being, let alone have a place of his own due to his coloured background. With Crooks Steinbeck constantly explores how the theme of isolation and limitations of dreams has affected in him being miserable and self-defenceless. Crooks desires a companion as he is aware that this once was a reality. “The white kids came to play at our place.
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” Steinbeck uses the verb “play” which insinuates unlimited happiness and joy. As the phrase “white kids” suggests there was no discrimination; which Steinbeck explores the theme of innocence. In-addition this is also implies how Crooks childhood was content contrariety to the current situation which is serious suggests how Crook’s present is very different in contrast to his childhood. Now he has become isolated and insecure because he is black man who is segregated-for this reason Steinbeck wants the reader to feel sympathy for him.
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As any black person would be separated from the white society, where the black person would be left alone to suffer and whereas the white society could do anything they want which was very communal at the time of the “American Depression”. Crooks is in conflict (whether he wants a companion or not) and Steinbeck uses irony to express this. On one hand, it shows that Crooks desires a companion. “Book ain’t no good, a guy needs someone to be near him. ” The noun “needs” implies the need of human interaction, need of company and security. Which suggests his books are just an object and cannot be compared with human communication.
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Steinbeck portrays him like this, to shows the reader how Crooks is actually lone and is isolated from the world, as it shows he desires freedom. A black person being discriminated was very common at this time. On the other hand, when Lennie comes into Crook’s room he suddenly becomes uncivil and defensive as he imagines a big guy like Lennie could cause trouble for him; here the theme of prejudice is explored. “I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room. ” Steinbeck uses the repetition of “ain’t wanted” emphasises the rejection that Crooks feels.
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This phrase also implies that Crook’s wants Lennie to feel empathy-feel his pain of isolation and segregation. The use of pronouns “I” and “you” reflects the separation between Crook’s and the other ranch workers. Crook’s coloured background not only reflects him not having a companion but his dreams and desires are also limited because Crook’s has no rights to what so ever or even speak out loud to express his inner feelings and even if he did he would be punished because he is black, in the society he resides in is racist. Which Black people had to be separate or stay away from the white society.
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As the white society were treaded better than the black society which the black society suffered from greatly. As this was very common at the time of the American Depression. However Crooks is optimistic that his dreams will come true, Steinbeck uses the phrase “it’s just in their heads” to indicate the frustration Crook’s feels because he knows that he will never be able to achieve his dreams because of his colour, as nobody would listen to him as the same thing would happen to any other black person at that time as they would be segregated from the white people.
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Furthermore Crook’s has a negative view of others ambitions too. The noun “head” implies imagination and something extremely difficult to gain; relating to the American Dream. Steinbeck presents Crooks this way to the reader, so it illustrates a picture in the readers mind on how black people were despaired of achieving their dreams and desires. As this is a perfect example of how obstacles have come in the path from a person not achieving their dreams and desires.
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When Crooks sees his opportunity to be part of the dream with George and Lennie he becomes a different person. The prospect of friendship and companionship allows him to make the initial attempt to bridge the gap between black and white. The way in which he asks suggests he is feeling extremely awkward in doing so. “I’d come an’ lend a hand”. I felt that this was a very brave thing to do considering the racial tension in society at that time. Therefore the dream for companionship must have been really important to him.
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As If the dream were to succeed it would put an end to his misery and he would be able to live properly and be treated equally. However I feel that this quote also conveys a message from Crook’s angle of perspective that we are powerless to control our destiny. As Crooks has this dream to put an end to his seclusion. I think that Steinbeck portrays Crooks in this manner to the reader, so the reader understands how important a dream or a desire is for an individual which brings hope and prosperity to one’s life.
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In the 1930’s it was especially hard for black men to find work but as Crooks was disabled and black, it would have been very hard for Crooks to be accepted. Steinbeck wanted the readers to see how Crooks had to put up With the abuse to secure his place on the ranch as he really had no choice. The only choices he had were: deal with the abuse and have a place to stay, eat and earn a little knowing that if he left, a crippled man like him will not be accepted anywhere else.
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Crooks was treated like a piece of dirt. A polite, hardworking man who was looked down on beyond the statuses of the horses. He was a punch bag for the boss as he was an easy target and no-one would care any less. Compared to other black people in America, Crooks was lucky. The audience may not realise this but if you look at the other black people in America, Crooks had a place to stay every night; food that he could eat and some money he earned working.
