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    Of Mice and Men How do you think society handle people who are different? I was treated differently when I moved to Connecticut. Everyone talked about me and did not like me because I was born in Texas. Everyone called me dumb because I did not have the same education as everyone else. People use to say “You’ll never be as smart as me because you were born in a dumb state.” They use to make fun of my accent‚ they would taunt me and say “Howdy y’all!” and act like a cowboy. In John Steinbeck’s novella

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    pulled the trigger. John Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men‚ is a highly acclaimed book which most students have read. However‚ he brings up a lot of issues that were plaguing the world at the time. One of the main characters‚ named Lennie‚ was a mentally impaired man who cared so much for things‚ he would accidently kill them. As his friend‚ George knew that no one would allow Lennie

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    Writing Assessment for Mice and Men Due to poor choices in the 1920’s‚ the dirty 30’s were truly a disaster. In the 1930’s there a big depression which was called the Great Depression. It was a very hard time for Americans because‚ they were losing everything and had nowhere to go. No one had anywhere to turn and this caused so much commotion and issues in America. Day by day things just got worse instead of better. Everyone hit rock bottom. Americans lost their houses and would go to bed hungry

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    How do you perceive people with mental illnesses? Did you know that in a 1996 survey‚ 12.1 percent of Americans identified people with mental illnesses as “violent‚ dangerous‚ frightening.” John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men illustrates the real-life issue of people with mental illnesses and disabilities and how people around the world fear these people and won’t offer them available treatments‚ because of those acts they aren’t treated equally or with respect. Due to a survey that was taken

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    do you think society in the 1930s treated people with disabilities like Lennie? I was treated differently in sixth grade when i was bullied for being “fat.” This relates to Lennie because just like myself‚ we were both treated differently. In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men set in the 1930’s in Salinas Valley‚ California we meet the static character Lennie Smalls and his best friend George. While it is obvious to the reader that Lennie has a mental disability because of his actions‚ it is

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    John Steinbeck’s Use of Tactile Imagery in Of Mice and Men Touch is usually seen as a symbol of physical affection but may be misused and cause physical or mental destruction. In John Steinbeck’s‚ Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck uses tactile imagery to depict characters emotions which are unable to be expressed verbally. The main character’s of the novel‚ Lennie and George‚ are introduced in the opening of the story. “ The first man was small and quick‚ dark of face‚ with restless eyes and sharp‚ strong

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    Throughout the world‚ one in four people will be affected by a mental or neurological disability in their lives. However‚ in many places‚ people who have mental disabilities are not treated equally or valued in society as much as people who don’t. This injustice is further illustrated in the widely known novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ in which This is primarily clear in the beginning of the story when the pair are going to the ranch to find jobs‚ and it appears that they don’t have much

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    with a disability‚ what do they often picture? Many often imagine people who have disabilities as having a physically different appearance or something that sets them apart. They think of someone who cannot speak‚ hear‚ see or walk. In some cases‚ though‚ people that have disabilities are not very different than those without any handicap. They often have a slight impairment that causes them to function a little bit different than everyone else and this sets them apart. In the book Of Mice and Men

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    weakest in society are always preyed upon in general but also in this case‚ John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ in Of Mice and Men‚ characters weaknesses are preyed upon‚ there are many characters who’s weaknesses are preyed upon such as; Crooks‚ who is a ‘negro stable buck’ who is racially aggravated and is preyed upon racially and because he walks crooked due a problem with his back. Lennie‚ who is a mental handicap which prevents him from living life as an independent adult‚ he is preyed upon because

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    John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men in an effort to illustrate the social limitations imposed upon the working class during the Great Depression era by creating various characters who shared one common dream‚ the "American Dream‚" Steinbeck dramatized on one individual level‚ the life of the protagonist‚ George‚ the grueling struggles and sanguine dreams of an entire social class of people Poet Robert Burns once said‚ "The best laid plans of mice and men gang oft a-glae‚" Steinbeck parallels this

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