them‚ there is still a number of people who do. Being stereotyped can make people want to act like what they are stereotyped as. Being stereotyped can slowly change how you act and who you are. Trying to break stereotypes‚ Lennie and George‚ Slim‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s wife go against the norm for people like them in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Throughout Of Mice and Men the ranch workers do stereotypical things and things that go against what others stereotype them as. Before getting to know
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for companionship‚ a dominant theme in John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Crooks‚ the black stable buck‚ and Curley’s wife both search for a person or something with which to fill the void. However‚ their efforts at reaching out to others prove to be in vain and have negative consequences. On one hand‚ Crooks battles varying degrees of loneliness and isolation‚ not only because of his race but because
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“Of Mice and Men” features great friendships and great rivalries. However‚ some of these people only desire the companionship of others. The two characters Crooks and Curley’s wife are the most desperate when it comes to the need of friendship‚ often resorting to even the most desperate of measures to get some of the attention they want. Crooks and Curley’s wife crave the attention of others‚ but are not able to achieve companionship. Curley’s wife has resorted to almost everything to get some of
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this‚ is the setting of the novel is in Soledad‚ which translated from Spanish means solitude. Steinbeck point to the cause of loneliness being from discrimination‚ and the loneliest person on the working ranch would likely be the black stable buck “Crooks”‚ this is proved by his actions and his attempts to make friends. You first understand him when he expresses his loneliness to Lennie‚ “a guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is‚ long’s he’s with you. I tell
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In the book‚ Lennie‚ Candy‚ and Crooks are gathered in Crooks’ room. After a while‚ Curley’s wife arrives‚ and the situation became a bad one. Crooks gathers the nerve to stand up to her‚ and when he does‚ she verbally cuts him down. She tells Crooks that she could have him hanged‚ and no one would object. After she says this‚ Crooks "...reduces himself to nothing..." (81). Soon afterward‚ Curley’s wife leaves the room‚ leaving behind her the demoralized Crooks‚ Lennie‚ and Candy.
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Crooks had been talking with Candy and Lennie when Curley’s wife came in. Crooks stands up for Lennie as Curley’s wife picks his brain. She then turns on him in scorn and says‚ ”You know what I can do to you if you open your trap?” Crooks stared hopelessly at her & then he sat down on his bunk & drew into himself. She dosed on him.”You know what I could do?” Crooks seemed to grow smaller & he pressed himself against the wall.”(Steinbeck
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compatible. Being cruel to others or not being popular in society will make other people not relate with them. Loneliness can change the way a person acts‚ thinks or behaves in everyday situations. In John Steibeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ loneliness alters Crooks‚ Candy ‚ and Curley’s wife in numerous ways of life. __________________ When you first meet candy in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck‚ you see Candy with his beloved dog. Raising this dog from a pup‚ Candy felt a very strong bond
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Discuss the importance of the characters of Curley’s wife‚ Crooks and Candy. Introduction John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men deals with many of America’s age-old issues of sexism‚ racism‚ ageism and discrimination against those with a disability. This prejudice isn’t ever clearly stated - those who are discriminated against accept the prejudice against them as a way of life. While discrimination restrains social interaction for some characters on the ranch‚ the need to escape isolation and loneliness
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George and his big friend Lennie. The second pair of friends is shown between Candy and his old‚ stinky dog. The third is a not an example of friendship‚ but more an example of a man who doesn’t have many friends; a colored stable buck named Crooks and his struggle with segregation at the ranch. George and Lennie are best friends that go everywhere together‚ they care and love each other and protect each other from all harm. The first example of this is‚ "It ain’t so funny‚ him an’ me goin’
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is a deeper meaning to being lonely than just the superficial sense of loneliness. This is portrayed through Crooks‚ Candy‚ and Curley ’s Wife. Crooks portrays the feeling of loneliness through his rejection from society due to his skin color and through his cantankerous ways when others try to reach out to him. He shows his loneliness when Lennie is talking to him in Crooks ’s room. Crooks is telling Lennie about how it feels to be black and how excluded and isolated he feels: “ ’Books ain ’t no
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