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OF MICE AND MEN John Steinbeck wrote "Of Mice And Men" in1937. In it he showed a great sensitivity for the lonely, deprived and the many people who were socially different and used these misfits in many of his books. Much of his writing comes from personal experience, when he worked as a farm labourer, through choice and not necessity. In Mice And Men he sets the scene, which would have been typical of itinerant ranch workers of the time. The original title was "Something That Happened," this changed when he read the poem "To A Mouse" by Robert Burns. "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain for promised joy". On reading the poem I find this a fitting for this novel. His use of words in this novel is wonderfully descriptive, making everything seem so vivid to the reader. Steinbeck gives you the ability to understand how other people feel. Chapter four is set in the stable bucks room, which is a lean too, off the harness room. It is a small room with a long box filled with straw for a bed and all the broken harnesses and tools for the horses are kept there. On the shelves, there are medicines belonging to the stable buck as well as the horses, a drippy can of tar and some saddle soap. There are also a few books, a dictionary, the California civil code for 1906, a pair of glasses and a few other personal possessions
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Of Mice and Men Loneliness George and Lennie are travelling workers who travel around ranches looking for work. Lennie is a big, coarse man yet he is mentally undeveloped and George is small yet is smarter, and therefore leads and takes care of Lennie. Lennie has a fetish for soft things and when he pets mice and small animals he, unknowingly kills them by squeezing too hard. The men's plan is to make enough money to settle on a nice, small place of their own and live "off the fatta' the land". They come to a new ranch to buck barley and try to work up a stake and buy the place they always dreamed of. They live in a bunkhouse with several other workers. Curly, their boss, is a little guy who likes to start trouble with big guys like Lennie. Candy is an old worker on the ranch who befriends the two workers. Candy finds out about George's and Lennie's plan and asks them to get in on it. He tells them he has enough money in the bank for a down payment and that he would love to join them and work on small things around their place. They agree to work for a month to collect enough money and than to move into the little place they wanted to buy. Later on of the worker's dog has puppies and he gives one to Lennie, to pet. Than, Curly picks a fight with Lennie for accidentally laughing at him which results in Curly's hand being hurt real bad. Than, one day Lennie accidentally
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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, published in 1937, writes 'Of Mice and Men'. The novel is set in the 1930s during the great depression in California. Throughout the story, the reader discovers the many sources of solitude, primarily being discrimination and prejudice, resulting in loneliness and isolation. The two protagonists, George and Lennie are farm workers who have a dream of one-day owning their own ranch. They find work in a ranch near Soledad, after escaping from Weed because of Lennie's 'incident'. To be lonely means to lack friends or companionship and to feel isolated. Most of the characters are lonely and the only thing that keeps them alive is their dreams. All the characters are extremely lonely and unhappy with their lives (except Slim, who is the only character that seems to be confident and happy with his life), and none of them can escape this unhappiness. The setting of the novel is destined for loneliness. Soledad. This is the town that is closest to the ranch, a place that is already full of lonely, solitary people. The name of the closest town being Soledad, we understand that loneliness is some kind of vicious circle, because on the ranch, they are already lonely, and going to town to fight that loneliness will not help since it is called "Soledad". Steinbeck raises questions in the mind of the reader that the novel would be based on loneliness.
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At one level Steinbeck's novel has been described as a protest statement. To what extent do you think this is true? Which attitudes and values do you think it is protesting against? John Steinbeck set his novel- 'Of Mice and Men'- in America during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Great Depression was a period of economic hardship where whole families had to move and many headed west in search for work. Refugee camps were created and emergency accommodation sprang up. There was no system of state relief, so many were forced to beg for the means to live because of mass unemployment. Many became migrant workers moving from ranch to ranch for work. Steinbeck's novel is about these workers and the extremely lonely lives they led. These were depressing and desperate times when the workers had no hope and no future to look forward to. John Steinbeck uses his novel to highlight the problems caused by the great depression and protest against the treatment of 'different' people in society. 'Of Mice and Men' is a novel set in North California during the era of the depression which explores the life of migrant farm workers and similarly their struggle to be accepted in society. It also reveals their desire to establish themselves in society through owning their own ranch and having their own home. It exposes underlying social concerns of racism, being intellectually disabled and
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Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, the American author of this emotional novel, was bought up in Salinas. His family owned a lot of land, therefore meaning he was quite rich. He went to university to study writing and left without a degree as he dropped out half way through the course. However he took up work as a labourer and a journalist. I noticed how Steinbeck's background really inspired him to write a book like "Of Mice and Men". It shows how he wants to let out all his emotions as a child into this book. He, George and Lennie have a lot in common. The American Dream is belief in the freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States to achieve their goals in life through hard work. Everyone has a dream that they want to achieve somewhere in their lifetime. There are two different types of The American Dream. The first is the entitlement of land- freedom, just like George and Lennie's dream. The other is luck, fame and money just like Curley's wife's dream in the book. In 1929 the Wall Street Crash was introduced which led to on going recession. This also led to failed businesses, harsh poverty and long term unemployment. At this point men couldn't afford to have families so therefore men travelled alone - just like George and Lennie. There was no heath care so the only hope left was dreams. The book is called "Of Mice and Men" but is that what it
How is the theme of racism and loneliness shown through the character of Crooks in OF MICE AND MEN?