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As racism seemed to be normal back then, everyone joined in the racial abuse, some without even knowing. Everyone seemed to be racist except for Lennie, who was too daft to realise why Crooks could be seen as different and Candy, who shares the same disability as Crooks and has no reason to discriminate apart from Crook’s colour. these two men are lower in the rank so this would possibly be the reason why he is treated as an equal.
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An important theme running throughout “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is of loneliness. Two pivotal characters are shown in particular as examples of this theme. The first character is “Curley’s Wife” and the second is the stable buck, “Crooks. ” Both for their own individual reasons are deprived the attention, love and compassion that they crave. They are the most perfect examples of loneliness in the novel and they are presented as characters in contrast to George and Lennie – who live on the companionship that they share.
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Curley’s wife had hastily married Curley to escape living with her mother. Since marrying Curley, his wife has been ignored by him, not receiving the satisfaction of marriage both emotionally and physically. She does not receive the love, attention or companionship from Curley so sets out to seek the attention of other ranch men. She is described as a “tart” by the other ranch men because of her sexual mannerisms around the ranch, aiming to grab the attention of the other men.
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It is established very early that Curley’s wife is deprived of companionship. Loneliness is like an illness for her and she sets out to cure it by presenting herself sexually around other men. Although she is conveyed as an evil figure because of her ability to land others into trouble, she most certainly is not evil. On the other hand, she is portrayed sympathetically by Steinbeck to show how a person’s loneliness can lead to their demise.
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She had wanted to be an actress (“coulda been in the movies”) but had her dreams crushed when she was not given the letter by her mother. But during the conversation, the reader is given the impression that Curley’s wife is cherishing that moment of dialogue with Lennie – although he may not be on top of the hierarchy of men in the ranch. She speaks of the lack of companionship that she suffers from when asking Lennie, “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. It gets awfully lonely. ” At this point the reader can sense the grief that Curley’s wife feels in the tone of her voice.
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The desired effect from Steinbeck may be for the reader to feel sympathy towards Curley’s wife. We learn that Curley’s wife is not an evil figure and only behaves in the way she does, is to grab the attention of the men around her. The other character suffering from severe loneliness throughout the novel is Crooks, the stable buck. He is portrayed to be an intelligent man because “he reads alot. ” This is alongside Steinbeck’s idea that you don’t have to be intelligent to be rich. But also, Crooks could have been rich if it had not been for the discriminative society that he lived in.
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Crooks is nicknamed as the “******” throughout the novel and this reflects the racially prejudice society of the USA in the 1930s. Crooks is also portrayed with sympathy, similarly to Curley’s wife. But unlike Curley’s wife, Crooks feels lonely because of the way he is segregated by the other men of the ranch. He does not sleep in the same bunk house as the other ranch men and is given his own room. He admits that he feels lonely and is left out by the other men because of his race, “cause I’m black.
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” But the reader is made to feel sympathy towards his loneliness because as a result of the society’s racial prejudice, he is easily crushed. An example is with his encounter with Curley’s wife. “You know what I can do to you if you open your trap? ” The reader here is made to feel sympathy towards Crooks because of the unfair treatment that he receives. Here, he is threatened by Curley’s wife – she threatens to accuse him of rape. The reader here is brought to terms with the unfair and cruel treatment of a lonely man in an unjust society.
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Overall, John Steinbeck uses these characters to make the reader realise the suffering a person can go through with loneliness. Steinbeck uses these characters in contrast to George and Lennie to stress the importance of companionship. The writer portrays the harshness of society – the suffering a person could be made to go through if left on their own – as Crooks found. Also, with loneliness and a thirst for love and companionship a person could lead to their own demise – as Curley’s wife found.
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The characters, ‘Curley’s Wife’ from Of Mice and Men and ‘Mally’ from Malachi’s Cove help to shed light on women’s experiences during the early Twentieth century. It would appear that there is little difference between Mally and Curley’s wife because they both seem to be living in an isolated situation where there are no other women around to talk to and bond with. During the time the short story of Malachi’s Cove and the novel Of Mice and Men were set, women’s public roles were minimal to that of men’s.
