alvinayingh... Student High School - 10th Grade eNoter Up 3 Down Steinbeck uses Curley’s wife to present the theme of loneliness in Of Mice and Men. Her real name is never revealed in the story‚ showing that she has never been considered as a real person with an identity of her own. In fact‚ Steinbeck depicts women as troublemakers who bring ruin on men and drive them mad- Curley’s bad temper has only worsen since their marriage. Her purpose in the book is rather simple- she is a ‘tramp’‚
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Curley’s wife has no name and is initially seen as the possession of her husband. She is also a good-looking lady who wears quite a bit of makeup‚ form-fitting dresses‚ and ostrich feathered-high heels. As the only woman on the ranch‚ Curley’s wife is lonely and sad – something her marriage to Curley only makes worse. She reveals throughout the course of the story that she is unhappy in her marriage because her husband seems to care little for her‚ and is really more interested in talking about himself
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How does Steinbeck present loneliness in ‘of mice and men’? During the Great Depression in the 1930s in the USA many migrant workers went to California in search of work. In the novel “Of Mice and Men” John Steinbeck deals with the loneliness which affected these characters. One of the main symbols of this‚ is the setting of the novel is in Soledad‚ which translated from Spanish means solitude. Steinbeck point to the cause of loneliness being from discrimination‚ and the loneliest person on the
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Lennie Both Curly and Lennie are main characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’; although‚ they are very different in many ways‚ first of all Lennie is a very big and strong man we know is as ‘a huge man‚ shapeless in face’ whereas Curley is much smaller and weaker‚ Steinbeck describes him as ‘a thin young man with a brown face’. Therefore you would think that Lennie being the stronger man would be the most aggressive but in fact both Lennie and Curley are very aggressive‚ this becomes clear when they both
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How does Steinbeck present an aspect of power in Of Mice and Men? Introduction Steinbeck shows us power in many different ways‚ Physical‚ Personal‚ Financial Power and Power of Seduction the novel was set in the 1930’s when power meant a lot to a lot of people. This meant that people would do anything to get respected! In the 1930’s the world was a different place to what it is now‚ a lot of racial division and an economic crisis which would last well over a decade. Steinbeck uses real- life
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attribute to the time in which they live. The loyalty and friendship of George and Lennie stands out in this harsh environment and I feel that it is that friendship in contrast with the rest of society in the novel that makes the book so fantastic. Steinbeck was born on February 27‚ 1902. During summers he would work as an itinerant worker on ranches which helped strongly influence his writing and it is often thought it was his experiences on these ranches in the ‘Dustbowl’ which inspired him to write
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In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ he portraits two characters‚ Curley and Candy with similarities and differences. Throughout the story‚ John Steinbeck portrays Candy more positively that Curley. Because Curley is the boss’s son‚ he uses his father’s influence to be imperious to others. His pompous behaviors are portrayed when he is seen as wearing “a work glove on his left hand‚ and like the boss‚ he wore high-heeled shoes” (25). Because he wears the same thing as his father‚ who wears
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The title of this piece is called “Of Mice and Men: An Unfulfilling End”. It is written for the Language in a Cultural Context portion of the IB Language and Literature course. This task focuses on the structure of power and privilege and uses John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. This text was selected because of the time period that it was written in and because of the way that it displays the structure of power and privilege through dynamic characters like George‚ Lennie‚ Candy‚ and Curly. This task
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novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ the main characters George Milton and Lennie Small experiences many difficult situations which involves violence and barbarous behavior. This book was published during the Great Depression. After reading the novel‚ George and Lennie are at times the cause of the violence while also being the sheep of Curley‚ who finds barbarous behavior as a source of entertainment and he does this by bullying the ranch workers and whom is socially beneath him. Steinbeck illustrates
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QUESTIONS Part A) What methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife? In the passage the first words that Steinbeck uses are that “Both men glanced up‚” and through this we are introduced to Curley’s wife through her effect on men and not through any notion of herself‚ which Steinbeck does to show us she is only worthy for the use of men. Not so long after in the sentence we are told “the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway way cut off.” Here‚ Steinbeck uses the light symbolically to highlight
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