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    Of Mice And Men Essay Prompt 1: George had to come to two choose one of two options. He could ether let Lennie live or he could kill him. By killing Lennie he would save Lennie from torture, humility and it keeps him from seeing this happen to Lennie. The problem with killing Lennie is that he will have to carry the burden of knowing that he killed his friend. The other choice was to unpredictable for George. If he let Lennie live then Lennie may have escaped the clutches of Curly and possibly live

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    Hope In Of Mice And Men

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    Do you have hopes, or dreams or maybe a good friendship? Maybe you should read the book “Of Mice And Men”then. Well a few important themes about this story is dreams, hopes, and plans also friendship and violence. Lennie was a violent person because he killed multiply things like the puppy george let him have , and also curley’s wife. Lennie also had crushed curley’s hand when they had got into an fight over something stupid also lennie had mistreated a lady by touching her butt. Another person

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    Imagination is an essential factor of readers. Imagination is used when the book follows the reader, forcing them to develop an ending. Divergent from many books with predictable endings, The Pearl and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck are perfect examples of books that conclude vaguely. Of Mice and Men’s unexpected ending leaves the reader unaware of George and Candy’s fate. Whether or not they obtained their land, house, or rabbits is up to the reader to decide. The Pearl also has a vague ending

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    them so well, we tend to smile when we encounter them, and they can break the reality of the story they're trying to tell. What stage Hamlet has not despaired of getting through “To be, or not to be?” in one piece? In John Steinbeck's novel “Of Mice and Men,” made into an enduringly popular movie, the lines about the rabbits have became emblems for the whole relationship between George and Lennie -- the quiet-spoken farm laborer and the sweet, retarded cousin he has taken under his arm. I would not

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    “Loneliness becomes an acid that eats away at you” (Murakami). In Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, loneliness is a prominent theme. George and Lennie go to work on a ranch in order to reach their American Dream. Along the way they meet many characters, including Curley and his wife, Candy, Crooks, and Slim. All of these characters have been negatively affected by loneliness. In Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy are depicted as lonely and depressed characters

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    According to the Huffington Post, about one in five Americans have chronic loneliness which can actually lead to both physical and mental health problems. Heart disease, obesity, and depression are just a few (Gregoire). In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, many characters live on their own and often do not socialize much with others, which displays loneliness. Specifically, archetypes in the novel are used to characterize those who live on the ranch and explain their loneliness. Steinbeck uses classic

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    Power In Of Mice And Men

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    However, in the novella, “Of Mice and Men”, Steinbeck shows many instances where characters use different types of power over each other. Whether it be intellectual, physical, or a more complex type such as social-economic power, it is still shown. Many characters do in fact show power over one another within the novella, but the main ones that do show power are as follows: Slim, Curley’s Wife, and George. Firstly, a secondary character, Slim, in this novel, “Of Mice and Men”, is one of the more respected

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    Relationships are a Responsibility The story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a compelling tale of two pals in search of work just trying to make their dreams come true. The book is narrated in the point of view, third person omniscient because of this we don’t get to see much into the character's thoughts and feelings as easily. It takes place in the 1930s, South of Soledad, California. Having the story set here and at this time makes their job as laborers more relevant. The main characters

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    The majority of the story Of Mice and Men takes place on a ranch in Soledad, California. The action is presented in only four settings at the riverbed, in the bunk house, Crooks's room, and the barn which lends to the dramatic quality of the text. The story begins and ends at the Salinas riverbank a few miles outside of the ranch where George and Lennie start working. Readers are introduced to the mens dream of owning a plot of land there for the first time. While at the beginning of the story the

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    another in their lives. How it effects their personal situation is based upon how harshly this illness plagues them. John Steinbeck pants a vivid portrait of loneliness through the characters of Candy, Curly’s Wife, and Crooks in his novel “Of Mice and Men”. Loneliness can manifest itself both physically and emotionally through living a lifestyle that doesn’t provide the opportunity for a solid relationship to form, creating lonely and alienated characters that migrate their way through life. In

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