“…The negro stable buck…” The term ‘negro’ denotes black and Steinbeck defines Crooks by his race before bringing in his profession. Viewed in a very animalistic light, Steinbeck highlights the disrespect the ranch has for him, “…Crooks’ bunk was a long box filled with straw…” Unlike the bunkhouse where they were privileged with a blanket, Crooks’ bed was more primitive than the ranch hands, ‘a long box’, equivalent to when you want to ship an animal to somewhere they’d often be put in a long box with straw, again demonstrates the disrepute of the ranch to Crooks. Contextually, through this Steinbeck accentuates the idea that during the 1930s, black people were considered as a sub-species. “…Crooks had his apple box over his bunk, and in it a range of medicine bottles, both for him and his horses…” Often in literature, the location of items are to be considered, as in this case the detail that his apple box with his medicine was above his bunk expresses that his disability takes over his life, which is
Lennie is more excited about it than George, ‘come on George, tell me.’ Repeats Lennie, suggesting that although he knows what the dream is, he wants to hear it again to give him some security and hope. Throughout the first section stienbeck emphaisises how unusual the friendship is. Firstly he descirbes the two men as completely different. Lennie is animal-like ‘the way a bear drags his paws.’ And George is controlled, ‘everypart of him was defined.’ This shows how the friendship is weird because of how different they are and Steinbeck also tells the reader that ranch workers are alone. This timie in America is when workers travelled to California alone to find work, and having relationships was not normal.
Just like the men would be the one to put down Lennie. Candy and his dog have been together since a young age, so have Lennie and George. Candy felt bad that he was not the one to put down the dog and George knows he will feel the same way. 45. George knows that the other men will probably be more cruel to Lennie, and George's quicker methods are the only alternative.
Also there wouldn’t have been a good way of escaping because the men were everywhere and at the time George and lennie were in the brush the men weren’t far from there so there was no way they would have been able to escape the men. George once explained lennie’s disabilities to slim. Before George shot lennie at the back of his head in a merciful killing kind of way he felt very bad and awful like it was said in the book ‘His voice was monotonous, had no emphasis.’ And before he shot lennie it took him quiet some time before he could actually
Don't Judge Lennie! In the novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, Lennie is viewed differently by a few different characters in the novel. The three characters chosen who respond to and view Lennie differently are George, Crooks, and Curley. Lennie is portrayed as a mean, bulky, hardworking man to some, and to others he is a nice, kind, caring guy. The men who view him this way are totally different from each other.
Lennie obedient to George, Lennie is also dim-witted, cannot think for himself 7. Local color- Lennie and George are migrant workers, like most other people of time 8. Lennie disobedient of George’s orders- is disciplined by George 9. Animal Imagery- Lennie follows George like a dog follows its master 11. George is disapproves of Lennie’s absurd behavior, has to deal with him often 13.
Although the boy’s parents’ hesitate to welcome it to their home and state that the lost thing is “filthy” and “might have strange diseases” the boy still provides it a hidden shelter and food to eat. ➢ Shean contrasts the appearance of the creature in size, shape and color with others in the urban environment to demonstrate how people do not belong in society because of their indifferences. This reflects they way in which physical disparities can potentially become barriers to belonging. An example of this would that all the humans in this book are the same; pale skin, straight eyebrows and elongated faces. In comparison other characters and creatures in the book are seen to have odd appearances.
4th Paragraph (Lord of the Flies): Not belonging to this new world, having to rely upon strangers to survive * Topic Sentence: Similarly, a lack of connection to place is evident in this novel. However connections to people are established in the beginning. As conflict ascends, these connections diminish once more and few characters are completely outcast. * Ideas: * Ralph – rational thinker, compassionate / Jack – controlling, irresponsible, impulsive / Piggy – physically blind, however sees the situation more clearly than the others. Connections/ disconnections are not always clear.
Dont you think the functions of a brain are astonishing its about yay big holding different degrees of understanding some higher than others some lower, our ability to make our own decisions, in other words our own Mental Capacity. Often we find ourselves acknowledging our own mental capacities of ourselves and others and associating that with our means of power over them. Lets take a look at 2 situations on the ranch that dealt with these empowerments. Take Lennie Small for example , his intellectual disability that comes with odd behaviours like his obssesions to touch soft things, fixated only on tending rabbits and lack of remembering. it is because of this that he develops this inseparableness with George allowing him to gain that empowerment and lose power within his actions.
This is a strong contrast to school where it is “nothing, related to nothing in his experience” and “the others do not notice” his plight. Billy too experiences school as an alienating space and upon his departure from Nowheresville, graffiti’s “may you all well and truly get stuffed”. This is contrasted to Billy’s experience of Wentworth Creek where he learns about the world through reading and he “can dream”. The boy in the short story is less articulate about his sense of place as belonging, but through simple figurative descriptions and tone, we know how much he