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    Throughout the history of novels‚ many things have changed. However‚ one thing that has stayed the same is the use of literary devices. These can be symbolism‚ metaphor‚ or irony‚ but one of the strongest is foreshadowing. In Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing for many reason‚ specifically by using the title to foreshadow the plot‚ by using prior events to foreshadow to the death of Curley’s wife‚ to foreshadow the death of George and Lennie’s dream and to foreshadow the death of

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    Of Mice and Men Essay In literature‚ authors use different types of literary devices to help tell their story. One form of a literary device that is commonly used among authors is foreshadowing. Furthermore‚ John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in each chapter of his novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ to enhance the story. Through his use of foreshadowing‚ John Steinbeck effectively assists readers in predicting the future events of Of Mice and Men. Throughout the first chapter of the novella‚ Of Mice and

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    question at the end of John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men. George’s companion‚ Lennie‚ is a mentally challenged individual who always finds a way to whip up trouble. After countless accidents and mishaps‚ Lennie makes the innocent but cataclysmic mistake of killing Curley’s wife. This leads the men of the ranch to try to put Lennie in his place by torturing or killing him. George must decide to escape with Lennie‚ hand him in to the men of the ranch‚ or take the life of his dear friend peacefully

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    At the end of the story Of Mice and Men‚ George faced the moral dilemma of killing his best friend Lennie or letting Lennie face the consequences of killing Curley’s wife. He made the right decision in killing Lennie. His reasoning behind it was mostly for Lennie’s benefit but there was a small portion of George that was glad to do the job. Although it would’ve been right morally for Lennie to be turned in to the police and face justice for his actions that just doesn’t happen due to the type of

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    analyzing the characters and plot of ‘Of Mice and Men’ the reader can find out much about Steinbeck’s mentality. He was such a private man that this adventure into his head is a fun‚ yet challenging one. The most obvious characters to use from ‘Of Mice and Men’ to psychoanalyze John Steinbeck are the main characters George and Lennie. As stated by Elysa Gardner in USA Today‚ 2014‚ section Life on page 2 in reference to Lennie “{T}he gentle‚ doomed giant in Of Mice

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    tools‚ curved knives and needles...” However it shows us that he has more freedom then the other men as it says: “Crooks could leave his things about‚ and being a stable buck and a cripple‚ he was more permanent than other men...” This tells us that although he is excluded from the other men in the workplace‚ it shows us that he can have more freedom then the other men and also he works longer than other men do. In Chapter 3 when Crooks appears in the novel for the first time‚ we get some description

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    Steinbeck became intrigued by these concepts and began applying these themes to all of his developing works. His first two publications were undeveloped and deemed failures‚ but with the production of Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck was introduced to the world of literary acceptance. Of Mice and Men is considered an American classic that is taught by almost every high school and featured on most "must read" booklists. The reason for such appraise can be found in the themes lying within the book. Steinbeck

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    Lennie and his dream on the ranch would never happen. He started to believe he’d have a chance to share the closeness of George and Lennie. The audience can probably assume that Slim doesn The men encountered throughout the story were puzzled as to why two men would travel together. Most of them traveled alone‚ and didn’t care about anyone else. The only person who came close to understanding their closeness was Slim‚ which leads some readers to believe he had someone he traveled with at some point

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    Discrimination in Of Mice and Men People have been discriminating each other since the beginning of humanity‚ and the twentieth century is no exception. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck does a magnificent job at showcasing the kinds of discrimination that people had gone through. Of Mice and Men is a book based in the early 1900s that follows the story of two migrant workers‚ George and Lennie‚ who are working towards their dream of sharing a small plot of land and finally living the life of stability

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    themselves in a patriarchal system that generally refused to grant merit to women’s views and high status roles. They had no say so in cultural and political events such as slavery‚ and often felt like impartial humans. In Toni Morrison’s latest novel “A Mercy‚” she proves this theory with her few but important excerpts from the various females in this novel‚Rebekkah‚ Lina‚ Sorrow‚ and Florens. With the language and examples that Morrison uses we get a feel for the lifestyles and mentalities‚ of the women

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