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Of Mice and Men Essay (Rough Draft) Everybody changes in some way or another through every situation. This is no different in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The characters in this book are faced with different choices and challenges and their decisions will change their lives forever. The character development in Of Mice and Men is gradual but escalates towards the end. The two main characters in Of Mice and Men are different in every way possible, but somehow, they are best friends. Lennie…

economy was strong in the 1920s, and did not realize that it was not as great as it seemed. This was mainly due to the overall lack of knowledge of the economy. People were buying and buying more than ever before, taking out loans without the complete ability to pay them back, and that was because that’s what the government was telling them to do and what was being advertised in society. Many things in the United States seemed great, but were really leading to a major economic downfall, such as…

Survival of the fittest rules out who is weak and allows the strong to prevail. John Steinbeck introduces this idea in his powerful novella Of Mice and Men. This book is set in the tragic times of the Great Depression in the 1930’s and centers around the migrant workers of a ranch. These men are hardworking and rugged although, there are a few who stand out from the others on the ranch. Crooks, the African American stable buck with a crooked back, Lennie, the monstrous worker who has a childlike…

A Daisy by Any Other Name Every great story needs both a villain and a hero, and the greatest stories are often characterized by their ability to blur the line between the two. In The Great Gatsby, a novel by Scott F. Fitzgerald set in the Eggs of New York, a line can be drawn between Daisy and Gatsby, Daisy and Nick, or even Daisy and Tom quite easily. Though a reader’s first impulse may be to cast Daisy as the villain, she fills the role of the victim more so than that of the tormentor. The…

valued themselves. Often during this time people thought that money, fame, or power equaled self worth, with many of the newly wealthy thinking that extravagant spending would help them build their confidence and social standing. Jay Gatsby from “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of these people. Due to his lack of self confidence,…

During the 1920s prohibition was at its peak. Many bootleggers took advantage of the alcoholics and partiers by selling them liquor; a bootlegger is someone who distributes alcohol illegally. Jay Gatsby, the main character in The Great Gatsby, was a poor farm boy from South Dakota and according to his father he was destined to get rich. How Jay got rich is mystery throughout the book due to the fact that a countless amount of rumors were said about him such as, he was a German spy, he killed a…

Today, ambiguity can be seen in many pieces of well-known literature, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Ambiguous statements and phrases are meant to leave imagination to the reader. To use ambiguity in literature is not meant to confuse, but rather it is for the reader to visualize what he or she believes it to be. To use clarity in literature, on the other hand, does not necessarily leave a less important message but a less deep…

Although there were countless key influences causing the Great Depression, the aftershock of World War One was key at provoking the sequential events which led to and caused the Great Depression during the 1930’s. Instantaneously, the aftermath of World War One left psychological scars on everyone causing many to grieve and act impulsively by filling the void of a lost loved one with newfound wealth acquired from the stock market. Also, with the war finally over and soldiers returning home, a…

1930s, Harper shows how the Great Depression affected people in this time period. On page 22 in To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout says “The Cunningham’s never took anything they can’t pay back – no church baskets, and no crisp stamps. They never took anything off of anybody; they get along on what they have. They don’t have much, but they get along”. Even Scout asks Atticus, who was a lawyer, if they were poor, and Atticus answered with a “yes”. This is to show how the Great Depression time period…

Being a black man during the time period of “Of Mice and Men” [Great Depression] was detrimental to achieving the American Dream. Crooks was prone to being constantly discriminated because of his race. While Crooks is speaking to Lennie, he [Crooks] stated that, “They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m…