Ranch

This story takes place in a rural area known as Salines during the time of the Great Depression. The two main characters in the book, Lennie Small and George milton are trying to find some work at a ranch and to work towards their goal of owning a ranch. When they finally are granted a job at a ranch at Soledad they find a character that is very cruel to Lennie. Steinbeck’s novel teaches us that being cruel can affect the victim in many different ways. One of the incentives for one person to be…

In Of Mice & Men the two main characters foster an interesting type of relationship that was very uncommon to find at the time of this book’s story. George and Lenny both follow the dynamic of “lone wanderers, working for a living, never settling down” type that was very attractive to a lot of men at the time. It allowed them to be there own person, make their own money and not have to worry about being ‘settled’ necessarily, and also having the freedom to romanticize what the future may bring.…

Lennie Small, George’s opposite. The novella was set in during the aftermath of the Great Depression in (1929-1932) in Soledad, literally meaning ‘solitude’ in Spanish. During this time of hardship, companionship and friendship were rare to find among ranch workers. Many of them were lonely, as George had described, “Guys like us…are the loneliest guys in the world…” (Page 14). Even as the protagonist, he admits his need for companionship. Steinbeck conveys the idea of the isolation…

story. As Lennie and George move from ranch to ranch, the only reason they are doing so, is by cause of Lennie doing something that he should not have. When the two left Weed, they did so because Lennie has the conflict with the little girl. If Lennie was a “normal” man, he would know his own strength a little better, and he also would not have grabbed the girl’s dress the way that he did. Another time his mental disability caused them problems was at the new ranch. First, it started out with…

Who am I? This is a question that I have seemingly stumbled upon quite often recently. Many different people in my life have helped to shape me in to the man I have become today; with each person that I encounter in my life adding a little piece to the puzzle I call my life. People are not the only influence in my life, there are also events and activities that create a drive in me to strive to achieve excellence in any task I attempt to perform. If I strive for excellence and try to be the best…

minimum within our broken family, my father left the family ranch that had supported us for the past 12 years. He had gifted his half of the property to my 8 and 14 year old sisters and I. Because my young sisters are not capable of making decisions or working their share, I am entrusted to manage and work for their shares until they are mature enough to decide what they want to do in life and what they want to do with their shares of the ranch. I have willingly accepted this responsibility and…

Lilly Rosas Art Culinaire Chef Fineberg Alice Waters Chef Alice Waters was born on April 28, 1944, in Chatham New Jersey. In her early years she attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated in 1967 with a degree in French cultural studies. While she was attending Berkeley she made a trip to Paris, France were she broaden her tasting palate. After, when she graduated from Berkeley she started her training as a chef in Montessori school in London and learned French cooking…

others including the ranch owners make him feel lonely and invisible. They let him live in the stables without any visits from anyone. With evidence that Crooks is the only colored one out of the whole ranch, we can infer that he had hardships at his time there. It was just not Crooks that was discriminated, he was discriminated because he was the only one that was black and lived with animals. “ this is just a nigger talking an a busted back nigger” (Steinbeck). Meanwhile the ranch owners call…

Brooklynn Burchett Many characters in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men are alienated from the rest of the people on the ranch. Two of the most prominent, are Crooks and Curley's wife, who experience extreme loneliness throughout the novel due to their separation from the group. They are alienated from the rest because they are in drastically different situations from everyone else. Steinbeck uses them to comment on society. Society tends to shun individuals that are in different situations from…

talking to George and Lennie about the ranch and says he wants to help them get it and in return he wants to live with them. There are so many people in Of Mice and Men affected by loneliness that strange things happen. The four main characters in this novel that are lonely are Curley’s Wife, Crooks, Carlson and Candy. Curley’s Wife is the only girl, Crooks is the only African American in the book, Candy being the only elder in the book and Carlson being on the ranch for so long without anyone…