Introduction: In of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Curley’s wife sparks much debate and controversy‚ being an extremely important character in the book as she symbolises the gender inequality and discrimination of the period. At the start of the novella‚ we assume she is just a plot device‚ but later on find out that there is much more about her and she has a very important role in the book as being the only woman. During the 1930’s women were treated unequally to men‚ and weren’t treated with
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Steinbeck uses the beginning of each chapter to paint the image of the room or location in which the chapter takes part. The main locations are the place near the pool‚ the bunkhouse‚ the dream farm‚ Crooks’ room‚ and the barn. Steinbeck picks items or feature of each place to help evoke the atmosphere of the place and to symbolise the greater ideas of the story. The idealised setting near the pool is where people start waiting to begin working towards the American dream‚ hoping to live an idealised
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Explore the ways Steinbeck presents and develops relationships between Crooks and the other characters in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ • How Steinbeck uses language and structure to reveal these relationships to the reader • The significance of these relationships Crooks is a pivotal character in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck‚ as Steinbeck uses Crooks to represent the prejudice and racism that black Americans suffering during 1930s’ society. Therefore the reader is able to empathise
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1. World War I was a military conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was a modern war with airplanes‚ machine guns‚ and tanks.. They would march their troops across open land into the face of machine guns and often slaughter. As a result of this action‚ a tactic known as trench warfare was implemented. Many viewed trench warfare to be an effective tactic against enemy advancement. In September 1914‚ the German commander‚ General Erich von Falkenhayn ordered his troops to dig trenched that would
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see all of the signs and warnings that Steinbeck gives the reader using animals. Firstly‚ Steinbeck uses Animal Imagery to convey Lennie’s Character by using them in similes and metaphors‚ always in comparison to Lennie. The usage of animal simile is a subtle way of Steinbeck portraying Lennie as he is portrayed‚ with out telling the reader directly that Lennie is this or that. Within the first chapter‚ where Lennie and George are introduced‚ Steinbeck uses similes a lot to depict Lennie: dragging
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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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Rabbits represent Lennie’s dreams and the impossibility of their fulfillment. Rabbits are a simple summation of everything Lennie hopes for‚ revealing his very simple thinking. Even when George first tells the story of the dream farm‚ it’s at Lennie’s prompting to tell him about the rabbits. For George‚ the farm is all sorts of freedom and happiness‚ but for Lennie‚ it is simply access to soft things. Given the evidence‚ the audience knows these rabbits will likely be added to Lennie’s telltale trail
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Essay Question: Examine how Steinbeck presents the character of Curley’s wife in ‘Of Mice and Men’ The famous novella ‘O Mice and Men’ was written by John Steinbeck‚ in which all characters play an immense role. Firstly the time in which this novel was written has a direct impact on the characters life style and personality. As we know‚ this novel was written during the time of the great depression‚ which was based in 1929. It was known as the great depression‚ because it lasted for up to 10 years
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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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At the time the novella was written‚ America was suffering in poverty‚ in what is known as The Great Depression. After Wall Street Crash‚ millions of American’s lost their savings and were plummeted into debt. At one time‚ one third of Americans were unemployed‚ and would have been looking for work on a ranch just as George and Lennie‚ the main characters in Of Mice and Men‚ were doing. Steinbeck explores the prominent theme of dreaming through different characters in the novella. George and Lennie
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