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Anthony Trollope, the author of Malachi’s Cove describes Mally as a “wild looking, almost unearthly creature” whereas Curley’s wife was described with feminine attractions. She had “full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up.” Because two of the characters physical appearances were so different, it was probably the reason why their personalities weren’t similar either. The authors of both novels also used colour to describe each character. For instance Mally had “black, uncombed hair” and “bright, black eyes.” The colour black is usually described when something is dull or dead.
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Using colour not only tells the reader what the colour of her hair and eyes were, but it cleverly describes her personality using repetition of the colour black. However, Steinbeck uses the colour red to describe Curley’s wife,”her finger-nails were red” and she wore “red mules.” The colour red seems more dangerous and fierce but at the same time alludes to seduction and passion. The writing technique both authors use sums up each character’s personality well by effectively using colour.
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There is a very big difference between the way the other characters in the books think of Mally from Malachi’s Cove and Curley’s wife from Of Mice and Men. When Curley’s wife is first mentioned, Candy tells George how “she got the eye.” He later goes on to say, “I think Curley’s married a tart.” These are the first impressions the reader gets of Curley’s wife. When she finally arrives on scene and meets Lennie and George for the first time, “the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off.” Steinbeck symbolises her personality again, this time using light and dark. He tries to indicate that Curley’s wife is bad news by using darkness. He also tries to show that there is no hope of a future for Lennie and George whilst she’s standing in the way of their light.
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Unlike Curley’s wife, Mally was a well-respected individual, but this was only to the elders. The people of her own age didn’t think much of Mally, so she hadn’t any friends. In Malachi’s Cove, Trollope refers to the term “vixen” to describe Mally’s personality. He repeats this word throughout the book to emphasise it so the reader can just capture the “wicked little vixen” personality she had. Using the image of a vixen, the author parallels her personality to the one of a spiteful and
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As mentioned before, Mally isn’t liked by many of her peers, but she is well respected by the elders. This might have been because she was so good to her grandfather and took on all the responsibilities of work he used to do. To the older generation, they would have thought of Mally as a role model for others her own age because she was so helpful to her grandfather, but her peers didn’t class her as any sort of role model. Mally and Curley’s wife were both similar because they had no friends, but Curley’s wife’s attitude was different to Mally’s in the fact that she tried to make new friends on the ranch, but she never succeeded.
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George tells Lennie to stay away from her the moment they first meet her and tries to explain to him, women like her were “rat traps.” I think all the men felt as though they shouldn’t speak to her because she was ‘Curley’s wife’. Nobody would want to mess with Curley because he was known to be quite violent, and he was the boss’s son. Mally on the other hand never tried to make any friends. Like the people around her confessed, “she worked day and night, and knew nothing of fatigue.” She seemed to be so occupied in all her responsibilities, which meant she had no time for socialising.
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Even though both these books were set at a similar time, Mally was allowed to work but Curley’s wife was not. I think the main reason for Curley’s wife being unable to work on the ranch was, the men classed her as being in possession of Curley. For example, throughout the entire novel Steinbeck doesn’t give her a name, she’s simply ‘Curley’s wife’. George said, “such a ranch ain’t no place for a girl, specially like her.” This remark George came out with was not only sexist towards women, but he also meant it wasn’t a place for females like Curley’s wife. It seems he said this because to George, Curley’s wife was a “tramp” and ” a rat trap” because of the way she acted in a seductive manner when she was near men. George wasn’t the only man who felt this way, other men also kept their distance from Curley’s wife.
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For instance, when Curley’s wife went into Crooks’ barn where some of the other men were, Candy said to her, ” you got a husban. You got no call foolin’ aroun’ with other guys, causin’ trouble.” Like George, Candy also knew that Curley’s wife was trouble because she shouldn’t go around talking to other men whilst her husband wasn’t there. The men on the ranch didn’t want to lose their job because Curley thought they were trying to steal his possession, his wife. Curley’s wife knew that the men on the ranch preferred to stay away from her, but if a man was alone, “I get along fine with him,” she said. She tells Lennie, Crooks and Candy, ” just let two of the guys get together an’ you won’t talk.” She went on to say, “ever’ one of you’s scared the rest is goin’ to get something on you.” That’s just what George and the other guys thought would happen if they were to talk to her.
