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Loneliness is an issue that is starting to affect more and more people daily. In a TIME article, it states, “Loneliness kills. That’s the conclusion of a new study by Brigham Young University researchers who say they are sounding the alarm on what could be the next big public-health issue, on par with obesity and substance abuse” (Worland 1). With loneliness beginning to be discussed more frequently, more writers are basing their works on the topic. In the novel Of Mice and Men, John…

other men still treat him as if he isn 't there. He is treated like he is invisible by the other ranch workers which is shown by him saying "S 'pose he took a powder and just ain 't coming back. What 'll you do then?" to Lennie, about George. This suggests that he has been through a similar thing; that he knows what happens to people who travel together. From…

living on the ranch and the author demonstrates that she is the villain. This book is about two friends named Lennie and George, who went from Ranch to ranch looking for a place to work During the great depression in California. They finally find a nice job but ran into problems with their boss’s son regarding his wife. The boss’s son’s name is Curley and he loves fighting. He would always look to start a fight and loved his wife. Since Curley’s wife was the only woman on the ranch, Curley…

exceptions to every rule. With a high degree of certainty, a political scholar would peg me as a member of the Republican Party. Based on area where I grew up, race, gender, and other background information. I was born in Western Kansas, but moved to ranch outside of Post, Texas (Garza County) that is located about an hour southeast of Lubbock. Both of these areas are known for being very conservative and vote heavily Republican. Lubbock is considered to be one of the most conservative cities…

“Of Mice and Men” was a 1992 American period drama film based on a book, “ Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck in 1937. Both the book and movies portrays a story go George Milton and Lennie Smalls, two displaced migrant ranch workers, moving from place to place in California during the Great Depression in search of a new job. The similar themes of mercy killing and communism were apparent in both the movie and the book. Although the movie and book can be looked as similar, there are a…

George does not want Lennie to become sick if the water results to be bad water. He warns Lennie not to drink too much water, “You never oughtta drink water when it ain’t running.”(3). George’s behavior is very protective of Lennie; he is constantly looking out for Lennie’s well-being when Lennie often jeopardizes. George realizes that Lennie does not get in trouble on purpose and he knows that even though George would be better off without Lennie, he doesn’t want. He loves and cares for Lennie;…

After years of taking responsibility and care for Lennie Smalls his mentaly disabled companion who is amazingly huge, George is shocked when he finds out that he has made a crucial complication. Killing the ranch owners daughter in law, Lennie commits an uttermost mistake. Members of the ranch desperatley search for Lennis Smalls now considered a criminal, to face his consequences which what they belive to most probaly be a suffering death. George bewilderingly…

George, at the same time Curley’s wife feels powerful when she threatens to have Crooks mobbed. The novel suggests that this kind of strength used to oppress others is in fact a natural weakness itself. Crooks has no power as he is at the bottom of the ranch hierarchy. Crooks says he doesn’t have a dream but when he hears of George and Lennie’s dream farm he wants to be involved. However, Curley’s wife shatters this dream for him when she threatens him.…

In the short story “The Chrysanthemums” and the novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck portrays two women and their lives on Salinas ranches during the great depression who are trapped as a result of their gender. In “The Chrysanthemums”, Elisa is married to Henry, who makes her feel fenced off by making gardening her whole world. In Of mice and Men a women, a women only known as Curley’s wife is also fenced off by her selfish, and aggressive husband. Both of the women that Steinbeck portrays lead a…

work, they find themselves on a ranch, where they meet many men who live in a similar condition to them. Two people that they come across, however, do not have the same type of loving, supportive relationship that Lennie and George share. Curley’s wife and Crooks are two characters who belong to a minority group. Curley’s wife, a woman, and Crooks, a black man, face adversity that the white men do not. They struggle with loneliness in a way that nobody else on the ranch experiences, because due…