Randy Savage

John Steinbeck tells a story about two men, George and Lennie, in the classic novel Of Mice and Men. They are migrant workers in the early 1930s in Salinas Valley, California, trying to buy a place to call their own. They find that their dream may be only a month away when disaster strikes — Lennie accidently kills their coworker’s wife. Through comparing and contrasting George and Lennie, the reader sees the loyalty and comradery that can form between two people. George like Lennie does what…

Light is one of the most important elements in a human life, without it we wouldn’t be able to live. John Steinbeck knew this when writing Of Mice and Men by using it give context clues to the reader. Steinbeck uses the light in environments to show the development of the main characters dream. George and Lennie are introduced in the first chapter with the idea that they have a dream to have their own farm one day. George often repeats this to Lennie, as Lennie asks to hear about it. Steinbeck…

Imagine you had a dream to catch with your best friend, but your friend is holding you back, and it comes down to him, or the dream. He tells the story of George and Lennie who are pursuing their dreams of owning their own farm. George is a smart man who has been there for Lenny his whole life. Lenny however has some sort of mental handicap, that debilitates his decision making skills. During their pursuit to own their own farm, Lenny’s mental issues cause many problems. Lenny’s mental…

The novel, ‘The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-time’, is primarily a story about people’s differences in life and how it is explored and interpreted in the book. The protagonist, Christopher Boone, has high functioning autism and Mark Haddon uses him in the story to show how he his distinguishable from others. Christopher’s differences are shown through his hardships and struggles, his impacts on the people around him, the structure of the book and the themes that are involved with him…

Body Paragraph 1 Candy is the loneliest character because A The loneliest character in Mice and Men is Candy because he lost his dog. The other wanted to kill the dog because the dog was old and was just laying around. Candy the old swamper is a character who retains an interesting role in the book, he holds many of the books crucial themes, and amongst them is the significant theme of isolation. In the scene with Candy’s dog, Candy tries to hold on to one of the few things that can…

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…