Of Mice and Men

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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

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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 ...

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