How does Steinbeck present Lennie and George in the 1st chapter? Lennie and George’s father and son like relationship is clearly one of love‚ although from the beginning we sense George’s frustration due to Lennie’s constant childish behaviour. George is very protective over Lennie‚ “Lennie for God’s sake don’t drink so much!” because he has been told to look after him by his “Aunt Clara”. George does like having Lennie around as he says‚ “No you stay with me”. As Lennie and George are itinerant
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How does Steinbeck’s distinctive use of language/ structure/ imagery contribute to the themes in Of Mice And Men? The overriding themes in Of Mice And Men are those of the American dream and the theme of friendship and loyalty between the characters‚ especially between George and Lennie. The fragility of these dreams is what Of Mice And Men is based around. These themes and relationships are shown throughout the book in a number of ways and are added to by the use of language and structure but
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In the novel “Of Mice and Men”‚ John Steinbeck uses symbolism in the book to make it easier for the readers to understand the story. He also uses symbolism to make his readers think and allow his readers to see things on a deeper level. The use of symbolism helps create imagery for the reading‚ enhancing the plot‚ and helping to develop characterization. Some of his common symbols in the book include: the dreamhouse‚ hands‚ and rabbits. John Steinbeck first uses symbolism with George and Lennie’s
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In the novel ‘‘ Of Mice and Men’’ loneliness is present troughtout th novel.Many of the characters amit suffering from it. Early in the novel George says‚ : ``Life working as a hand ranch is on the loneliness of life.As the story develops George‚Crooks and Curley’s wife all confess their loneliness.Each of these character searches for a friend to talk to. First of all‚George is a lonely chacter because he has to take of his mentally handicaped fren Lenny.George could of have abandon him and lived
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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 hopes of the two main characters‚ as well as the innocence of the gentle giant everyone calls Lennie. The quote chosen to depict loneliness in the novella is
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the story "Of Mice & Men"‚ John Steinbeck creates a pair of low-class companionship as the story ’s main character. This pair of companionship‚ George and Lennie is very different from each other‚ nothing alike‚ no matter talking about their figures‚ personality‚ IQ‚ etc‚ except that they both carry the same American dream as they spend their hard days traveling together and working in the ranch. Lennie is portrayed as being childlike. He looks up on George as a parental figure: "Lennie ’s lips quivered
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Explore the ways Steinbeck presents the character of Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men The novel Of Mice and Men was written in the 1930’s by a man named John Steinbeck. The book is set in America and at a time during the Great Depression. This was when the stock market had crashed some years prior‚ lots of companies went bankrupt‚ the banking systems failed and a massive soar in unemployment was witnessed. Also during this period of the Great Depression droughts were seen in the southern and
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Have you ever felt lonely or isolated before? In the story “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck these characters Candy‚ Curley’s wife and Crooks are all on the look for the American dream during this they all experience loneliness and isolation in their own way. Candy is the oldest out of all of the workers he is also disabled and this causes him to have the most money out of all the workers. “And they give me two hundred and fifty dollars cause I lost my hand. and I got fifty more saved up
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novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ the main characters George Milton and Lennie Small experiences many difficult situations which involves violence and barbarous behavior. This book was published during the Great Depression. After reading the novel‚ George and Lennie are at times the cause of the violence while also being the sheep of Curley‚ who finds barbarous behavior as a source of entertainment and he does this by bullying the ranch workers and whom is socially beneath him. Steinbeck illustrates
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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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