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In the short novel “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck, takes place in the 1930’s which is the era of The Great Depression. The characters in this book reflect the problems in this era. Steinbeck uses the characters of “Of Mice and Men” to reflect the defects or problems of the 1930’s like people’s attitudes, racial discrimination, and how people portrayed women. George has a bad attitude when talking to people sometimes. For example, when he had an outburst of anger at Lennie. “ You crazy

becomes lonely due to hard conditions. Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, illustrates the feeling of loneliness on a ranch in the early 1930’s. This book shows how people are driven to try and find friendships in order to escape from loneliness. Steinbeck creates an isolated and blue atmosphere at many times in the book. He uses place names to give the setting a sense of desolation right from the start, and reinforces it with the characters readers meet throughout the book. Curley’s wife and Crooks

‘Of Mice and Men’, set in 1930s America during the time of the Great Depression, effectively explores the attitudes of women through the character of Curley’s wife. She is one of the only female characters in the book, with the only others being Lennie’s dead aunt Clara and the prostitutes in the whorehouse. Furthermore, Curley’s wife is never referred to by name but rather as the possession of a man, highlighting how women were viewed as the possession of men to do with as they please. This idea

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was born in the farm and ranch based town of Salinas, California to the county treasurer and his wife on February 27, 1902. Being born into a well-off family, he could afford the luxury of hopping from job to job helping ranchers and later attending Stanford University, only to leave without a degree. Altogether, he appears to be the average college student nowadays from our dreamer generation. Four years he published his first novel, Cup of Gold, and over the course of

sole guardian and caretaker (performing the role with care and love); Steinbeck uses the execution of Candy’s dog as a metaphor to explain George’s noble motivation in killing Lennie, and at the end of the novel, Slim, the moral authority of the ranch, absolves George of any guilt or ill will. Just as Steinbeck influences the reader’s position by using metaphor to draw a parallel between Candy’s old dog and Lennie, Steinbeck also uses his characterization of Slim (as a Godlike figure) to absolve

“The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again” (106). The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about two migrant workers working on a ranch in California during the Great Depression. One of them is named George Milton, and one of them is named Lennie Small. They are completely different physically and mentally. Lennie is a huge man, while George is a small man. Lennie is retarted and can not survive a day alone, while George is very street smart and wily. George takes care

they open up to characters around them. Even though John doesn’t specifically explain what the characters are thinking, their actions and words tell what they are thinking. The author does a good job of making every line in the book very important, and the point comes along very clear. Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck depicts the essential of loneliness, curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy express feelings composed through broken dreams and loss of realism. Candy is an old man who lost his hand in

Curley’s wife, before even getting a good conversation, or even knowing the other people is very rude and starts insulting the misfits. Curley’s wife easily could have been friends with the misfits, however chose to insult them instead. Curley wife does not treat others the way she wants to be treated. Even when Curley’s Wife is telling her backstory she constantly blamed others for her own ignorance. No matter what situation Curley’s Wife in, she deserved what she got. Curley’s Wife is an awful person

Finding Herself The chrysanthemums by john steinbeck describes a hard, energetic, working woman who isn't satisfied with her life. She withholds her inner self because she's afraid of what impressions society may have on her. Although she is in a happy marriage her emotions triggers in due to the failure her husband doesnt shows. One day working in her garden a stranger comes along and elisa changes. The stranger gives her things that was lacking in her marriage. Such as; communication, and affection

name is never given. This could convey the idea that she isn’t regarded as a person, merely as a possession for Curley to show off and heighten his importance amongst the people at the ranch. This could be an explanation as to why she acts the way she does, she is simply trying to gain a personality and be treated as an equal person but the way she goes about it gives the workers a negative opinion of her.