Bunkhouse

Blake (Oviya Chennai) Bertram Lit and Comp 10 6 December 2017 Of Mice and Men Film Review Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck was adapted in 1992 by Gary Sinise. The movie closely follows the book's plot, unraveling around migrant workers George Milton and Lennie Small. The novella is set on a ranch in Salinas Valley, California. George and Lennie are migrant workers who sought a job opportunity at a ranch. They worked in order to achieve their dream-to one day own their own farm.…

Discrimination in Of Mice and Men Essay Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a novel featuring two protagonist named Lennie and George. Lennie is mentally handicapped and George takes care of him. The book is set in Soledad California in the 1930’s. In the book and during the time period it is set in people are being heavily discriminated on due to uncontrollable factors such as sex, race, and genetic disability. There are three people that I think in the book are discriminated on the most.…

Nandha Sundaravadivel Mrs. McCarthy Literature 3 Feb. 2017 Differences Between Of Mice and Men Play and Book The play did a superb job on effectively depicting the book, though there were a few differences that stood out. There were many differences in showing Curley’s Wife. For example, the book doesn’t mention Curley’s wife ever leaving the farm to go act in pictures. Also, she never talked about her father in the book. Finally, in the play, Lennie never buried Curley’s wife in the hay like…

through a variety of characters but the most notable ones were Curley's wife, Candy, and Crooks. The first character to display loneliness is Curley's wife. Multiple times throughout the novel, she showed up wherever the boys were, usually at the bunkhouse, and said, “I'm looking for Curley” (31). Steinbeck makes it obvious that she isn't really looking for Curley, she just wants to talk to someone. Another time she displays loneliness during the novel is when she is trying to get Lennie to…

other ranch hands. Lennie, Candy, and Crooks have something in common that causes them to be left out. When the others leave to Susie’s Bar, they are left behind. While the other ranch hands are gone, Lennie, Candy, and Crooks are in Crooks’ bunkhouse talking. Lennie starts talking about ranch he, George, and Candy will soon have. Crooks is very skeptical about the idea, but begins to tell Lennie about how his father had a ranch when he was younger. Lennie then begins telling Crooks how he…

they can’t make enough money to buy it. They need to pretend like they plan to work there for a long time. He seems to also be afraid that someone will steal their idea. Why is Lennie smiling when Curley walks into the bunkhouse? Lennie is smiling when Curley walks into the bunkhouse because he was imagining living on the ranch. They had just discussed buying the ranch with Candy. What does Curley think he is smiling about? Curley thinks Lennie is smiling at Candy’s comment and is laughing at…

room. I ain’t wanted in the bunk house, and you ain’t wanted in my room."Why ain’t you wanted?" Lennie asked."’Cause I’m black” (68; ch.4). Lennie doesn’t understand the concept of racism and hatred. When Crooks tells him he isn’t wanted in the bunkhouse, Lennie doesn’t realize or know that blacks were kept separate from whites. When Steinbeck writes this, the reader realizes the discrimination and the harsh reality that blacks face during the Great Depression. Crooks’ feelings of loneliness…

Sympathy was something I felt for Lennie in his last days. Someone he trusted and someone he thought would protect him was the one that ended his life. In the fifth chapter of the book Lennie kills Curley’s wife. It was a totally accident, Lennie covered her body and fled the scene. When she was found everyone knew who killed her. Thereafter, Curley goes to find Lennie and plans to kill him. George goes along with him and some other works to find Lennie, and make sure that Curley doesn’t hurt…

He doesn't know how to fight to well. He still broke curley's hand. Lennie was obsessed with slims pups. He never wanted to leave their side. Slim had to kick lennie out of the barn and back into the bunkhouse because he was getting to close to the pups. He tried to sneak a pup into the bunkhouse but george caught him and made him put the pup back where it came from. Lennie was just so attached to the pups slim had. Lennie could have drowned if george didn't save him. Their was really nothing…

Crooks is not allowed to sleep in the bunkhouse with the migrant workers, instead he sleeps in, “the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn’’ (Steinbeck 66). The fact that Crooks must sleep by himself makes him feel isolated from other mankind. Crooks must be in his room or doing work, he is not allowed to, “[play] cards in the [bunkhouse] (Steinbeck 68). He feels companionless when everyone is playing cards, and he can not…