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    Plot Summary: The setting of the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck began south of Soledad, California in a riverbed near the Salinas River. The time was during the 1930s with the Great Depression. The two main protagonists, George and Lennie, enters the scene resting after the long walk toward the new ranch where they would work. They decided to camp out in their newly discovered paradise and wait for tomorrow to do their job. Amid making dinner, George threw away Lennie’s dead mouse and

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    It was an hopeless time period. For George in steinbeck 's book mice of men by John Steinbeck,it was the great depression.This was a time period of a deep and dark economic downturn that affected the whole country. While the story focuses on George and Lennie 's struggles through this hopeless time.They were best buds that got along great. They went to farm to farm as migrant works to get there pay. George had to take care of Lennie throughout the book and pick up the pieces, but lennie was a kind

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    Of Mice and Men takes place in the country fields of Salinas and Soledad California with ranchos and ranchero people that come to the country to look for work to support themselves. Back in the 1940’s, lonely people would go from place to place to look for work on the farms. People would go find work and some of them do with luck and from the help of others. In the case of George and Lennie, they were running away from Weed where they used to work. George and Lennie had to run away because Lennie

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    Picking up the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck holds a different feel then putting it down. Leaving the reader pondering the true theme of the story. A tale among two friends is the mindset most would assume before reading the book but digging deeper you start to realize the dark truth. The story starts with both Lenny who’s large and unaware of his own true strength and George who’s skinny and quick witted. The tale takes both characters and presents them with challenges. Lennie has a mild

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    Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, George is burdened with the task of caring for and protecting Lennie. Eventually, by killing Lennie, George ends their relationship. When Lennie badgers George for ketchup, George explodes at him, shouting, “‘God a 'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an ' work, an ' no trouble. No mess at all’...‘ An’ Whatta I got,’ George went on furiously. ‘I got you! You can 't keep a job and you lose me ever ' job I get’” (Steinbeck 11). George is frustrated

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    Of Mice and Men Essay What is dialogue? Dialogue is when characters speak to one another in a book, play, or movie. Dialogue is very important to many books, movies, and plays and Of Mice and Men is no exception. The things that characters say shape their personality in the story. On way dialogue serves a purpose in Of Mice and Men is it reveals more about the characters. Another way is it allows the reader to experience the action as the character is experiencing it. One last way dialogue affects

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    I am writing a literary essay on the novella, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I will be responding to the question describe an important character and explain how the character helped you understand an important message. In the novella, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, two characters, Crooks and Curley’s wife, help me understand the message ‘Discrimination isolates people’. The book takes place in Soledad, California, mid 1930’s, during the Great Depression, at a time when discrimination

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    In the novel “ Of mice and men” by John Steinbeck, many beliefs that have cause human suffering was showed. These beliefs were exposed throughout the story and impacted how the characters’ development and how the events came to place. These beliefs are dream, guilt, and loneliness. The belief of dream has cause human suffering in the novel of “ Of mice and men”, character like Lennie’s dream has been making his live harder and more dangerous then how it should be. Lennie’s dream of having a farm

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    somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us”' (Steinbeck 15). Here Steinbeck informs male friendships, implying that George and Lennie are the most respected and fulfilling people especially in a way to defeat the loneliness which strongly affects the world. The quote suggests human beings are unsurpassed when they have another person to look to for direction and reassurance. George advises that they are highly fortunate to have each other since most men do not fancy this contentment, especially people

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    Of Mice and Men Essay: A Lonely Novel In the author’s novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck depicts an individual’s life during the Great Depression as a sad, lonely journey, in order for a person to revive and achieve their American Dream. He highlights a person’s desire for companionship throughout the novel. The

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