Of Mice And Men Monologue Analysis

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I have seen the guys that go around on ranches alone. That are dreadful people,. they do not have any fun, after a long time they get mean. They get wanting to fight all the time. This is true about people in general, consequently, when people do a job just for the money they do not get joy out of doing it. They get angry with how their life has turned out and they think they deserve better. They do not care about anybody else’s feelings besides themselves. They will do horrible things just to get their way. The Swamper considered.... 'Well... tell you what. Curley's like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He's all time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at me because he ain't a big guy. You have seen little guys like that, ain't you? Always scrappy? In society a lot of people do this in their lifetime, they get jealous of somebody because they don’t have what they have. When Curley tries to fight all the big guys, he is just letting out his jealousy of the being big and him being little. He wants to be big like all the other guys and hates them for having what he wants. You're nuts. Crooks was scornful. I have seen hundreds of men come by on the road and on the ranches, with their bundles on their backs and the same thing in their heads. When Curley says that he has seen …show more content…
I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him. When Curley says that he herded sheep with him, he is trying to tell you how important the dog was with him and that is why he could not get rid of him. Everybody in their life does this, something that has special meaning to you is hard to get rid of. My dad did it with his dog three months ago. My dad’s dog got ran over by a bunch of horses and shattered her leg. The vet said we can put her down, cut her leg off, or try to plate it. My dad could not get rid of her or cut her leg off because she was too special to him, so even though it was the most expensive he choose to plate her

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