How Men Are

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is about two ranchers searching and dreaming for their place in Salinas, California, during the difficult times of the Great Depression. These two men, George Milton and Lennie Small are not just friends, they are each other's only family. Of Mice and Men displays the two ranchers friendship and illustrates qualities of friendship and exploring how to be a good friend or family member. Other times, Steinbeck illustrates the outcome of when the relationship starts…

There is a scale of sympathy for certain characters in the course of any story. We side with the heroes and hate the villains. Curley’s wife is a complex character in the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’. Some view her as the protagonist and others view her as the antagonist. How much sympathy does this character really deserve? Curley’s wife emerges an interesting and complex character, she oscillates between innocence and seductiveness so that the reader sympathizes with her at some points and…

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, loneliness is a constant pushing force throughout the novel that influences the strong desire for companionship within its protagonists. Through the use of several literary elements, Steinbeck expresses multiple examples of loneliness and the search for companionship with George and Lennie. As Steinbeck presents these examples, multiple themes of loneliness being associated with a connection to home and the desire for companionship often requiring…

In the novel, ‘Of mice and men’, Steinbeck presents ideas and relationships on the ranch very topical and current of the time the novel is set. This is first evident with the hierarchy presented on the ranch. The character ‘The Boss’ is conveyed as an authoritative figure, which is shown by his first appearance in the novel, when he blocks the doorway. This creates an image of the Boss’ literal figure blocking the sunlight into the room, which could symbolise the freedom of not being dedicated…

the novel Mice Of Men by John Steinbeck, it’s clear to see that each character has a dream. It pushes them to continue and is seen throughout everything they do. Although each character has a fantasy, it’s evident that Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Lennie need these fantasies and are dependent on them. Firstly, Curley’s wife makes it distinct that she’s jealous of everyone being able to leave whenever and pursue their dreams. Her envy can be understood when Crooks talks about the men on the ranch…

Mice and men was distributed on the year 1937, it enhanced the way in which millions of affluent Americans lost every one of their investment funds and cash in just shy of 24hours. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialised western world. The book itself mice and men was composed by and author called Steinbeck, he really expressed and showed small parts in which millions of American citizen suffered in the great depression. The fundamental two characters…

Steinbeck was an author during the Great Depression. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck writes about two friends During the Great Depression, and their interactions with people on a ranch where they work, near Soledad, California. In his novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the characters Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks to show that people will go to extreme measures to escape loneliness. First, Steinbeck uses Candy to show how people will go to extreme measures to escape loneliness.…

merciful. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Lennie’s death is foreshadowed long before it actually takes place; based on the mercy killing of Candy’s dog, the death of a water snake from the beginning of the book, and the secret bushes being set as a hiding place in case Lennie did anything wrong. The mercy killing of Candy’s dog foreshadowed Lennie’s death. Lennie and Candy’s dog have many similar qualities. “I been around him so much I never notice how he stinks” (Steinbeck 44). Candy has…

In the novel “of mice and men” and the film/movie “the green mile” foreshadowing is used in both “of mice and men” and “the green mile” to create a build up to the fate of the characters involved. This technique is used to keep the reader and viewer interested. Both “of mice and men” and “the green mile” use similar techniques to foreshadow. These include, hinting, warnings and also the use of flashbacks. Events that originally seemed unrelated can also be used as a form of foreshadowing.…

themselves into thinking that they can reach any goal that they set for themselves. In the novel, Steinbeck uses this delusion in the novel, Of Mice and Men, to distract the characters from the era that they are in. This makes Curley’s wife, Candy, George, and Lennie delusional romantics. John Steinbeck uses characterization in his novel Of Mice and Men to reinforce the elusive American Dream. The first example Steinbeck uses in his novel is Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife believed that she should…