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“Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages” implies the extensive amount of time she has, being alone with nothing better to do than to curl her hair. Her inappropriate body language proves how she dreadfully tries to seek attention and flirts openly with men as she positions herself against the door frame so that “her body was thrown forward”. She smiles “archly” and “twitch(es) her body”. This gives the reader the general impression that Curley’s wife is an attractive young lady who seeks attention of men.
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George’s immediate comments such as “Jesus, what a tramp”, and “So that’s what Curley picks for a wife” and reactions to Curley’s wife, however, allows the reader to realize that she is a potential threat to George and Lennie. George fumes when he knows of Lennie’s admiration of her being one who is “purty” and fiercely tells him not to even “take a look at that bitch” and refers to her as “poison” and “jail bait” and to leave her alone.
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George, especially foreshadows future problems between Lennie and Curley’s wife because Lennie got into trouble in Weed from trying to touch a lady wearing a red dress. As the story progresses, we learn more about Curley’s wife. We learn that her husband does not trust her with the other ranch workers, being isolated from the community in the ranch and because of that, must feel really despondent and alone.
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Most of the men in the ranch rarely sees females, only recognizing females who go to town to a “whore-house”. This then reveals the stereotypical view on women as that of a “whore”. Curley’s wife states “I never get to talk to anyone. I get awful lonely”. This shows that being the only female leaves her with the lack of companionship especially when she is being disliked by other characters in the novel and not being truly loved by her husband. There is no mutual trust between Curley and his wife, as we see that he starts a fight when he thinks that there was something going on between his wife and Slim.
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We also learn the prejudice side of her when she goes to Crooks’ door on the Saturday night where everyone goes to town. From this we see the bitterness and seclusion in her. She knows that Curley has gone out to town, and this is when we get to see the reality of her life on the ranch. She enters Crooks’ room with the excuse of looking for Curley to talk to him, Lennie and Candy. When Crooks suggests that she “go(es) along to your (her) own house” and that they didn’t “want no trouble”, she tries to convince them to talk to her and expresses her loneliness. “Well, I ain’t giving you no trouble.
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Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time? “This then draws the reader’s sympathy towards her as we realize how forlorn she is, even being ostracized by Crooks, a Negro. However, the sympathy we have for her soon becomes washed away when she reveals the cruel side of her, intimidating people with her status. When Crooks told her to leave the room for the 2nd time, she gets angry and shows the contemptuousness she feels for Crooks, Lennie, and Candy, referring them as a “nigger an’ a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep”.
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The situation worsens when she also threatens and reminds Crooks of his status as a Negro, removing Crooks’ pride and dignity, when he dares to demand her to leave his room. “Listen, Nigger, You know what I can do to you if you open your trap? ” This then causes the reader to recognize both the lonesome and malevolent side of her. She also mocks and puts people down when it comes to the dreams of other people. “I seen too many of you guys. ” Dreams are a major reoccurring theme in the novel “Of Mice and Men”. When Lennie tells Curley’s wife of his and George’s dream, she mocks them saying its “Baloney”.
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‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck presents his characters as being weak & strong. Using 2 characters write about them and how they are represented. ‘Of Mice and Men’ the characters are represented with many strengths and weaknesses. The two main characters, George and Lennie are mainly used to represent these things. The strengths and weaknesses are either physical, the characters morals or character traits. Depending on each character the strengths are either more than the weaknesses or the same… but why is that?
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Lennie is a “good worker” so can find jobs easily, during the Depression Lennie’s strength was a plus to have someone who is strong in order to get jobs. Lennie is both animal-like and childlike, he hasn’t matured like the people around him so isn’t prejudice towards anyone. It shows that not everyone is prejudice it’d just as you grow up and learn you become prejudice towards others and that you don’t have to be prejudice.
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On the other hard George has many strengths being the only main character who hasn’t got a disability. George is a smart character, because he travels with Lennie he seems even smarter, he uses his cleverness to get himself and Lennie out of trouble. George is the hero in the novel, he is the one Lennie looks to for guidance, a parental figure and during the novel we the readers look to George for him to do the right thing. When George kills Lennie even though it is a harsh thing to do it took a lot of courage from George to be able to do the right thing to protect his friend.
