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Stuart Hatch 4.1 Of Mice and Men Many people get lonely when they have to leave their family. For example many men in 1920's America had to leave their family to earn money to work on ranches because the stock market crashed and they lost their jobs. This is what George and Lennie had to go through. George and Lennie are the two main characters in the novel "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. George in Lennie had to leave their Aunt Clara in search for work on a ranch. Dreams are something that a lot of the characters in "Of Mice and Men" have most of them is of doing something with their lives instead of being stuck on a ranch all the time. George and Lennie's dreams are a good example of this. "OK, Someday were gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and..." That shows us that George and Lennie have a dream or call it a "Fantasy" about being away from it all and relaxing on their own ranch were they make the rules" Yet another character that has a dream or an ambition is Curley's wife: "Cuda been in the movies an had nice clothes like they wear an I cuda sat in one of them big hotels and had pitures took of me" Curley's wife has a dream that she could have been in the movies and she actually thinks she has the ability to be in the movies as well. George, Lennie and Curley's wife are not the only
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CW 3. Ashley ziyanai sithole Year 10R Mr. R Shaw 15/02/09 ENGLISH COURSEWORK: WHY DOES AUTHOR JOHN STEINBECK INCLUDE CROOKS IN HIS NOVEL `OF MICE AND MEN'? In America the Wall Street Stock market crashed in October 1929, the world economy was plunged into the Great Depression. By the winter of 1932, America was in the depths of the greatest depression in its history. It led to many people becoming jobless and many offices and banks shutting down and business and trade was at its most minuscule point. And in John Steinbeck's novel `Of Mice and Men' he describes the life that individuals had and the complications of lifestyle and dreams that were hard to accomplish. And in this essay I am going to be answering the question, "Why does John Steinbeck include crooks in his novel `Of Mice and Men', with detailed and supported statements that will help me generate a final opinion on why john Steinbeck included crooks in his novel. John Steinbeck uses crooks in his novel `Of Mice and Men' because of Racial discrimination amongst the workers on the Ranch. Some evidence to support my statement is the following "She turned to him in scorn. 'Listen, Nigger,' she said" evidence captured from chapter 4 from the novel `Of Mice and Men'. Steinbeck wanted to show that life for Afro-Americans was hard, and that the Characters
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Loneliness Of Mice and Men - The theme of loneliness "Of Mice and Men" is a skillful novel, which deals with the theme of `outsiders', that is, individuals who do not fit into the mainstream of society. The novel portrays this idea of loneliness throughout John Steinbeck's stimulating and exciting novel. There are several clearly identified themes running through the novel. The loyalty and friendship which exists between two men, George and Lennie, and the hostile environment of America during the American Depression. But, the main two themes of `Of Mice and Men' were loneliness and prejudice. Steinbeck raises questions in the mind of the reader that the novel would be based on loneliness. The first line read "A few miles south of Soledad". This is a clever idea by Steinbeck as "Soledad" means loneliness in Spanish. The title "Of Mice and Men" may be seen as a warning for the whole novel as it came from Robbie Burns's poem "To a Mouse" which translates as `no matter how well be plan the future, things often go wrong'. The setting of Steinbeck's novel is very important because the date when the novel took place was in 1929, around the time New York Wall Street stock market collapsed, resulting in the dollar becoming worthless. Unemployment was high at this time and men had to move around a lot looking for work, which meant they were never in one place long enough to
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George Haddad Wide Reading Course Work In the course of the year I have been reading two stories as part of my wide reading coursework. The first novel was " Of Mice and Men" written by John Stienbeck, the second was a short story "The Withered Arm" written by Thomas Hardy. I am to compare the two stories for their similarities and differences. John Stienbeck wrote "Of mice and Men" in 1937. The story is about two drifters in search of work. George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other and a dream. The dream is that one-day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy, becomes a victim of his own strength. "The withered arm" was written by Thomas Hardy in 1981, and is set in Dorset, south of England. Rhoda Brooke worked on a farm milking cows. She once had a relationship with farmer Lodge and together they had a son. Farmer Lodge gets married to a woman called Gertrude. Gertrude later appears in Rhoda's dream. Rhoda out of jealousy had a fight with Gertrude. The dream felt so real and as a result of the dream Gertrude's arm became withered. Gertrude went to a conjuror that had a cure for her arm, which would turn and clean her blood. The
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Is the "American Dream" presented as a myth or a real possibility in "Of Mice and Men"? John Steinbeck, the author of the book "Of Mice and Men" was born in Salinas, California in 1902. His books were based on real-life experiences: his own and the people he worked with. During his working life, Steinbeck met many people hoping to achieve what was known as the "American Dream". Many Americans shared this dream, although it meant different things to different people. The novel "Of Mice and Men" was written in the 1930s, this period of time was known as the "Great Depression". Before this decade came the 1920s - the "Roaring twenties" as this was called. At this time America was a newly discovered country, with plenty of money, cars, planes and industrial work. This all changed on the 29th October 1929 with the stock market crash. Unemployment during this time rose to 30% and 50% of commercial banks failed. The "Great Depression" destroyed the lives for many Americans, it left people homeless in poverty and despair. The workforce was largely male and stayed this way until after the war had ended. The "Great Depression" is what caused many people to want to begin to search for the "American Dream", thus causing many to migrate to California - the promised land of wealth. Steinbeck presented this in "Of Mice and Men" with two migrant workers - Lennie Small and George
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Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men' is one of those books which make you believe everything that takes place between the covers. Books like these always remain as classics, because of their very informative and believable stories. John Steinbeck especially excels in this, and therefore is the reason I have chosen this book to describe. 'Of Mice and Men', the title of the novel, originates from the poem 'To a Mouse', by Robert Burns. It means that no matter what you plan to do in the future, something will always go wrong. It comes from the line '...the best laid schemes o' Mice and Men, Gang aft agley'. The title of the book was originally 'Something that Happened', as the story is about what actually happened, not what should or could happen (at least to John Steinbeck). This is always at the back of the readers mind. During 1919 until 1926 (while Steinbeck was at college), he took up a few manual, and unskilled jobs, one being where he became a farm labourer on ranches between King City, and Santa Clara in Northern California. These experiences seem to have helped Steinbeck create the setting for his novel ('Of Mice and Men'). He uses two main settings throughout the story; Curley's father's ranch, and rural California. Most of the story is set in and around the ranch, which allowed Steinbeck to contain all of the important events in one place.
