experiences (manual and unskilled) whilst supporting himself through college. His circular novella follows the lives of George Milton and Lennie Small who were two itinerant workers searching for jobs during the ‘Great American Depression’ of the 1930’s. Life was very hard during this time so people had to find work where they could, however low paid. It considers their relationship with both each other and the people they meet at the ranch. It is set over a time period of 4 days and has several different
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starting with best friends George and Lennie out in the wild, with nothing. The first character I am going to review is George and what his original dreams are, and how far he has come to them by the end of the novel. He is the first character introduced and shows simple understanding of basic common sense (something which his partner-in-crime doesn’t have), “Lennie, for God’ sakes don’t drink so much”. Lennie at this point is drinking from a “green pool”, and George immediately realises the dangers
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California. This essay will cover Of Mice and Men’s setting, the characterisation of major characters and the key themes identified within the novella. Two protagonists, Lennie and George, travel around together to obtain work. Within the novella, Steinbeck has presented two obvious settings, and focused on the contrast between them. Nearing the beginning of the book, the two men spend a night in a small, secluded glade near the river. The description of the nature area could be compared to heaven
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dreaming as it becomes a paradise for those who wish for something more in their life and acts as a beacon of hope yet over time dreams either materialize or they question reality and in the book no one achieves or has achieved their dream- Lennie and George, Curley’s wife and Curley. Dreams will always be a source of hope but if they are not achieved you begin to realise that they are futile which is why to some extent I agree with the statement. The killing of Curley’s wife accentuates the fact
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Candy, Crooks and Lennie. Candy has a disability because he has lost a hand, Crooks had his back kicked by a mule and Lennie has learning difficulties. Lennie’s disability can be seen right at the beginning of the novel when Lennie starts to gulp down some water and George says ‘it aint fresh’. George has to watch out for Lennie because his disability has an effect on their relationship. As the effect of Lennie having this disability has the impact of him being a bit slow but George compensates for
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portrayed. In my opinion the four characters that exude the most identifiable sadness are Lennie, Curley’s wife, Crook’s and Candy. This is depicted in different ways for each character, each given a different form of loneliness. For some of these characters loneliness is the sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned which seems to be the case for Lennie. At the beginning of the novel Lennie and George are discussing Lennie’s Aunt Clara that cared for him when he was growing up. It was
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Of Mice and Men is a popular book written by John Steinbeck. In Of Mice and Men we are shown a brotherly relationship between our characters, George Milton and Lennie Smalls. George is almost like a parent or guardian for Lennie, and Lennie often gets into trouble. Lennie is unaware of his own strength, thus killing many small animals like mice and puppies. The deaths of these animals are just one symbol out of the many throughout this book. There’s symbolism from mice to Curley’s wife, and from
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John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice And Men’ is a fictional story, about George and Lennie, the main protagonists, who find work in a ranch and the events and consequences that happen during their time there. The story has become an American classic, partly due to the fact that there are many levels of Disenfranchisement present in the story. Disenfranchisement in it’s simplest form, is the lack of power of individuals, places or animals in the context of the story. This idea of lack of power can be viewed
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John Steinbeck’s book, Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie dream of living together on a farm where they can find happiness. George reassures Lennie that once money comes in they will be able to go after this dream. However, it seems that the characters cannot reach that dream by the end of the story because situations have changed. Steinbeck sees the American Dream as a way to give people hope that is shown through the dialogue and the interactions between the characters but the dream cannot be achieved
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Dream” of George and Lennie on the outside may seem to be about materialistic things, but when one breaks the surface of their dream and digs a little deeper, they can see that the two characters “American Dream” is more about the relationship between the two and not so much about the physical items. “‘O.K. Someday-we’re 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-An’ live off the fatta the lan’, Lennie shouted”(14). George may be
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