Loneliness in "Of Mice and Men."
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Loneliness in Of Mice and Men
'LONELINESS' GEORGE SAYS 'GUYS LIKE US, THAT WORK ON RANCHES, ARE THE LONLINESS GUYS IN THE WORLD.' FOCUSING ON FOUR CHARACTERS EXPLORE THE THEME OF LONLINESS IN THE NOVEL REFER CLOSELY TO THE TEXT IN YOUR RESPONSES. Loneliness is the most significant theme throughout the book, Of Mice & Men.' We are reminded of it frequently in each of the personalities of the characters in the book. The theme of loneliness is significant in human behaviour. In the novel, the characters think of loneliness as something that every person is enduring. They think this as they do not know any different and have never been able to form long lasting relationships with anybody. People think of being lonely as a punishment for example, being in solitary confinement whereas the characters in the novel accept it. We all need to make relationships with friends and family members to get on in life and psychologically make people feel better about themselves. Although, we also often measure and value ourselves in terms of how other people relate to us. Loneliness is a very important theme in 'Of Mice & Men.' The storyline reflects what was really happening in America at that time. The Wall Street Crash in 1929 and subsequent depression saw mass unemployment in the 1930's. This forced men to travel for work, as they could not get any within the inner cities. Very often, this led them away
Curley's wife deserved her fate' - Do you agree?
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Of Mice and Men - The differences between the book and the film.
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Of Mice And Men
Umair Baloch English 5/10/2007 Of Mice And Men In the novel of, "Of Mice and Men," the setting of the story starts out when both George and Lennie arrive at a pool of the Salinas River in California. Both of them ran away from Weed, their previous location since Lennie made a terrible mistake. George and Lennie are totally different from one another in every aspect. Lennie tends to act like a demanding child, while on the other hand; George harasses him and is a very impatient father. Before entering the ranch, George had warned Lennie to keep his mouth shut at all times. When they arrive at the ranch, they start off my meeting Candy, the handyman. Afterwards, George seems to be suspicious with the warm welcome that Candy gives. Next, the boss comes in, and is very aggressive, and does not like George speaking for Lennie, but George stays cynical towards the boss's questions. After that Curly, the boss's son arrives, and a dislike is shown towards Lennie, however George warned Curly not mess with Lennie. Then other characters one by one, were introduced to Lennie and George, and after meeting the characters George felt restless because he was worried incase Lennie made another silly mistake. In chapter three, two important events took place, the first one being the shooting of Candy's dog. It all started when Carlson said, "Meant to ask you, Slim - how's your bitch? I
Of Mice and Men Alternative ending
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The book of "Of Mice and Men" was written by John Steinbeck in the 1930s during the troubled time of the depression in America
Of Mice And Men The book of "Of Mice and Men" was written by John Steinbeck in the 1930s during the troubled time of the depression in America. The depression left 15 million people unemployed and many people homeless. There were also many people forced to move to the rich state of California there were plenty of working opportunities available to people. In this certain period of time there was no social security such as the dole this meant that when people finished work they had no income it became very hard to survive. This meant that for the weaker members of society it was a lot harder to stay alive. George and Lennie are American civilians that are classed as social outcasts. There is a big contrast between the two characters because Lennie is mentally challenged and George is very clever and is the leader of the two. They travel together because lennie got himself in to some trouble on there old ranch in weed by hurting a woman. This was a very bad offence to commit in the 1930s and was treated very seriously. Lennie likes to pet thing that are soft he likes petting mice this is a key part of the story because the name of the book is "Of Mice and Men". George helps Lennie in escaping weed there is no reason in the book for this but people do ask why he travels with Lennie and I think he makes thing up. We know a lot of things about there history we know
How far do the values of Kino and Juana represent the culture of the Mexican fisher folk in John Steinbeck's novel "The Pearl"?
Q. How far do the values of Kino and Juana represent the culture of the Mexican fisher folk in John Steinbeck's novel "The Pearl"? A. The Novelette, 'The Pearl' was written by John Steinbeck in 1944. Steinbeck is a magnificent author who uses dramatic, narrative and musical themes all together .e.g. the song of evil and the song of family to convey his idea effectively. He is able to attain an effect on the reader without lengthy details on emotions, places etc. All his novels are set in Salinas Valley and the main themes of his novels are on man versus nature and how man abuses it. Drama, visual effects and music all blend together in Steinbeck's novel making it an all time classic. 'The Pearl' is the story about Kino (Main character & Mexican pearl diver) who is the leader of his tribe. In the story he goes on to finding a pearl, which affects him greatly. 'The pearl of the world' gives him dreams of wealth and prosperity but all this changes when things don't turn out the way he planned them to. The pearl gives him suffering and brings out the evil in man. At the beginning of the novel we see the Mexicans' oneness with nature as they made songs about it which brought them happiness. The fisherfolk's lives were very simple as they lived in poverty and yet they enjoyed the fruits of nature. They lived in brush houses and ate simple food like 'hot corn-cake'. Their
A Book Of Grotesques: The Figures Of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson - review.
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All the characters in 'of mice and men' are Lonely, loneliness is the theme of the novel.
OF MICE AND MEN All the characters in 'of mice and men' are Lonely, loneliness is the theme of the novel. By Gurdeep Sian In the novel 'of mice and men' many of the characters are lonely. They have no one that really cares for them. This could be because that individual is coloured, female or that the person doesn't fit in with anyone. One of the characters that are lonely in this novel is Characters such as crooks who are lonely because he's black (coloured). Crooks spend the vast majority of his time in the barn. The only way he can socialise with the other men is when they're all playing 'horse shoes'. Other times, he's not allowed in the bunk house. For example Lennie, candy and Crooks were talking in the barn house and Curley's wife came in and they all wanted her to go. Crooks stood his ground to her as they were all arguing. He said 'You got no rights comin' in a coloured mans room. You got no rights messing around in here at all. Now you jus' get out, an' get out quick. If you don't, I'm gonna ast the boss not to ever let you come in the barn no more'. Curley's wife replied with 'Listen nigger, you know what I can do to you if you open your trap. The book then reads 'Crooks seemed to grow small, and he pressed himself against the wall. 'Yes, ma'am.' What Curley's wife meant by saying