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In the 1920’s George was seen as the typical man; white, male, young and able therefore on the ranch he isn’t a victim of discrimination as he is the typical man. George also has a dream, the American Dream “have a little house and a couple of acres an a cow and some pigs”, that dream keeps him going as he knows what it’s like having something of your own so is working to make that dream come true. Unlike other ranch men George isn’t lonely as he has Lennie so stops him from going mad and becoming bitter.
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George’s strengths represent a typical person’s strength that many have but not all, for example Crooks isn’t white so instead of his race being a strength it is a weakness. For weaknesses Lennie is the opposite of George, he isn’t very smart as he has the mentality of a child which is a strength as well as a weakness. Lennie is a child like character who can’t reason, Lennie never wants to ‘get into trouble’ so ends up doing bad things unintentionally. Lennie also forgets important things like vital information and things he is meant to learn from.
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Whenever he makes a mistake he never learns from it so ends up doing the same thing over and over again which eventually leads to the wife’s death. He is very strong so harms things without meaning to: the mice, the puppy and the wife. Lennie not being in control of his strength also leads to his own death. As he is very child-like he is manipulated very easily especially by the wife when they were alone in the barn. Lastly Lennie’s love of “petting” leads to deaths of animals which he never thinks is his fault.
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He blames the mice, the puppy and the wife for their own deaths rather than himself which shows that he has no conscience. Lennie has no sense of moral responsibility which shows something isn’t right with him also could show signs of him being a sociopath. The main deaths in the novel are caused by Lennie but also caused by his child like mentality which doesn’t enable him to realise what he is doing. It shows that if it wasn’t for his disability or if he was helped with his disability the deaths could’ve been avoided and never occurred.
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Where Lennie’s weakness is his child-like mentality George’s weakness is Lennie and his fear of loneliness. During the novel Lennie loses George jobs and holds George back, “I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail”. Lennie stops George from doing things he enjoys as he has to look after Lennie and get Lennie out of trouble. George doesn’t get any where in the novel because of Lennie, he never gets his dream this is because the novel has a circular structure where nothing is achieved.
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Also George is afraid of being alone; he wants someone to look out for him which is why he stays with Lennie. As he doesn’t want to be alone George doesn’t realise that Lennie is a danger risk to others and leaves him alone twice in the novel. George seems to be blind to the fact that Lennie is dangerous to others but as well as he doesn’t want to be lonely he wants a life as well. However it’s shown that George does know that Lennie is dangerous, “I should of knew” he always knew Lennie was going to do something bad but wanted Lennie’s company until that bad thing happened.
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In conclusion Steinbeck uses the two main characters to represent his ideas of strengths and weaknesses to get the message across clearly. The characters who go around together are almost complete opposites who surprisingly get on well with each other. Steinbeck uses them to show that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses whether it be physical, moral values or character traits everyone is different. Also Lennie’s strength of not being prejudice shows that everyone is equal.
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Have you ever heard of the characters George and Lennie? They have big roles in the book Of Mice and Men. This book is about George Martin and Lennie Small having completely different personalities but Lennie couldn’t live without George, George would be alone in the world without Lennie. The author of the book Of Mice and Men wanted to provide evidence of the differences between Lennie and George. My main points are going to focus on how bad and good, Lennie and George’s relationship is.
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After George said that Lennie said, ‘But not like us.’ So to Lennie, it means a lot to him that George keeps reminding him that the story about them being together. Lennie and George have very different personalities, but there friendship and loyalty is a very big part of the book. Like that quote George says it to make Lennie happy that they are together, but they also have some downsides in their relationship.
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Lennie urges, ‘You said I was your cousin!’ George replies, ‘That was a lie. If I was relative of yours, I’d shoot myself.’ This quote is not very nice because George said that if he was relative to Lennie he would have already shot himself. At the beginning of the book, George told Lennie that he was a relative of his because George has been taking care of Lennie since his aunt had passed away. This is not a good friendship way to go because he told Lennie a lie. In friendships, you don’t want to tell lies because then that loyalty is going to break, but since Lennie doesn’t have anyone else to go with, he will still stick by George’s side because Lennie forgives easily.
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‘I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him, ‘ He said proudly, ‘You wouldn’t think it to look at him now, but he was the best…sheep dog I ever seen.’ This quote is from Candy. He is talking about his friendship with his dog. He loved his dog very much. In the middle of the book, Candy came into the shed with his dog and Carlson told Candy that he could quickly shoot the dog in the back of the head for him so there was no pain because the dog was old and it smelled really bad. Candy was sad about it because it was his best dog. Carlson ended up killing the dog and Candy never got off the bed nor looked at anyone. His friendship with his dog meant the world to him. But friendships can end quickly.
