How does Steinbeck present the ranch community in Of Mice and Men? Value of Work and Working Men in Of Mice and Men for GCSE and IGCSE Steinbeck presents the ranch community with a startling degree of realism, dramatising a condition created by the Great Depression of migrant labourers, forced into work communities, with no families. This is summarized in the key quotation at the start of the novel where George says ‘guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world.’ It’s a large scale farm with
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John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men In John Steinbeck's classic novella, Of Mice and Men, one of the predominant themes that govern the story and characters in the book is friendship. One of the ways in which friendship plays a large role is in the area of mercy killing, which affects the main characters as well as the supporting ones. The two major mercy killings that occur in the book are those of Carlson's killing of Candy's old dog, and of George's killing of Lennie. In both of these examples, the
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Slim is described always in terms of dignity and majesty. When he first comes into the bunkhouse, he moves "with a majesty achieved only by royalty and master craftsmen. He was a jerk-line skinner, the prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders." Slim is tall, ageless, and an expert in his job. His voice is the voice of rationalism. When Carlson suggests killing Candy's dog, Candy appeals to Slim as the final authority. Slim is so
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WHAT DOES STEINBECK WANT HIS READERS TO LEARN ABOUT HUMAN NATURE FROM STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GEORGE AND LENNIE? In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck repeatedly explores the theme of loneliness which plagued many people during the hardship of 1930s America. George and Lennie shed a great amount of light onto the intricacies of human nature through the complex relationship they share and Steinbeck uses this to convey to the reader the importance of friendship, loyalty and trust
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Crooks: As Crooks says when he hears of Lennie’s dream to own his own farm, “Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.” George and Lennie’s dream of owning a farm, which would enable them to sustain themselves, and, most important, offer them protection from an inhospitable world, represents a typically American ideal. The Futility of the American Dream (*In the context of the novel!!): Their journey, which awakens George to the impossibility of this dream, sadly proves that the
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the cause of Lennie’s and her own death. Steinbeck presents the ranch as the Garden of Eden and Curley’s Wife, as Eve; the woman who ruins the peace and tranquillity in the Garden of Eden and ultimately destroys George and Lennie’s dream. The author is able to explore the plight of women through Curley’s Wife; she is a victim of prejudice, being stereotyped as a tart or tramp throughout the novel, when actually underneath she is a nice girl. However Steinbeck also shows that Curley’s Wife is capable
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Each and every one of us has a dream and we all encounter conflicts that stand in the way of our ability to achieve it. Some people can reach their dreams, but many find themselves unable to free themselves from the personal, social and economic chains that bind them. In Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Lennie and George had a dream of owning a farm. These characters embarked on a journey to achieve their version of the American dream. “Well,” said George, “we’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit
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eat or generally socialize with the other field workers. Steinbeck depicts this when Lennie enters Crooks’ room one evening “smil[ing] helplessly in an attempt to make friends” as his giant body filled the door (Steinbeck 68). From years of being shoved aside Crooks had built up a wall of defense, he responded, “You go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room” as Lennie entered his room (Steinbeck 68). He simply doesn’t know how to respond Eager 2 to
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her yet but the men on the ranch are gossiping about her. The impression that Steinbeck gives the readers is negative about Curley’s wife because they don’t talk about her in a positive way. One of the men brings her into the conversation and says that Curley has married a tart. ‘Well, I think Curley’s married… a tart.’ This give us a negative impression of her because she is talked about before we meet her. Steinbeck has chosen to mention her before we meet her to give the reader an idea about what
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Once upon a time in a quiet town, there lived three vertically challenged pigs. The three pigs were ready to move out of their parents’ home, not out of selfishness or teenage rebellion, but to begin a strong, independent life as college students. With their extensive knowledge of engineering, they set out to go make a difference in the world. There was one problem though: they were broke college students in need of a place to stay. The pigs decided to create eco-friendly houses to accommodate to
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