Steinbeck presents the inhabitants as lonely men with nothing going for them in their lives. There is only “two shelves” in the bunkhouse‚ which implies that the ranch workers have no personal belongings suggesting that they have no family or have no family they care about. Steinbeck clearly shows very little family devotion as the ranch workers have few belongings. Also‚ not only does Steinbeck represent them as lonely‚ but he also uses the description to imply that there is not very much wealth
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looking for work. George is a typical man‚ but Lennie on the other hand has a mental disability. George has been looking after Lennie since Lennie’s aunt died a while ago‚ and since then they had a dream about working their own ranch with bunnies and flowers. They land a job at a ranch where there are other ranchers working where there is a mean little boss and his wife who begs for attention. The most obvious outcast is Curley’s wife‚ although others may think it is Lennie. In this novel‚ there are a
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The Mice and Men is about two men who go on a journey looking for a job at a ranch. Lennie and George find a ranch and start to work hard and dream about having their own ranch. Everyone at this ranch seems very nice except for one man and his wife. One of the men that Steinbeck created‚ Lennie‚ always seems to get in trouble‚ especially with this man. George‚ the other man‚ feels that it’s his job to get Lennie out of trouble. Lennie is not the smartest of their little group. Lennie shows that
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How far does Steinbeck present the ranch as a harsh and violent place? The novella of Steinbeck‚ Of Mice and Men‚ is dominated by harshness and violence. Gender‚ race‚ intelligence‚ and authority inequality are all present in the book – from physical abuse to murder. The story is set during the Great Depression in America. A lot of people lost their jobs and were desperate to get new ones. The Great Depression took place after the First World War. In that time‚ the jobs of the migrants were completely
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characters. Through indirect and direct characterization the reader discovers that this woman was not simply a ticket to trouble like the workers on her father-in-law’s ranch believed‚ but a girl stuck in a life where she didn’t belong. Curley’s wife‚ who was incredibly lonely‚ was always ’heavily made up’ even when she lived on the ranch where George and Lennie worked. Although generally she was thought of as a floozy‚ her talk with Lennie revealed that she was used to the high life. When her parents
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mighty spirited man‚ take on the troubles of the early thirties. The tale begins with the men traveling to a ranch in Soledad for employment‚ their hearts full of a dream to earn enough money to purchase a place of their own. Soon after their arrival their dream heightens once they meet an elderly swamper‚ Candy‚ whom offers to join them and pitch in his stake towards their farm fantasy. At the ranch‚ George befriends a man of his own mentality‚ Slim‚ who is highly respected and considered a leader. Lennie
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life. In the fictional novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Steinbeck illustrates the way loneliness can negatively affect people. The novella depicts the way that George and Lennie wander California‚ and then settle into a ranch as workers. Men come and go at the ranch‚ all wanting to achieve their dreams of owning land‚ but the loners never actually make their dream a reality. The workers constant feeling of isolation and loneliness affects their dreams. The characters that are the most negatively
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Rodrigo Ruelas Arc 160D 02/13/15 Field Visit Sabino Canyon For the field report I chose to visit Sabino Canyon‚ and explore the wilderness and my inner adventure. This location is all about getting to experience nature. In fact‚ some ago I went hiking and as I recall‚ Sabino Canyon portrayed an amazing view and the smell was nearly breath taking. It was an unforgettable hike and the incredible view is a plus. This experience not only I remember the first time I went‚ it was all about hiking and to
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save him a painful death by lynching. Curley: Is the son of the ranch boss and could be considered the antagonist of the story. He used to be a semi-professional boxer‚ and likes to wear a glove filled with Vaseline (for reasons that I don’t really want to dive into). He is very protective of his wife‚ and ends up being very jealous of Leinnie. After lashing out at Leinne he has his hand crushed by him. Candy: An older ranch hand‚ who happens to have one hand. Fearing that his age is making
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the novel’s introductions‚ where it can be seen that the conclusions drawn are inherent. Two introductions in particular express the novel’s conclusions: the introduction to the bunk house and its inhabitants‚ and the introduction to a death on the ranch‚ where conclusions about identity‚ loneliness‚ hope‚ and the inevitability of the failure of the American Dream during the Depression years are reflected. One conclusion which is implicitly expressed in Of Mice and Men’s introductions is that of
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