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    Lennie isn’t the smartest person in the world, and ends up getting in trouble at the previous ranch they were working on. This is a very similar situation that the two were in at the end of the book. The difference between the two situations, however, is that George and Lennie were able to successfully flee from the trouble on the ranch they had worked on in Weed. On the contrary, George decided to kill Lennie despite the fact that they had the same option run and…

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    nothing to look ahead to. (Of Mice and Men)” This quote reiterates the loneliness theme in the film for the viewers. In addition, the two guys make their way to the ranch, but as the imagery of the ranch is shown on the screen viewers can infer the ranch is a lonely place to reside. The ranch is primitive and isolated. Notably, the first ranch hand the pair meets is Candy. Candy takes them to meet the boss, and they get settled in to their bunks. In addition, Candy points out the black stable…

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    John Steinbeck, author of Of Mice and Men, creates a competitive society where the strong exploits the weak. The definition of the word exploit is to get a value or use from something; and to use or manipulate to one’s advantage. By doing exploiting different characters, the author is able to add conflict and tension between them throughout the story. George and Slim enter the dark bunkhouse where a light is cast over Slim. George then explains to Slim why he and Lennie had to leave Weed. He…

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    In the book “Of Mice of Men” there are alot of diffrent characters and alot of enteresting things about them but I ammainly focusing on Candy. Candy is an old ranch worker ("swamper") who has lost one of his hands in a farming accident. He's spent the best years of his life working on someone else's ranch with his dog a life-long friend. He has done all this only to lose his hand, his dog and have little money to his name. Candy is one of the more basic characters, but have a lot to offer to…

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    Sometimes Lennie can find himself in trouble. The two ranch hands are finding a new beginning at a new ranch in Soledad. At the new ranch they will meet two important characters, Candy an old swamper that struggles with problems of his own, and Slim a wise character that coaches people through their hard times. Of Mice and Men shows the importance of confronting hard times through the characters Candy, Slim and George. Candy is an older ranch worker. Candy struggles throughout the book when…

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    Steinbeck continuously adds and builds upon the hatred the reader grows for Curley’s wife. He does this by presenting her to the reader by making her look bothersome and obnoxious when she misbehaves with the other ranch men and perpetually decides on new ways on how to playfully and coyly make conversation. Such as when she says, “I’m looking for Curley,”. Not only is this tedious of her, but it shows her in a different light. One where she knows that is unbefitting in her surroundings but…

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    Milton is trying to live his life, and have an American dream.It is kind of impossible for George because he has to take care of Lennie, and make sure that he doesn't get into any trouble.See George is a farming kind of man he has to find work on the ranch to live;"Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence." George has a struggle a baggage even that he has to carry around. Furthermore George's struggl, and a part of the…

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    positive or negative way. The choices you make now can affect the choices you make in the future. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two characters Lennie and George, get a job on the ranch in Salinas Valley. Throughout the book, Lennie and George try to achieve their dream of owning their own ranch but meet difficult situations with the other workers. In Of Mice and Men, the characters encounter situations where they did not have a choice, but the choice was already made for them.…

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    When George kills Lennie, it 's a kind of mercy killing. This character shows his strong sense of justice at that moment. If he had let Lennie alive and they escaped from the ranch, it would have been more trouble for them. Lennie would get them from problems to other problems. For example, the first time Lennie messed up with a girl, he wanted to touch her dress but she thought he would rape her. To have George and Lennie beaten…

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    character known as “Curley's wife”. Steinbeck crafts Curley's wife as a sexualized object in order to reveal that women are dehumanized and thus excluded from the American Dream. Not only does Curley's wife have to deal with being the only women on a ranch full of men but she also has to deal with only being known as a possession to her husband and to the others. “Curleys wife” (Pg 79) represents how they do not respect her enough to call her by her own name showing how much she lacks an…

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