Grabber Sentence In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Grabber Sentence -- Every day you measure some ones worth wither it’s about what they did or what they said. Link Sentence – This trait is also present during the great depression when Of Mice and Men was written, and it is well known that authors are most influenced by their environment. Author, Title, Background (ATB) – Thesis (What theme is present in OMAM?)–
Thought the novel, John Steinbeck shows his readers that a person worth
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"Nine of ‘em. I drowned four of ‘em right off. She couldn’t feed that many."
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This shows that Slim has high worth because of how he treated the mother of the pups. Slim kills the dogs because the mother will not be able to feed all of the pups killing more than just nine pups. Slim has high worth because even though he killed some pups in the end he managed to save the mother and the other pups.
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You got your senses in hand enough to listen?" he asked. Curley nodded. "Well then listen," Slim went on. "I think you got your han' caught in a machine. If you don't tell nobody what happened, we ain't going to. But you jus' tell an' try to get this guy canned and we'll tell ever'body, an' then will you get the laugh. (3.259-260)
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This shows that slim has high worth because of how he treats Curley. Curry would have told the boss to kill Lennie if the boss found out that Lennie broke his sons hand, not only that but Curleys gang would have beat up Lennie. Slim shows his kindness by using his figurative one wish, to help Lennie instead of using the one wish for himself shows high
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This shows low worth becasue Curley is ready to fight and he is prepared to win. Curley has a plan if Lennie beats him up he will get every one on the farm to beat Lennie up becasue he is so big he should pick on someone his own size; and if he wins he will be prasied for beating up some one bigger than him. Curley knows he’s going to win so he tries to intimante Lennie by giving him a a calulating gaze, it is apperent that Lennie is nervious and afrade when the narrator tells us “Lennie squirmed under the look and shifted his feet

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