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    attention. Of Mice And Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ is about two men working on a ranch in search of their dreams. Curley’s Wife‚ the ranch owners’ daughter-in-law‚ is trying to find someone to give her attention. Curley’s Wife gets characterized through her appearance‚ dialogues with other characters‚ and what other characters say about her. Curley’s Wife appearance and actions around the boys show her to be trampy. Lennie and George are in the bunkhouse when Curley’s Wife comes in. She is all made up

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    What methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife and the attitudes of others to her? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. The fact that when George said to Curley’s wife “well he ain’t now” brusquely shows how he felt towards Curley’s wife. The way she acted and looked seemed to immediately entice Lennie‚ which is what I assume happened with the woman in Weed whose dress he touched. This made George angry because he didn’t want Lennie to mess this job up for them like he did

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    In “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ George makes a rash decision‚ and that decision is shooting Lennie. I think George made the right decision shooting Lennie because Curley would’ve made sure Lennie was tortured‚ and Lennie got to die happy. Also‚ George gets to make sure no one else can get their hands on Lennie‚ causing him to get hurt worse than what already happened. In the first place‚ when Lennie killed Curley’s wifeCurley was hell-bent on getting his revenge. Lennie was scared because

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    Depression is 1937. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck uses some of his characters to show discrimination. The characters that i’m choosing to tell about the discrimination are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Lennie. Steinbeck’s focuses are showing how discrimination was used during the early 1900’s from slavery‚ gender‚ or just people that are disliked. Curley’s wife was discriminated from talking to anyone but Curley‚ because as a women in the 1930’s you wouldn’t have the right to do things or talk

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    How does Steinbeck present the character Crooks in Of Mice and Men? To what extent do you sympathise with him as a character? Steinbeck represents the character‚ Crooks‚ by showing the effects of discrimination. He is referred to as the ‘black’ stable buck and is named Crooks‚ due to the crook in his back‚ which was a result of being kicked in the back by a horse. The character is shown as reasonably literate‚ due to the possession of his books‚ which he uses as compensation to his loneliness. The

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    John Steinbeck portrays Curleys wife as being a floozy but also a nice girl. She is a natural flirt as throughout the novel she continues to talk to all the other men‚ but when she dies‚ we see her as an innocent young girl. I am writing this essay to discuss my views and whether I agree with John Steinbeck when he says she is a nice girl. Curleys wife gives off the impression she is a floozy throughout the novel. When we first see her‚ her body language is deliberately provocative when

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    often want to blame someone when "things go wrong." People spend hours in court trying to find the guilty person. So‚ how would you explain the death of Curley’s wife? Who was irresponsible? In our time people like Lennie are put to death similar acts. Argue who is responsible and explain how events took such a tragic turn. "As you would blame others‚ blame yourself; as you would forgive yourself‚ forgive others." - Chinese Proverb. This quote accurately depicts an ideal situation involving

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    Curley is one of ‘Of Mice and Men’s’ major characters. Although Curley does not appear to hold a central role such as that of George or Lennie‚ however he is very important in other respects. Curley is the boss’ son‚ therefore he acts as though he is the boss himself “like the boss‚ he wore high-heeled boots.” Not only does Curley act like boss he physically impersonates the dress of the boss; In society the boss is of the highest stature Curley is portrayed by Steinbeck to be the highest in stature

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    Does Schools Prepare You for Real Life? High School could simply become one of those places where your knowledge about the world builds up‚ however not everybody remember being given a chance to spread their wings and fly for the first time. It is not until when students graduates from the restrictive environment where students were led through all kinds of trouble or given a second chance for almost everything‚ and in the end‚ the “happiest kids” most people so admired in High School are often

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    In the novel “Of Mice and Men” John Steinbeck tells a story of dreams‚ hopes and loneliness. We are introduced to a majorly significant and complex Character‚ named Curley’s wife. Steinbeck shows us that Curley’s wife is flirtatious‚ mischievous but most of all an isolated character. She plays a main part in the novel; in doing this she displays and presents many of the main themes. Before we are presented to Curley’s wife‚ Candy talks about her‚ to George and Lennie. She is spoken about in a

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