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Even when friendship and loyalty is a big part of the book, there are many different themes in the book that play big roles in it. One big theme is dreaming, Lennie and George had a dream about having their own ranch and Lennie wants rabbits. But if you don’t have that friendship and loyalty you can’t have that dream together. John Steinbeck wants the readers to get engaged in the book. He wanted to point out that in the Great Depression anything could happen, but when you have a close friend you can get through anything with them by your side.
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The American dream revolve around the multiple ideals for freedom and reaching your highest aspiration. The American dream serves as an idealistic hope for future which was very common in the working class men. the novella suggests that after all the idealism surrounding a hope for better and a freedom filled future it is all an impossible illusion to create a harder working class of men where in the end all of their hopes and dreams will be unattained this was mainly prevalent during the depression.
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Steinback argues ‘a man needs somebody’ in a society full of expectations for independence as the solidarity of independence during a crisis so severe like the depression a man needs someone to not become lonely (as seen with Lennie and George friendships also inspire hope of the American dream). George lies to Curley saying him and Lennie are cousins to seem less suspicious as any ties to another man out of solidarity and allegiance during the depression was unexpected. Broken plans.
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Lifes tragedies and unexpected events lead to the interference of fulfilment of dreams. Key moment Lennie and Georges long lived dream for a plot of their own never succeeds as Lennie dies The weak & strong. Many characters long for friendships and support but due to the crisis in society many men were full of distrust and instead sought out dominance (seen when Carlson shoots candys dog). It is underlines that during the depression there was no use for the old and weak and instead many sought after the strong who could deliver. The struggle between the weak and strong is the novella defining conflict.
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Steinback aims to emphasise the reality of only searching for the strong such as America did during the depression will lead to destined failure. A common notion towards the weak and strong is that during the great depression when work is scarce many can not afford to look weak and even show any signs of mental in capabilities due to the desperate need for hiring (when George and Lennie first go to the ranch George tells Lennie not to say anything because it will hint at the boss of lennies less mental capacity).
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Death, the one thing all of humanity will eventually face, could be seen as an end or an entrance. In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men George was right to kill Lennie. People Think murder is immoral, but there is such a thing as mercy killing. ‘The act of killing someone painlessly.’Sometimes we may have to go to the extreme, as long as we know it is the right thing to do. That’s how we know you care.
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Look at it like this; your friend is mentally ill and no one respects him so they treat him like a dog. The stranger happens to hate your friend because he killed someone the stranger really cared about. The stranger doesn’t want to just kill your friend but torture hime. Would you just hand over your friend? Would you comfort him? Would you tell him everything was going to be ok? Hopefully you would make him think everything is ok, confirm his safety, and to save him from any more pain from anyone else. I would put him out while he was comfortable and felt so good about himself. Now if it was you what would you do? Regarding the story, replace the stranger as Curly, a short insecure man, and your friend as Lennie and yourself as George.
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George and Lennie were such good friends, you can even say they were brothers. Lennie wasn’t the brightest star in the sky. It was hard for George to get mad at Lennie when he accidentally killed Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife had the soft feel of her hair and Lennie truly adored it, maybe a little too much. He killed her by breaking her neck while holding her hair, but he really didn’t mean to kill her. Geaorge said, ”I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know'(101). This shows how much George really cared about Lennie.
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No matter how big the crime was, George always was there to help Lennie get back on his feet. George made him forget all his worries, and move on like nothing happened. George was the right person to kill Lennie, therefore made the right decision to, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley. There was a chance for Goerge and Lennie to escape. If they picked their route quickly and carefully, they could have gotten a very small chance of escaping. If you think about it, Curley and his men were already close. They were also on horses with guns.
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George was right for killing Lennie. It saved them both. Escaping was not a very good option. Lennie would have been caught and killed. Where would that leave George. In the same position as Candy and his old dog who was shot by Carlson? It was better for George to kill Lennie, because he knew how to comfort him, and Lennie was always at ease with George and believed in him. Killing Lennie was easy, yet emotionally hard for George to overcome. But it was quick, less depressing and Lennie was happy. Death is the one thing all of humanity will eventually face. It could be seen as an end or an entrance. And in this case, it was an entrance.
