Loneliness in Of Mice and Men At one point in everyone's life they will experience the feeling of being alone and this feeling of loneliness can cause anger, depression and melancholy. In this novel Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck examines the theme of loneliness. ... Three isolated individuals in Of Mice and Men are Candy, the old swamper, Curley's wife, the only female on the ranch, and Crooks, the stable buck and only African American on the premises. ... Carlson questions Candy about the welfare of his dog, "He ain't no good to you, Candy. ... He feels that she is...

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In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck commitment is one of the positive themes. ... In the fallen world of the valley, where human commitment is the only realizable dream, the fact that in the end as in the beginning two men walk together causes Of Mice and Men to end on a strong note of hope "the crucial dream, the dream of man's commitment to man, has not perished with Lennie."" (5). ... Also the boss thinks that Lennie is being ripped off since George wasn't letting Lennie answer the questions he asked. ... As Owens points out, " The death of the dream, however...

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Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck in 1937. ... The author repeats the fact that most men travel around by themselves, and are therefore lonely. ... She questions them about this, asking them if they "Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever" once in a while?" ... Possibly the main theme of Of Mice and Men is broken dreams. ... Of Mice and Men has many writing techniques and themes/issues underlying in the text. ...

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Dreams, Not Only Just For Some, Bet For Everyone Dreams. Just a desire in the mind of what people truly, deeply want in order to live in happiness for the rest of their lives. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George & Lennie and Curley's wife have hopes and dreams for the future. George & Lenn...

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Of Mice and Men How Does the Author Make Lennie a Sympathetic Character? ... Lennie respects George greatly anything George tells him to do he"ll do it no questions asked "I used to have a hell of a lot of fun with "im. ...

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In "Of Mice and Men", the one character that really stands out as being truly lonely is Crooks, the old black stable hand. ... He is forced to sleep in the stable with the animals, and isn't included in any of the men's leisure activities. When the other men go to town and only Lennie and Crooks stay behind, Lennie goes into Crooks room to talk to him. ... At times his loneliness manifests itself in bitterness, like when he asks Lennie the hypothetical question "what if George never comes back?". ...

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The literary work by John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, is a good example of a book that does not merely stop, but concludes. ... Of Mice and Men grabs you in to the story line and wont let you go until the end. As the book goes on, you draw the conclusion that Lennie will probably die, but there are many unanswered questions that are not fully understood until the end of the book....

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Many of his novels deal with social or economic issues of this time, including some of his most successful works such as "In Dubious Battle" (1936), "Of Mice and Men" (1937), "The Long Valley" (1938), and "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939). ... For example, Of Mice and Men, similarly set in California, dealt with issues of or rights of the migrant workers. ... Of Mice and Men was banned from many schools and libraries during this time, and is still one of today's most frequently banned books due to the violence, offensive language, racism, and sexism found in the book (Chervokas and Watson). .....

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That was the kind of friendship George Milton and Lennie Small had in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. ... So George tries to show Lennie his wrongs and help him to try and correct them by not repeating them again as he shows later on in the first chapter on page 15 where George asks Lennie, "What you gonna say tomorrow when the boss asks you questions?...

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• Grade Level: High School