Randy Newman

Solitude “It’s beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. It means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society” (Krishnamuri). In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, Candy, Crooks and Curley’s wife show a sign of loneliness. Cooks is the loneliest, because he lives by himself, the guys never invite him to play cards in the other rooms. He gets treated like this because he’s black. The time that Lennie walked in and Crooks was angry at him was because nobody…

The American Dream in Of Mice and Men Behind every great life there lies a deep passion. Everyone has that something that drives them to live their life in such a way that they can enjoy it to the fullest. However, not everyone discovers for themselves what this truly is. John Steinbeck implements the idea of the American Dream throughout the novel Of Mice and Men, since migrant workers are constantly looking for something better through the times of the Great Depression. George and Lennie are…

Steinbeck establishes George as a strong and reliable character through direct characterization and his struggle to achieve his unrealistic American Dream of owning a farm with Lennie. His presence in the story helps to build the theme of loss because of something you cannot control. George exemplifies his strength through his independent attitude and life experiences with Lennie. Despite these good qualities, George’s goal will never be realistic because he has to take care of Lennie- who will…

George takes Lennie everywhere he goes. When Lennie was wanted by men in Weed, George and Lennie ran away together. George did not have to run away with Lennie but he did. George even takes Lennie with him to go get a job together so that afterward they have enough money to get a farm that they both will live on not just George. George looks out for Lennie, takes care of Lennie and he helps support Lennie with food, money and shelter, like he were his kid. There are plenty of more reasons why…

Research Note #2: “The Most Photographed Barn in America” Paragraph A: In this passage extracted from the novel White Noise, the author, Don Dellilo describes Jack and Murray’s visit to a tourist attraction known as the most photographed barn in America to exhibit the significance of perception in addition to humanity’s lack of awareness regarding reification. The first paragraph establishes the scene in a countryside with a “MOST PHOTOGRAPHED BARN IN AMERICA” sign, the presence of animals and…

Of Mice and Men In the story of mice and men, loneliness plays a major role in the way the story is told. George is just one, of the lonely characters in the story where loneliness impacts his life dramatically. Curley’s wife is also a very lonely person who has no one to talk to except for her husband who is always working and doesn’t care about her. While these characters have at least one person in their life to be with, Crooks has no one which is why in my opinion, he is the loneliest…

Through Lennie’s physical power he is often incapable of controlling himself resulting in disasters for instance the unintentional killing of animals such as the mouse. Slim’s puppy is a symbol, which embodies the triumph of the strong over the weak. Lennie kills the puppy accidentally by ‘petting it too hard’ equally in the way that he ‘petted the mouse too hard’; however he fails to acknowledge his own strength. Even though no one is stronger than Lennie, he can be portrayed as a harmless…

Crooks is alone in his room when Lennie appears in the door on a Saturday night. They're alone because everyone else has gone into town. At first Crooks sends Lennie away, but eventually a conversation ensues in which Lennie says he came into the barn to see his pups, and Crooks warns Lennie that he is taking the pups from the nest too much. Lennie's disarming smile finally warms Crooks, and he lets Lennie stay and talk. During their conversation, Lennie tells the secret about the farm, which…

In Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption, he explores the idea of institutionalism through the key characters Red and Brooks. Darabont uses symbolism, narrative structure and characterisation to express this idea, and does it through a wide range of filmic techniques. The first character in the movie we see as institutionalised is Brooks. Darabont uses characterisation to explore this theme through brooks. Originally, Brooks is a rather cheerful man. He does his job in the library and takes care…

Of Mice and Men is set outside the town of Soledad, California during The Great Depression, where two childhood friends make their way from the town of Weed to find work. Everywhere jobs are scarce and these men face many hardships on their journey. Throughout the story, Steinbeck hints that all will not end well; this creates a gloomy mood that winds its way to a dismal conclusion. In Of Mice and Men nearly every scene serves as foreshadowing for the inevitable tragic ending. In the first…