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Imagine yourself being bullied by a group of people and nobody liked you. What would you feel? Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck. The novella took place during the Great Depression and it was about two men, George and Lennie trying to find jobs so they can achieve their American Dream. During that time, people had hard times finding jobs and the worst thing about the Great Depression was segregation.
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They plot at the ranch to save up and buy their own land, their American Dream. Lennie mistakenly commits a murder; George tracks him down and is forced to shoot him, ending their American Dream. They were certain of their plans to achieve their dream, but it fails. Steinbeck, in the novella Of Mice and Men, uses symbolism and characterization to prove that the pursuit of the American Dream is ultimately hopeless and futile.
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When Lennie and George arrive at the ranch, they are prepared to work to earn their own land. This is false hope, for when they arrive at the bunkhouse ‘The sun threw a bright dust laden bar’ and in and out of the beam flies shot like rushing stars’ (Steinbeck 18). These shooting stars turn out to be just flies, representing the false hope that George and Lennie have for their ranch. As well as being symbolic, these false stars foreshadow the lack of hope in the end, when the dream fails with Lennie’s death at the hands of George.
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They are so quick to grab on to hope that they are really grabbing onto nothing at all. As the story progresses, Lennie is found alone in the barn shortly before he commits the crime that will shatter their dream. ‘The afternoon sun sliced in through the cracks of the barn walls” (Steinbeck 84). That same light, same false hope that they held is now being ‘sliced.’ As the light is receding, Lennie commits murder, reducing their hopes to near nothing. This is the beginning of the failure of hope in the American Dream. When George finds Lennie hiding in the brush where they first entered the story, ‘Already the sun had left the valley to go climbing up the slopes” (Steinbeck 99). Light and hope are gone, as George knows it is over for Lennie and over for their dream. The mountains are the American Dream, and hope is receding even beyond it, proving that it is unobtainable. The hope in the best laid plans for the American Dream has ultimately failed, proving that the pursuit itself is a hopeless cause. The light arising and declining displays the breakdown of hope in the ambition of the American Dream.
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Have you ever wondered the origin to betrayal? Many people have been through betrayal and have lost strong relationships with friends and family. Novels such as Of Mice and Men wrote by John Steinbeck, and Raisin in the Sun wrote by Lorraine Hansberry, these two captivating novels both show events of betrayal. With this, there are many different articles and studies on how betrayal is changing the way people think and act. Betrayal can be someone’s loss but also can be someone’s new gain.
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The first novel, Of Mice and Men, is about two workers during the mid-1930s, named Lennie and George, that just ran away from their previous job, because of Lennie, who is mentally challenged,and likes soft material, touched a girls dress. She ended up screaming because he would not let go so George had to hit him in the head, and he let go. So they fled on a journey to find a new job, so they could have their own piece of property.
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They ended up finding a place to work, while hiding Lennie’s mentality, George used the excuse that Lennie is a strong man who can carry large and heavy loads from the wagons. They got hired, and set up in a bunk house, meeting a guy named Curly, with a missing hand and a very old dog. Lennie and George ended up having fun there George playing a game with the guys and Lennie playing with the pups in the barn with Crooks, but that suddenly ends when Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife, George ends up finding Lennie in the place he told him to hide whenever he would get in trouble.
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Of Mice and Men shows betrayal because Crooks, the guy in the barn, has to be kept there because of the color of his skin is different from the others. The guys do not want to see a person with different color skin then they do. Crooks is betrayed by being kept in the barn the entire time while the other men got to work and play games, during the great depression, the other men would treat him poorly and make rude remarks about his skin tone and race, that is why you barely see him outside working or hanging out with the others. Crooks would always read book to fill his time since he was not allowed anywhere outside his bunk. Lennie would visit him from time to time to see the pups, at first Lennie did not understand why Crooks was being unfriendly to him, but Crooks realized that Lennie just wanted to be friends and did not seem to be of a threat, so he decided to befriend Lennie. Crooks grew up in a life that included being equal with the whites, no segregation. Then when he stepped foot on the ranch he was sent to a separate bunk so he could stay there, away from the others. Crooks is a very respectful man, he would always be respectful to Curley’s wife, but when she would go off on him, he would back down and face the consequences of his actions. His main fear is to be lynched, which means hanging by the head on a rope. But he mainly respected her and never made her feel uncomfortable, and Crooks would also keep an eye out for Curley.
