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The Failure of the American Dream Everyone is in search of the American dream. Throughout the 1930’s the United States was enveloped in the depths of a Great Depression. During this time, the dream of a better life was hard if not nearly impossible to achieve. If you were an African-American during this time, you were even further from grasping any dream. With all the hardships and loneliness associated with the Great Depression, what was there left to dream for? During the Great Depression,…

Explore the ways in which places are presented by Steinbeck in Of Mice and Men A place is a particular point, space or location. A question frequently wondered in literature is how these certain places, these inconsequential areas of the Earth’s crust, have the power to influence our outlook on them; why do these insignificant places have the capability to remind us of a particular moment or person? Considered Steinbeck’s finest piece of literary work, Of Mice and Men uses the abominable truths…

The fight Candy is describing was between a character called ‘Smitty’, and another character named ‘Crooks’, who is the only black person living on the ranch. When Candy first begins to describe the fight he says “Little skinner name of Smitty took after the nigger’. Using this derogatory choice of words Candy shows how Crooks is also considered an inequality. Steinbeck uses the word ‘nigger’ as black people…

companionship is when someone puts everyone else before themselves. George, in Of Mice and Men, is a companion to Lennie, and Lennie is a companion to George. George, Lennie, and Slim portray companionship through each other and through the other men on the ranch. In Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, George, Lennie, and Slim reflect the theme of companionship through heartbreak and reliability, opposition and manipulation, and comfort and reliability. As the novel begins, George…

traveling together when Lennie's aunt Clara died. After running away from weed George and Lennie found a new job on a ranch in Soledad, California. They met Candy, Curley, Slim, and alot of other people. Lennie got a puppy from slim, Curley picked a fight with lennie and got his hand crushed, Lennie killed his puppy and Curley's wife on accident, and George told Lennie about the dream ranch one last time then killed him. Three of the reasons for why George killed Lennie are that Lennie would…

Candy, the Lonely Swamper In the story Of Mice and Men there was an old man named Candy, he is an old ranch hand or swamper. He kept everything nice and clean. The book used him to represent the relationship that Lennie and George had. They showed this by the relationship that Candy and his dog had, the dog depended on Candy but the dog gave candy hope. When they put Candy’s dog down it was almost like a part of Candy died. They used him as an example of what an old warn down man is like.…

The Archetypes of Lennie’s Character In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie’s character archetype can represent many aspects throughout the story. In the story Lennie’s character is seen as the child of the group. He is also seen the cause of death, or the trouble that follows himself and George. His character is important to creating the storyline of the book. Lennie’s character archetype varies through many subjects throughout the story. Lennie’s character in the book can represent…

Of Mice and Men is based off of Steinbeck’s experience as an agricultural worker on a ranch (“Layers of Complexities: Reality, Symbol, and Myth” 33). Lots of major events happened during John Steinbeck’s life, which influenced him to write Of Mice and Men. People in Steinbeck’s life inspired him in his books. According to “Layers of Complexities:…

Crooks, the one black man on the ranch. In other words, the outcast. Steinbeck gave him the name “Crooks” , for a reason, and that reason was symbolism. Other than Curley’s Wife, Crooks is the only other character whose name symbolises themselves. The symbolism in Crooks’ names is that it designates his crooked back. As a person, Steinbeck presents him as a very lonely person, this mainly being due to his facial colour. This loneliness is also represented by his room, the place adjoined to the…

character whose conflicting actions cause the reader to alternate between feeling of contempt and empathy for her character. At the beginning of Steinbeck’s novella she is portrayed as a flirtatious character whose attention seeking behaviour disrupts the ranch men’s working lives; her character has no issue in abusing her limited power to intimidate and bully the men, however as Steinbeck reveals more of her history, her behaviour is explained and the reader begins to feel pathos for her…