John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men takes place in California on a barn. The main characters are George and Lennie. Lennie and George travel places together‚ looking for a job so they can scrape up enough money to buy their own farm. However‚ the only problem with this dream is Lennie. Lennie is mentally disabled and George always has trouble controlling him.Because of this‚ they always seem to end up getting in trouble. At the end of the story‚ George has to kill Lennie because Lennie accidentally
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these people were very lonely and wanted companionship of others. Steinbeck depicts these problems through the lives of Crooks‚ Curley’s wife‚ and Candy‚ who are social pariahs on the ranch because of their physical conditions‚ and therefore‚ they live a very sad and lonely life. Firstly‚ Crooks is an African American stable buck who has a crooked back‚ hence the name Crooks. He has the least amount of power on the ranch because of his race. He doesn’t live with the other men and he is not treated
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the novel have names‚ even Crooks; the stable buck‚ who because of his race is probably viewed as being beneath Curley’s wife in terms of society’s classification. Curley’s wife can only be seen in reference to her husband‚ who (supposedly) owns and controls her body‚ and by extension‚ her. Curley’s wife desires attention above all other dreams. As the only female on the ranch‚ she has no one she could relate to and is presented by Steinbeck to be incredibly isolated and shrouded in feelings of
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Crooks‚ the black‚ physically disabled ranch hand in Of Mice And Men is a prime example. The other ranch boys are extremely racist‚ with the exception of Slim and Lennie. Even Curley’s wife insults Crooks with “Well you keep your place then N*gger. I could get you strung up a tree so easy it ain’t even funny” (Steinbeck 89). This type of insult has caused Crooks to become hateful towards everyone‚ and act as if he doesn’t want any company; for example‚ Crooks says to Lennie‚ “
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is Crooks’. In the book Crooks is characterized as a much more active character. An example of this would be when Crooks interjects in the farmer’s conversation to let Slim know that he had finished preparing the tar for fixing the mule’s hoof. The filmmakers changed this scene so that Crooks was not involved at all and that George prepared the tar instead. Another massive difference between the book and the movie are the acts themselves. Going back to the previous point of Crooks and
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Crooks is the only African American on the ranch and considering the time period‚ was unfortunately bound to encounter some form of racism or prejudice. Although Crooks is explained to be a very proud and organised man‚ due to the discrimination‚ he is forced to live within the Barn. The racism he has to face‚ although not being a direct
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English Assessment of Mice and Men DISCRIMINATION Characters- Curley’s wife‚ crooks‚ Lennie and Candy. Link To context Topic sentences Name Literary Devices P.E.E. Fathom (understand) Mentally Impaired Sagacious (being smart and understanding) CURLEY’S WIFE QUOTES FOR DISCRIMINATION “Jail Bate” George discriminates her beauty and gender because of the way she acts. “She screamed” Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife to have been through some drama and terror which could suggest her reaction
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overly difficult while others can be calm‚ friendly and easy to live with. The many characters in the story represent the many different combinations of worthy and unworthy qualities but this essay shall concentrate on three characters Slim‚ Curley and Crooks. In ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ John Steinbeck uses the character Slim to represent a man who has only the admirable qualities of human nature and seems to possess absolutely no unworthy traits whatsoever. John Steinbeck shows the ideal man who respects and
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characters such as Crooks‚ Candy and Curley’s wife. All of these characters are all outcasts. Crooks works on the ranch is a stable buck. As the book is set in the 1930’s‚ racial tension is at an all time high. He is negro and has a crooked back which both set him back as far as his social life goes. Crooks are forced to sleep in the cold stable with all the horses and read books. He is not allowed out and is constantly mistreated by the boss of the ranch. All of this makes crooks very lonely. He
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Of Mice and Men’‚ a novel by John Steinbeck‚ tells a story of friendship‚ loneliness and aspirations. Two itinerants named George and Lennie go to work on a farm as labourers in a place named Soledad. The story then ends when George takes Lennie’s life. Almost everyone on the farm is lonely and the person that represents this the most is Curley’s (the boss’s son) wife‚ one of the most pivotal characters in the book. When Lennie and George arrive on the farm and are shown their quarters Curley’s
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