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    future. Hope is a feeling that Curley’s Wife in the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, never loses sight of. Set back during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl George and Lennie, two migrant workers who travel together, travel to a ranch in Soledad. On this ranch they learn about many dreams of the other people who live and work on the ranch. George warns Lennie to not talk to Curley’s Wife because she’s nothing but trouble. Despite his attempts to ignore her, Lennie encounters…

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    Dependency is something everyone needs, some more than others. Of Mice and Men takes place in Soledad, California during the Great Depression. The story tells the tale of two men, George and Lennie, and their journey of going from place to place in search of work. They have a very strong friendship and stick with each other through everything. George and Lennie depend on each other in many different ways: financially, socially, and psychologically in their relationship. George and Lennie…

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    John Steinbeck was an author during the Great Depression. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck writes about two friends During the Great Depression, and their interactions with people on a ranch where they work, near Soledad, California. In his novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the characters Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks to show that people will go to extreme measures to escape loneliness. First, Steinbeck uses Candy to show how people will go to extreme measures to escape…

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    Theme is defined as the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person 's thoughts, or an exhibition; or a topic. There were many themes throughout Of Mice and Men. Some of the main themes throughout are Friendship and Loneliness, dreams, women, and strength and weakness. Some people may say that two of the biggest themes are Friendship and Loneliness and strength and weaknesses. Dreams. “Many of the characters in Of Mice and Men, enveloped by the grayness and desperation of their lives,…

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    Chloe Frichtl Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Warning: Spoilers Genre: Fiction Plot Summary: George and Lennie are two migrant workers that dream of having a farm. They are on the run in California because Lennie wanted to touch a girl’s dress (it was soft) and she accused him of harassing her. They go to a ranch and get jobs by telling the boss that Lennie is George’s cousin; he got kicked in the head by a horse when he was young and it’s why he’s so dumb. There, they meet Candy, the handyman…

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    Cadence Lee Kasey Lutrell English 11:B 5 February 2018 Literary Analysis: A World of Pure Discrimination Set in the 1930s, the classic novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck follows the actions of two men, George Milton and Lennie Smalls, as they yearn for and work toward their American Dream. They meet many characters that have been unable to achieve this dream for various reasons. Candy, a poor, old, one-handed swamper gives the two men hope, when he offers to pay a large portion of the…

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    The Bond Between George and Lennie Sometimes, under certain circumstances, relationships are hard to understand. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the friendship of two men is told. George and Lennie are migrant workers that are travelling in pursuit of beginning their new job as ranchers. Their relationship is definitely not like others, and can be hard for some people to understand. George and Lennie’s complex relationship is identified through their difficulties,…

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    Loneliness is a haunting feeling. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie work on a ranch to make money in order to accomplish their dream of buying their own land. On the ranch they encounter people going through their own struggles. They include Candy and Crooks into their dream after meeting them. There is a recurring theme of loneliness in the book. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck loneliness affected most of the characters presenting itself in different ways. Curley’s…

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    Of Mice and Men starts with two migrant workers, Lennie Small and George Milton walking to their place of work next to the Salinas River near Soledad. They just have escaped from a farm near Weed where Lennie was wrongly accused of raping a woman when he wanted to touch her soft dress. As they are walking George discovers that Lennie has a dead mouse inside his pocket and convinces Lennie not to speak at the new ranch. After, Lennie and George make up; George embarks on their dream of having…

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    "Soledad brother story is very interesting,unfair,and also very sad. But soledad i think has his part of fault in his story who turn very wrong .Because young has he was soledad was already went to jail one time and escape for jail by taking someone else identity.But this time going to jail for a small offense soledad plead guilty for stilling and have to spend 1 year in prison . A year because years and soledad have to spend 10 years of his life in prison just for stilling.Soledad became a…

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