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The second novel is Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. It is about a family who is not so rich, they live in the South Side of Chicago. There is the mother, Mama, the daughter Beneatha, the son Walter, the wife of Walter Ruth, and the son of Walter and Ruth, Travis. The father of Walter and Beneatha passed away and now the family is getting a $10,000 check. The family fights for what they should spend the money on, Walter wants to use the money to invest in a liquor store and Mama wants to buy a house in the nice neighborhood with more room, Ruth agrees. Beneatha ends up falling into a love triangle between Joseph Asagai and George Murchison, and can not decide who to go with. Beneatha wants to go into a beneficial college for a medical course, so she can become a doctor. Mama somewhat supports her decision, and Walter despicses it, he thinks that it is ridiculous. When they receive the money, Mama gives some to Walter, so he can transfer the money for the house and for Beneatha’s college. He ended up not entering the money in and is a disappointment to his family. The house that they were purchasing was in a white neighborhood, the retailer was a racist and showed it towards the family. So, with the money they had left, they purchased the house even though everyone neighboring them would hate them, they would not care at least they would be happy in the big house they waited years for.
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A Raisin in the Sun shows betrayal because of Walter, Lena’s son, giving the money Mama gave to him to Willy Harris, instead of putting the money for Beneatha’s college for her to go to medical school to become a doctor. Willy Harris betrayed Walter by taking the money that Walter was going to use to invest in a business, he becomes aggressive, and his family was going to use the money for a new house and for the Beneatha to go to a college. Mama is very disappointed in him and does not have a strong trust with him like she did before.
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In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, he examines the struggle of being lower class in the United States during the Great Depression. This essay will examine how he pointedly used literary symbolism, tragedy, and foreshadowing to support his view of a society full of racism and discrimination toward mentally disabled citizens and the downtrodden. The characters in the book represent a slice of life he viewed as flawed and as victims of a world they could not change.
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Symbolism plays a big factor in this story. In the beginning, a snake appears in the field during the introduction of the two main characters, George and Lennie. The reader is confronted with a sense of foreboding danger, but is not aware of the magnitude of the danger, until later in the book when a heron swoops down and kills the snake. The snake represents the imminent danger Lennie will encounter as well as the symbolic biblical references of snakes and the presence of evil.
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This evil continues throughout the story manifested by other violent acts committed against small defenseless animals, and defenseless, unknowing humans. Lennie is a symbol of a representation of America…strong, yet vulnerable and weak. He unknowingly commits murder and hurts people and things weaker than he, but yet is really one of the weakest. The fact that his unbelievable strength makes him to hurt what he loves causes Lennie’s joy to end in some form of suffering. The mouse symbolizes vulnerability regardless of innocence.
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Steinbeck exposed the tragedy of 1930’s America by reminding the reader that people of both races were “stuck” living together in the same type of poverty and Hell on earth. They experienced loneliness and despair on a daily basis. For example, Curley’s wife was talking to Lennie alone in the barn and tells him, “I get lonely, you can talk to people but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley.” This shows a sign of loneliness because no one wants to talk to Curley’s wife because they’re afraid that Curley will harm them, including Lennie. Steinbeck was critical of how the American Dream was only realized for a few. Characters dreamed about acquiring simple things, and unfortunately they had no idea they would or could not fulfill these dreams.
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Of Mice and Men consists of very tragic events that foreshadow the ending of the book and close its main theme. Chapter three portrays this literary element when Carlson and Slim agreed to shoot Candy’s old dog. Since Candy lost essentially everything he had before the Dust Bowl, killing his own dog would be something that he wouldn’t bear thinking of. It was his only companion. Once the verdict was made to shoot it, Candy lied down on his bed staring at the ceiling. Carlson took his gun and the dog outside. Aa a shot was heard from a distance, Candy turned to face the wall. This form of tragedy also foreshadows the death of Lennie because it ends the suffering of the person or pet that they love. Later after that situation, Candy regrets not being there to shoot his dog and letting someone else do it. This thought process is to show how