The film of Mice and Men starring Gary Sinise as George and John Malkovich as Lennie starts out in an action packed chase scene/flashback. This drags you into the plot of the movie and makes you want to keep watching. Also throughout the movie you are constantly left on cliff hangers. Gary Sinise does a great job of making you want to keep watching to find out what happens. There are many different scenes and images in Of Mice and Men. One of the first scenes get to see is George and Lennie running
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Why does happiness seem to be so elusive for so many people? Happiness is so elusive because so many people want so many things out of it. Happiness is not something you can buy or trade‚ it is a feeling‚ happiness is created. Happiness is something you have when you just know it is going to be a good day. Most people think happiness is having all the money‚ the better car or phone‚ the bigger house‚ but it is not. Happiness is a way of life. Happiness is something you feel‚ you should not have
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is set in the midst of the 1930s during the Great Depression. The novella follows Lennie and George at their new jobs on a ranch in Soledad‚ California. Lennie is quickly shown to have a slight mental disability yet George puts up with him to avoid loneliness. Crooks‚ an outsider on the ranch‚ even confides in Lennie as no one else pays him any mind. Also‚ Curley’s wife‚ who was considered a nuisance by the other laborers‚ admitted to Lennie and Candy about how unhappy
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Chris O’Donnell Ms. Springer English 9 3/16/12 Foreshadowing in Of Mice And Men Of Mice and Men is a Novella written By: John Steinbeck. This book is about two friends who face the challenges of humanity and the world around them. In the novella of Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to give the reader hints or clues about other events in the story. John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing with the event of the Killing of Candy’s dog‚ Curley’s wife is a “rat trap”‚ and Curley harassing
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Always have a dream‚ nobody can tell you how to live your life. Curley’s wife lost her dream and she lives an unhappy life. George and Lennie have a dream that gives them a reason to keep living and working as they do. George and Lennie’s dream is so powerful that it draws in all who hear it. Dreams have the power to change lives by giving hope. Curley’s wife lost her dream and she lives an unhappy life. For example she met this guy who said‚ “He says he is gonna put me in the movies…I never got
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them and make friends. Additionally‚ Candy looks desperate when the outlook of being part of Lennie and George’s dream of the small farm comes up‚ he says‚ "And they give me two hundred and fifty dollars ’cause I lost my hand. An’ I got fifty more saved up right in the bank right now. That’s three hundred..." This shows he’s willing to give every cent to join up with them and their dream and loneliness has made him desperate. Candy also had a close relationship with his dog. After his dog was shot
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having friends will get you through anything. In the book Of Mice and Men‚ the main characters were Lennie and George. They had a strong relationship and have known eachother for almost their whole lives which made them family. Lennie loved soft things and wanted a puppy and rabbits. On page thirteen it says “Tell you what I’ll do‚ Lennie. First chance I get I’ll give you a pup. Maybe you wouldn’t kill it. That’d be better than mice. And you could pet it harder.”. Sometimes they
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sight of their dreams. Mentally‚ people struggle to maintain sanity in their game of life that has no set rules. Of Mice and Men happens to portray the inequality between dreams of people and what can actually be attained. The setting in Of Mice and Men is a perfect example of how unequal the ideals and the realities are. The lush fields of California that seem bountiful‚ beautiful‚ and full of plenty severely contrast the economic situation of the time period in Of Mice and Men. Migrant workers
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Women in of Mice and men Candy: ‘Well I think Curleys married…a tart’ George: ‘She’s gonna make a mess. They’s gonna be a bad mess about her. She’s a jail bait all set on the trigger. That Curley got his work cut out for him. Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl‚ specially like her.’ Lennie: ‘I think shes purty’ Whit: Clara gets three bucks a crack and thirty-five cents a shot‚ and she don’t crack no jokes. But Suzy’s place is clean and she got nice chairs. George: "You
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OF MICE AND MEN INDEX 1. Heading ____________ 2. Plot & Topics ________ 3. Structure ___________ 4. Character Analysis ________ 5. Space and time __________ 6. Analysis of expression ________ 7. Personal Rating __________ Epigraph The author of this novel is John Steinbeck was born in Salinas. A small rural California. His grandparents helped him to help write several books. Wrote in 1937 "Of Mice and Men" by the myth of the American dream. The place where the action
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