How does Steinbeck create sympathy for Candy and his position on the ranch? Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck‚ set in America in the Great Depression of the 1930s. The main characters in the book are the clever‚ quick George‚ and his slow‚ child-like companion Lennie. They are itinerant workers who find work on a ranch in California’s Salinas Valley. There are many characters on the ranch‚ including Curley‚ Slim‚ and Crooks. However‚ the first ranch worker George and Lennie
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Verbal / Visual Essay Jordy Thiessen Block C Oct. 3‚ 2010 Because every person has a different perspective‚ there should be an equal amount of people willing to see the world from each others eyes. In Steinback’s Of Mice and Men‚ there a five very different but equally significant views of the lives of the characters. These themes include: the loneliness each one feels or doesn’t feel‚ the oppression by Curley’s wife‚ the social responsibility of George having to take care of his friend‚ the
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Of Mice & Men Section B Steinbeck presents Candy as a vulnerable character in this passage. He does this by referencing him as an “old man” before giving his name‚ so that the reader instantly knows his physical state and that he is weak person. He is also shown to be desperate throughout the passage when he tries to make friends with George and Lennie as soon as he meets them. He gossips about other people on the ranch and makes sure George “won’t tell Curley nothing” he said‚ as he finds this
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1. World War I was a military conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was a modern war with airplanes‚ machine guns‚ and tanks.. They would march their troops across open land into the face of machine guns and often slaughter. As a result of this action‚ a tactic known as trench warfare was implemented. Many viewed trench warfare to be an effective tactic against enemy advancement. In September 1914‚ the German commander‚ General Erich von Falkenhayn ordered his troops to dig trenched that would
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John Steinbeck shows that discrimination can lead to aggression in the novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ through the character Lennie. Lennie tries to explain to George that he doesn’t try to kill the mice‚ but he ends up killing them anyway; “I’d pet ‘em and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead-because they was so little” (Steinbeck 10). Lennie wants the comfort of having something to take care of even if it is just a mouse. George doesn’t understand why
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Rabbits represent Lennie’s dreams and the impossibility of their fulfillment. Rabbits are a simple summation of everything Lennie hopes for‚ revealing his very simple thinking. Even when George first tells the story of the dream farm‚ it’s at Lennie’s prompting to tell him about the rabbits. For George‚ the farm is all sorts of freedom and happiness‚ but for Lennie‚ it is simply access to soft things. Given the evidence‚ the audience knows these rabbits will likely be added to Lennie’s telltale trail
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to pick on them. It can be seen in the novella. "Then Curley’s rage exploded. ‘Come on‚ ya big bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show you who’s yella.’" (Steinbeck 62) Because he has a slower brain‚ people can treat him Lennie disrespect‚ and not think it does not
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How does Steinbeck present and develop the character of Curly’s wife in ‘Of Mice and Men’? 1) In the beginning of “Of Mice and Men” we readers are made to perceive Curly’s wife as a vain‚ trouble making bully who provokes people and intends on bringing their anger out‚ especially Lennie and is incapable of seeing the world from any perspective other than her own. We then realise by the end of the novel that she is only a sweet‚ innocent woman who just wanted to be cherished and wasn’t able to
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innocent and mentally handicapped with no ability to understand abstract concepts like death. While he acts with great loyalty to George‚ he has no comprehension of the idea of "loyalty." For that reason‚ he often does not mean to do the things that get him into trouble‚ and once he does get into trouble‚ he has no conscience to define his actions in terms of guilt. Lennie only defines them in terms of consequences: "George is going to give me hell" or "George won ’t let me tend the rabbits." He is
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the better. Slim then gives his opinion and agrees with Carlson‚ even telling Candy that’s it if for the better‚ and that he’ll give him one of his puppies. After some time Candy gives in and lets Carlson shot the dog‚ some moments pass and e gun shot was heard‚ and everyone knew what had just happened‚ and candy turned his face to the wall in shame. After some time Carlson walks back in and tries to annoyed looking at Candy. Slims was gone at the barn‚ Whit‚ another ranch-hand‚ was talking with George
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