Nathan Egleton Explore the way Steinbeck presents and explore desires in of mice and men. Desires, the American dream in the 1930s was a big thing in Americans’ heads but they couldn’t be chased because of the great depression. Plants, crops and jobs were gone. Money was impossible to get and dreams were unreachable unless you was asleep. Of mice and men have characters chasing dreams but they were just too hard to get.
This is sexist because he believes that she shouldn’t be on a ranch as it should be a place only for men. Also, he says she will cause problems just because she is the only woman there. The word ‘jailbait’ In the 1930’s was a sexual connotation that is very sexist in the way George uses it. This insinuates that CW is not equal to the workmen, as she is believed to be weak willed and a troublemaker. Steinbeck uses short sentences to create tension among the bunkhouse as George is sending a message across to Lennie that CW is dangerous and nasty to be around.
An example of Sykes lack of morals is, “If you such a big fool dat you got to have a fit over an earth worm or a string, ah don’t keer how bad ah skeer you” (705). Cleary Sykes does not care if he hurts or scares Delia and continuous to scare Delia with his ruthless actions. Delia also has lack of morals. Delia shows her lack of moral by leaving her husband in the house
5. The stable buck is set apart from the other men because they separated him because of his race. The black guy is the stable buck and when the boss gets mad he puts all his anger upon him. The white workers have more advantage over the crooks (black stable worker) because of their race. Chapter 3 short answers: 1.
1 How does Mole exhibit his initial immaturity before Rat helps him become a more mature animal? Though never as egregiously immature as someone like Toad, Mole nevertheless begins the novel as a very 'young' animal. We see this right way, when he barges through the rabbits in the first chapter. He is not kind or considerate, but instead rushes through them with no sense of responsibility. Similarly, Mole refuses to listen to Rat's reasoning, and hence almost drowns himself and later almost gets himself killed in the Wild Wood.
Lennie’s stupidity allows him to believe that someone hurt George even though Crooks is just assuming 72. Loneliness- Crooks is alone in the world, cannot attend activities that other people enjoy 72. Loneliness- reading books is sign of solitude 74. Foreshadowing- Crooks foreshadows that many people do not get the dream that they
Mock Exam – 'Of Mice and Men' – In the novel, 'Of Mice and Men', John Steinbeck presents Curley as a mean and unkind character, who likes to show his authority on the ranch. This is especially shown in the extract. In the extract, Steinbeck presents Curley as someone who wants to follow in his father's footsteps – to be in control of the ranch. 'Like the boss, he wore high-heeled boots.' This shows that Curley wants to separate himself from the other casual ranch hands.
Lennie is mentally retarded, which can be seen in his actions; he loves to pet soft things, is very faithful to George and their vision of the farm and possesses incredible physical strength. Since these characteristics are being demonstrated throughout the whole novel, the reader must feel strong sympathy for him because it is clear that Lennie is hopeless. During the cause of events the reader gets compassion for him because he is just so doomed. Gaining this kind of feeling towards Lennie, proves that he is an outsider because otherwise there could not be such a sensation felt. Lennie is totally defenseless.
Just like that, he blew Lennie’s only chance to survive. It proves that George never really cared about him in the first place. Despite the previous quote, you don’t even have to read the entire book to know that killing Lennie wouldn’t be a big deal to George. Some of the things he says to Lennie can state the obvious, which is that George never cared. In Steinbeck’s captivating novel, Of Mice and Men, he is able to display a story about an innocent man and an evil man, on an journey to find a piece of mind.
As a result he often can’t face reality and can’t react properly to situations because he isn’t used to proper human contact- except from George who treats him like a pet, and who lennie obeys. The men are afraid of Lennie because they know that if his great strength were ever to go uncontrolled, it could easily overwhelm any one of them. This constant rejection by others increases the depth of Lennie's loneliness and adds to the theme of loneliness running through the novel. Lennie and curley’s wife react to their lonliness and getting into trouble, this explains why many people do bad things and how it isn’t really their fault. This also suggests why society have to care for minorities or generally lonely people because otherwise bad things may happen.