Steinbeck indicates through Curley’s wife’s attention seeking personality throughout the book that women in general are disrespected on their gender rather than their capabilities or personality resulting in a loss of identity and putting up a façade. Curley’s wife represents not all‚ but most women in the early 1900s‚ she is overlooked upon by the men on the ranch so she uses her looks to get their attention. She simply does this because she is lonely and has nothing else to do. Lennie and George
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Explore the ways in which Hill creates sympathy for Arthur as the hero of the Woman in Black Key to the success of TWiB is Hill’s expertise in encouraging the reader to identify with the main character‚ Arthur Kipps. She achieves this by stimulating feelings of sympathy towards Arthur. Some of the ways in which she does this are by using a variety of different methods such as a range of structural devices‚ detailed descriptions of the setting‚ the central theme of fear and the change in Arthur’s
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How does Steinbeck use language to present the character of Curley’s wife in ‘of mice and men?’ Steinbeck uses a lot of stereotyping in his novella‚ ‘Of Mice and Men.’ He uses Crooks‚ a black man‚ to show how black people were treated in the 1930s and he uses Curley’s wife to show how insignificant women were in the 1930s. Steinbeck also uses the vernacular throughout the book to paint a more realistic picture and allow us to understand how people spoke to each other on the ranch.
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Steinbeck explores some of the multiple meanings buried in the idea of "meanness." A "mean" person is‚ like Curley who is nasty and a bully. Both George and Lennie express their hatred for that kind of people. George says that he "don’t like mean little guys". Curley’s thirst for violence and his constant urge to pick fights contrasts with Lennie’s "innocent" violence. After Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife‚ George says that Lennie "never done it in meanness" Lennie killed several animals
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Explore the ways Crooks (a minor character) is presented in Of Mice And Men John Steinbeck created the character of Crooks in order for him (Crooks) to embody the marginalisation of the black community during the 1930s. Crooks is a minor character‚ but this does not stop Steinbeck using him to bring attention to the racism of the time and the reality of ‘the American Dream’. When we first see Crooks it is apparent that he is very lonely “had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned
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Wealth can Bring hurt One day the poor fisherman Kino finds‚” the greatest pearl in the world” ( Steinbeck 10 ). Consequently the pearl causes conflict for the fishermans family. In the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ lived a poor family in a small brush house town‚ that lived and ate the same everyday. The husband Kino and wife Jauna lived with their son Coyotito‚ which they protected him as much as they could. One day their son get’s struck by a scorpion‚ making Kino seek help from the
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“Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.” -Bill Gates. In John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men takes place during The Great Depression is 1937. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck uses some of his characters to show discrimination. The characters that i’m choosing to tell about the discrimination are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Lennie. Steinbeck’s focuses are showing how discrimination was used during the early 1900’s from slavery‚ gender‚ or just people that
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Steinbeck shows us how Lennie sees the world‚ perceives events‚ and how he reflects on something. His mind uses things he cherishes‚ to comprehend. Since the very beginning I always thought Lennie was incapable of apprehending what goes on. That doesn’t seem like the case now. Lennie is intelligent enough to see the damage and trouble he has caused. To interpret his thoughts‚ his mind creates hallucinations of his Aunt Clara and of a Rabbit. The mirage of Aunt Clara speaking in his voice is a way
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Nothing is based upon deliberate deceptions‚ some malevolent and others benevolent that functions the main and sub plot. But also Deceptions are used by Shakespeare to reveal a lot about characters and attitudes. The duping of Claudio and Don Pedro results in Hero’s disgrace‚ while the ruse of her death prepares the way for her redemption and reconciliation with Claudio. When Claudio has shamed and rejected Hero‚ Leonato and his household “publish” that Hero has died in order to punish Claudio for his
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does Steinbeck present Slim from the extract? Slim‚ on his first appearance‚ is described as moving with a “majesty only achieved by royalty or master craftsmen”. With this descriptive phrase‚ Steinbeck immediately establishes Slim as someone who is confident in himself that is admired by others. To move like majesty‚ it requires one to move with graceful fluency without seeming effort. This is a man who is comfortable in his own persona. Continuing with the comparison to royalty‚ Steinbeck describes
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