How is the theme of racism and loneliness shown through the character of Crooks in OF MICE AND MEN? The book 'Of Mice and Men' is based in the 1930's at this time racism was abolished but still carried on, the Great Depression was at its worst so people became lonely because they had to go and work of ranches. The Great the Depression is when the biggest banks of the USA became bankrupted, so all the people who invested in the banks lost all their money. This made some people depressed and did not think they could not cope. But in most cases they carried on with their treacherous lives. This is symbolised by Crooks in the story. He is a 'lonely' and desperate for communication for others because of his colour. John Steinbeck realised this racism at this time and separates Crooks from the rest of the ranch workers. The ranch is a microcosm to the hole of America. The first time we hear about Crooks is through Candy's speech. We are immediately shown that Crooks is not respected by Candy or the other ranch workers by announcing he is a 'nigger'. Also he is used for a brutal entertainment. At the last Christmas the white ranch workers were drinking and having an exquisite time and decided to pick on the helpless, alienated and crippled 'nigger', so they thought. This all shows that black people was still treated in an appalling manner and the other white ranch worker still
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English Of Mice and Men I am going to write about the way Steinbeck creates and describes outsiders. John Steinbeck writes from own past experience and uses it to inform us, as he worked on ranches and wrote about what he experienced in his time. In 1936 a novella about two migrant farm labourers who represent of a class that desire for a home, of which it seems they perpetually deprived. In order to gain perspective into the lives in the novella 'Of Mice and Men', Steinbeck uses themes and language of the troubling times of the Great Depression in America and Steinbeck's own past experience. 'Of Mice and Men' reflects the time of early experience in ranch life were chronicles a time of social disintegration and a mass of unemployment. Employers continually rewarded the employees with bad pay, insecure work and dangerous working conditions unlike the working society we have today. This was major pressure on Americans at the time and caused depression and isolation, mostly common to blacks, racial prejudice from whites towards black people. Blacks were always being discriminated against in all areas of life and were frequently victims if something was wrong. The novella 'Of Mice and Men', Crooks demonstrates this. Crook's was employed to be a stable buck (takes care of the horses). He is the only black worker on the ranch; he is a proud and lonely man who has to live apart
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Of mice and men essay In 'Of mice and Men' several characters dream of a different and better life. Why is it not a surprise that the dreams never come true? 'Of Mice and Men is a novel written by john Steinbeck that features the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people living very simple lives. It features very strong characters each with their own dreams of a different and better life. But of course such dreams only remain dreams because they never do come true. The title 'of mice and men' is taken from a poem by a famous Scottish poet Robert Burns that quotes. The beat laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft agley (often go wrong) And leave us nought but grief and pain For promised joy! This basically means that it doesn't matter how much you plan and dream, things very rarely go according to plan, which leaves us longing for promised dreams. John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. This may have been the reason he decided to set the novel 'Of mice and men' in the Salinas valleys. It was hard to live in good conditions around the time the book was set (1930-1940) because of the Wall Street crash and the great Depression that followed. It was extremely hard to get a job and if you did get a job, it would be for minimal pay. During the 1930's there was very bad unemployment, which meant thousands of people never had a job in the USA, so agencies (like
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'Of Mice and Men' Essay Essay topic: Does Steinbeck Condemn or Condone Curley's wife? In 'Of Mice and Men', the writer Steinbeck both condemns and condones Curley's wife in different ways. Steinbeck does this by giving the readers the description of Curley's wife's appearance, actions, her dialogue to others and what others characters say about her. Steinbeck condemns Curley's wife in many ways. Firstly, the writer condemns her by giving the reader a view of her through the men's eyes which is just a "tart". One example of this when George and Lennie first arrive at the ranch, Candy warns them about Curley's wife by saying "she got the eye." And when Lennie kills her, Candy helplessly looks at Curley's wife's body in sorrow and anger and says "You ain't no good now, you lousy tart." But if any sympathy was felt for Curley's wife is reduces because of her cruelty whilst talking to the men and by the way she treated Crooks. She refers Candy, Crooks and Lennie to "a nigger", "a dum-dum" and "a lousy ol' sheep" and also she laughs at them of their dream of having a ranch. But she goes further she removes Crooks' pride and dignity by calling him a "nigger" and says "You know what I could do." Here, anyone would feel threaten and powerless by it. Steinbeck goes further when he starts the novel by not even giving Curley's wife a name. Steinbeck also condones Curley's wife in
