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Of Mice and Men ‘Of Mice and Men’ is written by John Steinbeck in 1937. The novel is set in the 1930s during the great depression in California. The book portrays the relationship between two ranch workers whose names are George and Lennie. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a story with many different themes and characters and leaves you with an emotional impression of California in the 1930’s. George is a small and quick-witted man who cares for Lennie. Even tough he talks about a better life without his caretaking

“A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, …“I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick". Of Mice and Men, is a novel filled with characters who are unable to escape their lonely lives and also Individuals find ways on how to deal with their problems. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck demonstrates how loneliness can affect an individual mentally, emotionally, and also through discrimination. Loneliness is shown through the

Loneliness is feeling sad because one has no friends or company. Many people face this type of sadness throughout John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men. In the novel, two men, George Milton and Lennie Small, travel to and from multiple locations in order to do their ranch work for money. George is basically Lennie’s caretaker because of Lennie’s mental disabilities that no one really understands. The men are forced to travel from Weed, California to Soledad, California because of Lennie “raping”

IGSCE English course work Hooseok Lee Y10 How do Steinbeck and Lee elicit sympathy from the reader for their characters? Steinbeck and Lee shows great sympathy towards their characters through out the novel. Both authors have linked sympathy of the character to issues such as discrimination, role of women in the 1930s, and racism Various characters were set in different situations where they had shown sympathy towards. When the readers read the book ‘Of mice and men’, the most obvious character

Loneliness: A Desolate Hill It should not be possible for two people to be as close as brothers yet both be completely alone, however, in the novella Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie and George are two very close friends who are practically each in their own world. Lennie and George have been traveling together for a very long time and have always were always there for each other. Lennie is shown throughout the book as having a severe mental illness that makes him have the mind of a young

“‘Well,’ said George, ‘We’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work, and we’ll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an’ listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof--...,’”(Steinbeck 14). Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, is about George and Lennie’s story as they work on a farm during the Great Depression. Like a lot of people, characters in this book often think about the future. George and

The Analysis of Dreams in Of Mice and Men In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, the journey of two friends with a common dream work there way through difficult times. Migrate farm workers, George and Lennie flee their original town of Weed, California to make their way to Salinas, California. George is the keeper of Lennie, a mentally disabled man whom was orphaned after his Aunt Clara died. Trouble unfolds for the two companions as the galled son of the ranch owner and his knave wife make

Friendship is all we need to get along with our miserable lives, because a true friend always stays by our side during the best and worst moments of our existence. In the book, Of Mice and Men, friendship is the most important theme of the novel. Many characters throughout the story expresses a sense of what we could qualify as bro-mance, or love amongst friends. Almost all the characters have somebody to lean on, somebody to help them get along with time, and never regret on second of their lives

live? Many people take life for granted but when their life is suddenly compressed into a matter of weeks left, they soon realize the beauty of life and how they lived it. In response to his restricted time left caused by pancreatic cancer, writer Randy Pausch argues that life should be lived to the fullest in his book The Last Lecture.He effectively builds his claim through the use of pathos, allusions to literature, and metaphors. The most prominent rhetorical device used in the book is Pausch’s

Of Mice and Men: Foreshadowing Of Mice and Men is a classic novel written by John steinbeck that takes place just outside of Soledad in Monterey County California. The novel takes place in the 1930’s, just a year after the great depression occured. At the time, Soledad had a small population of only 594 people. The story follows 2 ranch-hoppers, Lennie and George. John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men to drive the plot forward and express a deadpan yet honest harsh tone that serves