Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Of Mice and Men is a book that focuses on the difficult lives of those living in the times of the Great Depression. It showcases farmhands, moving from place to place, and the struggles of those who don’t have power and control in their lives. Everyone in these times was captivated by the idea of the ‘American Dream’, and they all had their ambitions. Curley’s wife wanted to be a big movie star, but she instead ended up a cooped-up housewife. This idea of dreams not working out was very evident throughout the whole text, but George and Lennie seemed as if they could be different. They had the potential for a perfect life, and many people believed in them, but as it did for everyone else, their perfect plan went wrong. John Steinbeck shows readers that in the world of Of Mice and Men, everyone strives for an ideal American life, but none of them can escape their own identities in order to get that better life. …show more content…
One specific subject of his writing was a path leading down to the pond. He writes in his distinctly descriptive manner: “There's a path through the willows and among the sycamores, a path beaten hard by boys coming down from the ranches to swim in the deep pool, and beaten hard by tramps who come wearily down from the highway in the evening to jungle-up near water”(2). In this passage, Steinbeck shows how many different people traveled down this river. He extenuates this to help readers understand how everyone is searching for the same thing and is on the same “path”. This shows how all the people in the world of Mice and Men have big dreams and ambitions, but everyone ends up stuck in the same kind of life. No one's dream in life is to have to camp in the woods while looking for work, or to have to use a random pond to cool off after being worked to the brink, yet so many people do these

Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Have you ever killed someone to protect them from something worse? For George, he had to. Of Mice and Men is a novella created by John Steinbeck. It's about two friend's, George and Lennie, two hard working farmers. George and Lennie move from place to place in California looking for new jobs for work in the Great Depression. George had been dealing with Lennie for quite a while, Lennie was "special" and didn't realize what he was doing. At the point when Lennie killed Curley's wife he had been…

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Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

John Steinbeck: John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. lived from (1902-1968), born in Salinas, California, came from a family of moderate means. John Steinbeck was the third of four children and the only son born to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. Steinbeck attended Stanford University intermittently between 1920-1926, however Steinbeck did not graduate from Stanford. Steinbeck went to New York, where he tried for a few years to establish himself as a free-lance writer, but he failed and returned to…

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Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of mice and men is a story about friendship, innocence, and hope. It teaches us a lot of true friendships, the innocence that shows a good heart, and some hope that will never make you give up. Lennie and George are the main true topics of the story. Lennie and George had true friendship with each other. George is very smart with less strength, while Lennie has very slow mind but he’s the strongest person alive. Both of them are bonded together. George keeps Lennie with him, even though he could’ve…

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Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was about a man called George Milton, he is a migrant ranch worker who travels with his friend lennie small. The novel is set during the great depression and the only way to a knew ranch to earn some money so they can achieve there dream but things turn south when lennie is given a puppy by slim, he doesn't listen to George or Slim and he ends up killing the puppy, this means that lennie would not be allowed to pet the rabbits as that deal was made earlier…

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Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

with being strong. Lennie got more done doing his job by himself than other guys did in pairs. He wasn’t mean, meant good by everything that he did, was a caring character, and I loved the fact that a big guy like him loved petting soft things like mice. On the other hand I did not like George as much. In my opinion George was kind of bossy to Lennie. Although he did have good intentions…

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Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The story starts of at a few miles out of Soledad, California. There was two men who got dropped off from a highway. George Milton And Lennie Small. George is a small guy with sharp, strong features, quick and smart. On the other hand, Lennie is a tall person, with large pale eyes and arms that hung loosely. They were trying to find a farm to work at to buy a new house. While they were walking, they found a river and George drank from the water. George told Lennie not to drink the water because it…

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Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men was and still is one of the most popular books in american history. The original book was published in 1937 by John Steinbeck. The book is based on these two men named Lennie Small and George Milton. They are life long friends. Lennie is dumb and needs George to help him not do things bad to people. This paper will tell you what their fate is and how they got there. Warning, there are spoilers in this so if you haven’t read the book do not read this. In the book, Lennie and…

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Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The book Of Mice and Men is set in the Salinas Valley during the Great Depression, at that time, America’s economy has a breakdown. However, there still has a lot of people are chasing for their American dream, but most of them failed. The main characters in John Steinbeck’s book are described as those dreamers, and Steinbeck uses those vivid examples to insinuate the former society. In regards to the issue of either keeping the book on the high school reading list or deleting it as required reading…

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Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

language arts class read the novel Of Mice and Men this semester. I would like to share with you what I learned about it. This is a story about two men, named George and Lennie, and is set during the Great Depression. They are about to start working at a ranch in California and have previously worked at other ranches. Lennie has mild retardation and is a very large, strong man. George is a smaller man who takes care of Lennie and tries to keep him out of trouble. The men dream of owning a small farm together…

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A Comparison Of Power In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

In the book “Of Mice and Men” , John Steinbeck gives many characters some type of powers over other characters in the book. Georges power over Lennie starts out as when they were kids. He would make Lennie do think that weren't safe. For example, he told Lennie to jump in the water knowing that he can't swim and that he might die. At the time George had a power over lennie that made it seem like he was a bully to him. Lennie isn't really smart enough to understand a lot of things he is supposed to…

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