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    In the novel‚ of mice and men‚ theer was symbolizm throughout the story. In the beginning of the novel the stting was perfect‚ like "The Garden of Eden". LIke in "The Garden of Eden" there was a snake‚ and in this novel it slipped across the water sggestin possible evil to come. The rabbits on the other hand symoloized Lenny’s joy and goodness‚ and formed the bases of his dreams. In the beginning Of Mice and Men‚ the story began looking like a perfect world. The author describes the setting as a

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    In this short Novel Of Mice and Men‚ author John Steinbeck uses symbolism to demonstrate the hardships that people had to deal with during the Depression. Rabbits represent Lennie’s dreams and the impossibility of it being fulfilled. Rabbits are a fraught symbol: we know Lennie is excited about them because they’ll be furry and lovely to pet‚ but we also know that Lennie tends to hurt whatever he pets. Rabbits are simply Lennie’s hopes and dreams and the rabbits are revealing his every thought

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    something we’ve all experienced at least once in our lives. Even fictional characters feel the negative‚ melancholy emotion. For example‚ George in “Of Mice and Men”‚ a novel about George and Lennie’s journey to have employment during the Great Depression to fulfill the dream of land ownership. In “Of Mice and Men”‚ John Steinbeck‚ the author‚ uses symbolism to display loneliness by using things like locations and games to show loneliness through characters and how they cope with the feeling. George might

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    argue‚ or just spend time with. “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” - Mother Teresa. According to Google Dictionary loneliness is defined as “a sadness because one has no friends or company.” In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ it follows a pair of migrant field workers‚ George Milton and Lennie Smalls‚ in California as they move South from Weed to work in a ranch in Soledad‚ which not so coincidently may stand for “solitude” or “alone”. George and

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    Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ is set in a specific time and place. Steinbeck uses symbolism to convey the central idea that the human race is extremely diverse and that there are different types of people. John Steinbeck uses Lennie to portray the “wise fool”. This is a person who is mentally inferior but reveals the best and worst in people. Lennie’s mental disability often has him speaking the truth where others will not. Lennie is also used to symbolize the many people discriminated upon

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    Symbolism in “Of Mice and Men” In John Stienbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” he tells the story of a dream gone horribly wrong. The story focuses on two friends George and Lennie. Lennie is a mentally handicapped man which George takes care of. They travel from farm to farm‚ working to raise money to buy their own place. At their last fateful stop they meet a variety of interesting‚ but very lonely people. Curley’s wife is very lonely. She is surrounded by men‚ but she can’t talk to any of them because Curley

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    Novel: Of Mice and Men Author: John Steinbeck John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men examines the idea that the American Dream is a futile ambition. This "Dream" proposes the fact that social and economic success can be gained through means of hard work‚ ultimately determining that the pursuit of happiness cannot be attained in our modern society. Steinbeck outlines this theme by employing symbolism and‚ via Curley’s wife‚ a protagonist within the novella. This poem suggests to me that although

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    Of Mice and Men Lit Analysis     The Great Depression of the 1930s had become a huge problem affecting many people and their life styles. Only a fourth of people were employed‚ making jobs very hard to find. Some men were able to‚ worked as farmers. They went around to different ranches looking for a way to earn money. Most men traveled by themselves‚ which made Lennie and George special. Every man had their own American Dream but sometimes it was hard to accomplish. Even though Lennie screws everything

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    Of Mice and Men Final Draft To use violence or not to use violence‚ that is the question that every author aspiring to write a novel must ask. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about two men working ranches out west and How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster is about literary symbolism‚ and they both refer to violence. How to Read Literature Like a Professor explains violence and its significance‚ and Of Mice and Men includes violence as major plot events. How to Read Literature

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    Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a novel that draws many emotions out of the reader. This story tells about two men‚ George and Lennie‚ who travel for work. Lennie is assumed‚ by readers‚ to be mentally disabled. He is not very smart‚ does not remember or understand many things and the other characters in the story comment on him being like a kid or childlike. George sacrifices continually through the entire story. He sacrifices not only the opportunity to have a better job but he also sacrifices

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