...Authors Paragraph Of Mice and Men was published in the year of 1937. At the time of this novel being published John Steinbeck was living in Pacific Grove, California with his newly wedded wife, Carol Henning. During this time Mr. Steinbeck was considered a freelance writer and also was a caretaker in Lake Tahoe. Steinbeck’s intentions for writing this novel was to describe and help us get a feeling of life during the Great Depression, along with the struggles they faced with decision making. Of Mice and Men was intended for simply Americans that were caught up in the Great Depression Era but as time went by, it transformed into a book for teens and adults. John Steinbeck is very familiar with the subject of the Great Depression because he was alive during it and was able to recapture the struggles during the Great Depression. Literary Perspective...
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...John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella Of Mice and Men reveals that everyone has dreams in their lives; however, their setting-driven actions or disabilities make these dreams impossible. The theme of violence heavily impacts the story, to the extent that nearly every character shows violence, or has violence shown to them. While this violence in large part attributes itself to the aggressive setting, some character’s aspirations become unlikely due to matters out of their control, such as gender, race, and mental or physical disabilities. These variables can make or break the character's hopes and dreams. Acts of violence shown by the main characters, the farmhands’ desensitized views of violence, and various character’s social or physical handicaps...
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...He tells the reader, "I remembered the account of Dives in torment, and shuddered. But Mr. Shimerda had not been rich and selfish: he had only been so unhappy that he could not live any longer" (Cather 52). The fact that Jim finds beauty in Mr. Shimerda's death is a real insight into his character. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George kills Lennie to spare him from a painful death at the hands of the mob. When the men on the farm find discover that Lennie has killed Curley’s wife, they set out to find him. George knows Curley will not care that Lennie’s actions were unintentional and decides to give Lennie a quick and merciful death to spare him from the suffering he would endure if left to Curley and the other farmhands. Let us also consider the impacts of a character’s death on the plot of the story. If the deceased had unfinished business, if other characters know things about them that are better left unsaid, or if they took important information to the grave, this must now come into play. Their death may have been used to advance a particular agenda, and may have far-reaching consequences. There is also the question of whether the death happened on the page, or if details have been withheld to add an air of mystery to the surrounding...
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