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Of mice and men Discuss the importance of dreams of the various characters in Of mice and men. Do any of these characters have a realistic opportunity to realise their dreams? Of mice and men is a novel written by John Steinbeck set in the 1930's. John Steinbeck was born on the 27th February 1902 in Salinas, California. Of mice and men mainly focuses on loneliness and isolation. I will have to consider the importance of dreams of various characters in Of mice and men and do they have a realistic opportunity to realise their dream. Many of the characters have dreams in this novel, big dreams, wild dreams all sorts of dreams but I am only going to talk about the following characters: George and Lennie, Curley's wife, and Candy. George and Lennie share a dream of settling in a farm house and looking after animals and doing what any other people would do. During the story their dream is also shared by candy known as the 'swamper'. I think that if Lennie and George didn't have a dream, they wouldn't have had the enjoyable time in their lives that they had even though Lennie was a big problem to George. If they never shared the same dream, I think that George would have left Lennie when the first time Lennie caused a problem. But one reason that George continued to stay with Lennie is because George knew that Lennie on his own would get into trouble and eventually die. George
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Media Coursework Essay Of Mice & Men Of Mice & Men is a very poignant, appealing and insightful novella as well as film. It is a very powerful and emotional piece, which studies the themes of nature, dreams, violence, friendship, suffering, loneliness and more. The author, John Steinbeck, produced this fascinating novella in 1937, yet the film which was produced by Gary Sinise (who played George), was published in 1992. In America, in 1929, The Wall Street Crash occurred which led to The Depression in 1930. Both the novella and film are based around those two events, as John Steinbeck used his experiences from life in California, as background for Of Mice and Men. For example, Of Mice and Men is set in the farmland of the Salinas River, where Mr. Steinbeck himself was born. Using information from not just only my knowledge, I will illustrate the differences between the film and novella of this popular piece. The novel is told from the point of view of a third-person, who can access the point of view of any character as required by the narrative. Chapter one begins by unfolding the setting near Salinas River, the place in which the novella takes place. As a reader, you are introduced to the beautiful atmosphere that is exemplified by the writer. Mr. Steinbeck immediately describes the scenery and the animals in their natural surroundings. He uses illustrious description for
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Of mice and men Discuss Steinbeck's presentation of The American dream in of mice and men George and lennie want to recreate happier time "I could build a smoke house like the one grandpa had" this shows they want to recreate there childhood when they were safe and cosy A kid of paradise with lots of food - a cosy life "When we kill a pig we can smoke the bacon and the hams and make sausages" So they can eat some rich fresh succulent meat whenever they want it Better working conditions - not getting canned not working if they didn't want to "No one could can us an if we don't Steinbeck's language shows the dream won't come true because he uses alliteration to slow down your reading and by the way curley's wife neck clicks there is no more sound as if the universe came to a massive stand still As soon as he says "stop" the first time its like running into a brick wall as if its just like boom dead end no way out to late and no more American dreamland then followed by the second as if that was the rest of the wall boxing him in as to seal his fate as lennie says "i didn't want to hurt you but george'll be mad if you go yelling " and then as it dawns on him of what his actions done "I done a bad thing I done another bad thing " this leaving the reader feeling sorry for lennie as he is a bit simple as if in his head he is still a kid in a full grown mans body . And
A Review of 'Of Mice and Men'
A Review of 'Of Mice and Men' Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck in 1939, during the Great American Depression. It tells the story of two men striving to understand their own unique place in the world. Traveling in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other and the dream they share: to one day settle down in a farm of their own and count out their days. Eventually they find work on a ranch, their hopes are doomed as Lennie becomes a victim of his own strength leaving their dream to be crushed. Much of Of Mice and Men is based upon Steinbeck's life and experiences. He highlights many social issues which he experienced first hand. For example, the climatic changes in the West of America resulting in destruction of fertile land, this had supported the homesteaders represented in the novel by the 'promised joy' dreamt of by the workers in the story. Another problem shown in the novel is the great financial collapse of 1929 which heralded the Depression that increased unemployment and poverty through the United States. Because of these problems intinerant American workers were exploited by farm owners on low pay and appalling conditions. They were only in demand for short periods of time causing them to have to save enough from seasonal work to support for the rest of the year and their extreme mobile
