Even from the very start of John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ the uniqueness of George‚ as a character‚ is already noticeable. He is described as "small and quick‚ dark of face‚ with restless eyes and sharp strong features" and has an obvious dominance over the relationship between Lennie and himself. This lets the reader know from a very early stage in the book that George is different‚ and probably the essential character. George’s character seems to be used by Steinbeck to reflect the major
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means everybody has different views of the world and responds physically and mentally to different situations. I agree with this quote because we all have different perspectives and we often debate about the way we view society. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck clearly shows how two persons are different in their own independent ways. The story of two migrant workers‚ George and Lennie run away from a farm in weed California because Lennie who freezes when he’s s cared‚doesnt let go
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In the story‚ of Mice and Men‚ there are few characters who are lonely or left out. The story is about two ranchers and they are best friends. They both don’t have a family anymore. All they can do is to depend on each other; Lennie had a disability. He can’t function like regular person . Lennie kills a dog and a man’s wife . But he did not mean any harm. Then there are Candy and Crooks ‚ They are both lonely because there both handicapped. They don’t fit in like everybody else does. Lennie
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Steinbeck’s Animal Imagery In Of Mice and Men‚ a novel written by John Steinbeck‚ the character Lennie is portrayed as sharing the characteristics of various animals such as a bear‚ a horse‚ and a bull. Steinbeck compares Lennie as these animals to emphasize his actions. This creates a sense of imagery by allowing you to visualize Lennie and comprehend more about who he is. The animal imagery is also used to help foreshadow what is going to happen later on. His references to the animals provide
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What would you do if your best friend was blamed for a crime he didn’t do? Or killing someone’s wife? What would you do if you had to kill your best friend? These three questions linger in the book Of Mice and Men. But what about the color you associate these questions with? Grey would be my answer. The color grey represents the sadness of life‚ and how hopeless one could feel. Loneliness and depression also comes in some sort of packet with the color as well. Grey represents hopelessness of what
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In this short Novel Of Mice and Men‚ author John Steinbeck uses symbolism to demonstrate the hardships that people had to deal with during the Depression. Rabbits represent Lennie’s dreams and the impossibility of it being fulfilled. Rabbits are a fraught symbol: we know Lennie is excited about them because they’ll be furry and lovely to pet‚ but we also know that Lennie tends to hurt whatever he pets. Rabbits are simply Lennie’s hopes and dreams and the rabbits are revealing his every thought
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Gene and Finny v. George and Lennie People who have read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck should know that there are a lot of similarities and differences compared to the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles. The central message of these two books display some good and bad times of two male friends and the struggle of their friendship. In the book‚ Of Mice and Men‚ George and Lennie have a tough time getting along through their journey of living on a farm. In the book A Separate Peace‚ Gene
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In Of Mice and Men‚ it is foreshadowed many times that Lennie will be shot due to his animalistic traits. These animalistic traits included liking soft things‚ drinking from the water even though it could make him sick‚ and having large‚ paw-like hands. An example
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he could have titled the novel ‘Something that Happened’ or he could have titled it Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck named his novel Of Mice and Men instead of naming it ‘Something that Happened’. The title‚ Of Mice and Men refers to a poem by Robert Burns. I think the best title for the novel was the final decision‚ of which was titling it Of Mice and Men. I believe‚ to better understand the title Of Mice and Men‚ fully is to analyze the poem because the title has a part of the poem. The poem that he
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Importance of Dreams in Of Mice and Men Many people have dreams in Of Mice and Men but I intend to discuss the dreams of Lennie‚ Candy and Curley ’s wife. Lennie ’s dream is of owning a farm of his own with George. In his dream he looks after the rabbits. He likes this idea because he likes to pet things and the small things he finds as he is travelling around‚ like mice‚ are too easily hurt or killed when he pets them heavily. Rabbits are big enough for him to look after without hurting
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