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    Curley’s wife is a character in the novel “Of mice and men” set in California and written in 1937 by John Steinbeck. She is the only woman on a ranch of itinerant working men‚ and because of this she gets treated by each man in a different manner. Most of the men treat her in a negative way‚ therefore causing different degrees of sympathy from the reader. Sympathy implies that the reader feels an emotional connection towards the character. Her unhappy marriage to the boss’s son causes her great loneliness

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    George And Lennie

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    person who is close to you in order to save them from further danger. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ two characters‚ George and Lennie‚ are best friends. They travel together‚ and work together. George is faced with a tough decision‚ and of course he would only do what was best for Lennie. Wouldn’t a friend always do what was best for a friend? George killed Lennie out of mercy‚ not murder. George was only meaning to end Lennie’s suffering of his mental condition‚ and his suffering that was to

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    “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck George kills Lennie. Did George have the right to shoot Lennie? Or in further words did Lennie choose the right decision? This debate may cause a disagreement or friction between the readers. Although‚ it was a good idea for George to kill Lennie because he kept Lennie from suffering more. If George decided to let Curley kill him Lennie would have had a long and painful death. In the story Curley states‚ “ I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard

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    lennie

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    Lennie I choose Lennie because I thought that he was one of the more interesting and exhilarating characters in Of Mice and Men. For one of the pictures in my collage I have a picture of Lennie which he was described as "...A huge man‚ shapeless of face with large pale eyes‚ with wide sloping shoulders...". Also in the book when him and George where walking they described Lennie as "...walked heavily‚ dragging his feet a little‚ the way a bear drags his paws...". When Lennie and George were

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    final chapter George kills Lennie. It might seem like he’s being mean‚ proving Lennie’s statement that George is always nice to him wrong. I don’t think that George is being mean by killing Lennie‚ on the contrary‚ I think George is being nice by doing so. If George hadn’t done it‚ Lennie would have suffered much more. Curly was angry because Lennie killed his wife and he wanted to make him suffer for it. Earlier in the story Curly said that he was going to shoot Lennie in the gut himself. If George

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    of his companion Lennie. This is absolutely the right thing for george to do because Lennie was always a nuisance to george‚ and because Lennie would have no quality of life to look forward to otherwise. The first claim that Lennie was a nuisance was absolutely true because of all the mess he had gotten himself and George into. The first piece of evidence for this is from the town george alludes to‚ Weed. In this town Lennie and George were working jobs for someone‚ and Lennie‚ with his tendency

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    Why Macbeth Killed Duncan

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    An Analysis of Why Macbeth Kills Duncan. Thought to have been composed by William Shakespeare between 1606-1607 Macbeth is the final of his four famous ‘tragedies’ which are literary works depicting a tragic hero‚ who becomes engaged in a moral struggle that ends in ruin. Macbeth is rarely mentioned in the theatrical world by its eponymous title‚ as it is considered to be unlucky‚ hence the reason it is often known as ‘The Scottish Tragedy’. The play is said to have been written by Shakespeare for

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    Lennie And George

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    Of mice and men Despite their differences‚ they’re dependent on each other. Lennie is the far by best worker in between George and him he’s also mentally handicapped and also has a desire to pet/ touch soft things(animals). These traits‚ combined with his uncontrollable strength‚ set the stage for disaster. In mice of men the story explains the depth of George and Lennie’s relationship and how they faced many difficulties together‚ also shows all the difficulties that both of them face and how they

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    How does Steinbeck create tension in the fight between Lennie and Curley in Chapter 3? Steinbeck cleverly builds up the tension throughout Chapter three to foreshadow the fight. It is important to note how Steinbeck builds up the tension beforehand‚ as he jumps from scene to scene which has conflicting emotions for both the characters and the reader‚ to perhaps manipulate us to believe that Lennie will be in grave danger‚ due to the violent and discriminatory characters present in the early-mid 20th

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    Steinbeck‚ people question Gorge on whether or not it is morally right of him to kill Lennie. Are his reasons good enough? Many believe that it is immoral if George to kill Lennie. Despite the fact that he is killing him and killing is thought to be morally forbidden‚ one needs to understand why he thinks its the best thing to do. George is doing what he thinks is right. It is not immoral of George to kill Lennie. Lennie does not understand what he is fully capable of. He is never able to reach

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