and you ain't wanted in my room.” (Steinbeck 68). As you can hear from that statement you can tell
In the novel Of Mice and Men very few characters have power over others, but the ones that do show it throughout the story. Curley being the bossś son has power over everyone in the ranch and no one dares to cross him. Curleyś wife is automatically given power by branching off of curley's power. She also gains power through her own little tricks. George doesn't have much power, but he does have power over Lennie.They all have power that benefits their lives at the ranch. George has had power over
A beautiful friendship George and Lennie’s friendship is something very important to them. From Lennie’s point of view, George is the most important person in his life, almost like a brother to him. Every time he does anything that he knows is wrong, his only thoughts are of George’s disappointment in him. He is so reliant on George that he doesn’t initially defend himself from Curley because George tells him to stay out of trouble, in fact George has to tell Lennie three times to defend himself
In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men he uses many literary elements in his book. John also uses a lot of different archetypes in his writing, John also uses imagery and symbolism. In page one John uses imagery to describe the setting also on page two he describes Lennie. The rabbit is a really good example of symbolism because the rabbits symbolise comfort and happiness for Lennie One of the literary elements in Of Mice and Men is an archetype. An archetype a typical character, a situation that represents
John Steinbeck uses dialogue in order to show readers that everyone uses the American dream as a symbol to continue to work in order to achieve that dream. The main character, Lennie, in Steinbeck’s novel are motivated from hope of the possibility of their dreams will happen. Lennie dreams of tending the rabbits and "Living of the fatta the lan" with George.(pg.) Lennie wanting to be able to own rabbits and have his own farm also George to use this as a catalyst for him to be able to focus on finding
Night by Elie Wisel and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck are both books that have differences and similarities in the relationships of their main characters. These characters are Elie and his father, which are two Jews trapped in a concentration camp for the book Night. The other book Of Mice and Men includes two other characters, who are Lennie and George. These two characters have very close friendship, and take care of each other. These two relationships differ and coincide, in how they treat
Explore the way Curley’s Wife is presented in Of Mice and Men. Curley’s wife is the only female in the novel. Steinbeck portrays Curley’s Wife as attention seeking yet lonely and flirty but miserable in her marriage. Curley’s Wife is complex, misunderstood character and is not your typical 1930’s woman in a patriarchal society. Our first impression of Curley’s wife is through Candy, when she is mentioned for the first time. Candy creates tension before we meet her, “Wait’ll you see Curley’s wife”
42.5 million or 1 out of every 5 people in the U.S alone have a mental disability. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck has two main characters which names are George and Lennie. Lennie has a serious mental disability although no one knows what. After Lennie's aunt died George promised to take care of Lennie when she was not around. George stuck to his promise but that doesn't mean he wanted to. Dealing with someone who has a disability can sometimes be rough. George has been with Lennie
How does Steinbeck make Lennie's death seem inevitable in 'Of Mice and Men'? Of Mice and Men, published by John Steinbeck in 1937, is set in the Salinas Valley of California during the Great Depression.The novels two main characters, George and Lennie, embody the American struggle to survive the Depression, but the novel is timeless because it captures the personal isolation and suffering present in the land of opportunity. During the last scene George tells Lennie to take off his hat and look
Of Mice and Men controlled assessment In this piece of writing I am going to be exploring the ways that Steinbeck portrays attitudes towards Curley’s wife in ‘Of Mice and Men’ In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses physical description to portray the attitude of Curley’s wife (Pg.53) as a stereotypical ‘housewife’ in the 1930’s. This is shown by the quote “She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the instep of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers”. The word ‘red’ has connotations