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    guys you suspect something. You’re a little hypocrite‚ you know that? I can’t handle this no more. I can’t do it. I can’t. I can’t. I can’t. There’s got to be more than this to life. Because of you no one respects me. I go on the ranch and all the men look down on me like I’m a little tart. Well I’ll tell you what! I’m the only virgin on this ranch. So Curley‚ I think you need to get your facts right. I need to let go. But the strange fact is....I’m in love with you. That’s a cold‚ hard bitter

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    sexism existed strongly. The scene for the novel sets in a small town called Soledad. The definition of Soledad is loneliness which represents the town’s symbol. Most characters feel lonely and would do anything not to feel it. Most of the time men are seen traveling alone‚ so when the owner of the ranch seen that George and Lennie travel together. He didn’t trust George because most of the time people aren’t seen traveling together unless the other person owes money. “ Well‚ I never seen one

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    Of Mice and MenEssay  John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” is a simple yet intriguing novel‚ which mentions the lives of different individuals who are co-existing in one environment. Throughout the novel Steinbeck sets out relationships individuals have with each other and shows how the shared environment affects these and is ultimately capable of ending them.  Candy and his old dog are not the most important characters in the novel‚ but yet the relationship they hold is key. Kept together by

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    Hopes and dreams are important in ‘Of Mice and Men.’ Not is it important to the characters of the story itself‚ it is the theme of the novel. In this essay I will talk about the hopes and dreams of the main ensemble and also about the context of the novel‚ the American Dream and the Great Depression on the 1930’s. I will also talk about the poem Steinbeck based the book’s title off and how important it is to the book’s overall theme. The dream of attaining land and – ultimately – happiness is

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    Bibliography: ROSENFELD‚ Anatol. “O Teatro como Instituto Didático”‚ in O Teatro Épico. Coleção Buriti. SZONDI‚ Peter. “The Drama” e “The Drama in Crisis”‚ in Theory of the Modern Drama. University of Minnesota Press‚ Minneapolis‚ 1999. STEINBECK‚ John. Of Mice and Men.

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    Essay topic 3 If you think about mercy killing‚ also known as compassionate homicide‚ you think about the act of painlessly allowing to die‚ to avoid extreme measures of pain and suffering. Mercy killing is demonstrated thoroughly throughout John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice And Men. Mercy killing can be argued whether or not it is right or wrong‚ and/or justifiable‚ as demonstrated throughout the novel Of Mice And Men. In current society Mercy Killing is considered politically incorrect‚ although

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    for the two men in this novel. John Steinbeck portrays Lennie and George as having the greatest friendship in the world and while George claims to not need Lennie‚ he knows that he needs Lennie as much as Lennie needs him. The mutual relationship between George and Lennie is a genuine friendship between two very different men. Lennie‚ a mentally handicapped‚ big man with stand out features and George‚ the small little tough guy‚ with the brains and great leadership skills. As the two men are trying

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    Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ contains various different themes which link together. Two of the major themes are ‘Loneliness’ and ‘Dreams and Hopes’. This essay will analyse these two major themes and explain how they relate to each other. Of Mice and Men is a story about the nature of human dreams and aspirations and the forces that work against them as it is the story of two men. George and Lennie’s dream is to own a little farm with a house and rabbits. George has told the story of his and

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    Symbols. 1. Light-Steinbeck repeatedly tells us the state of light before starting a scene. The light represents freedom and dark is constriction. “both men glanced up‚ for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off. A girl was standing there looking in” She is symbolically trapped in a rectangle of light‚ similar to how George and Lennie were trapped in the shrinking sphere of light created by the fire earlier. 2. Rabbits- Lennie’s obsession with rabbits shows his innocence and

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    Introduction and conclusion to ‘of mice and menessay Introduction My topic of this essay is ‘How John Steinbeck develops the character of Lennie throughout the novel’ My first point is that Steinbeck develops Lennie’s character very frequently throughout the novel however there are times where Lennie doesn’t develop at all such as when he says ‘im gonna tend the rabbits’ over and over again this shows how Lennie hasn’t developed and keeps going on about the same thing and shows

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