Chapter 2 1. The chapter begins by explaining in detail what the bunkhouse is; it’s a long rectangular building with whitewashed walls and small square windows. 2. Against the walls were eight bunks and over each bunk there was a box nailed on it so that each one can have its belongings in it, like soap, razors, powder, etc. 3. Then came an old man and opened the door and showed George and Lennie the place, he’s a man without an arm and with his stick like arm pointed the two bunks.…
Curley's wife is the only women in the ranch, as we learned from the previous chapters, and is not given a name as she is seen as Curley's property.…
According to the 1st to 16th page of the book “Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck”. The first story that explained the Salinas River where located a few miles south of Scoledad and is beautiful. In the evening of a hot day, two men emerged on this area. The first man was small and quick that call “George”; however another man was a huge man that call “Lennie”. In that time, Lennie drank water from the river, and George reminded him that he will gain sick again(John,3) . After that, they discussed together. George saw something in Lennie’s pocket that is a mouse; George threw to another side of river. He said that we would like to work on ranch like the one we came from up north(John,6). In the evening time while they prepared for camping overnight.…
This conveys the point of him constantly advising Lennie not to do certain things just like a father would do to his child. George’s complaint – “Life would be so easy without Lennie” – and Lennie’s counter-complaint – “I could just live in a cave and leave George alone” – are not really sincere. They are staged, hollow threats, like the threats of parents and children (“I’ll pull this car over right now, mister!”). Similarly, George’s story about how “things are going to be,” with rabbits and a vegetable garden and the fat of the land, also has a formulaic quality, like a child’s bedtime story. Children (like Lennie) love to hear the same tale repeated countless times; even when they have the story memorized, they love to talk along, anticipating the major turns in the story and correcting their parents if they leave out any details. “The rabbits” is Lennie’s bedtime story, and while George isn’t exactly a parent to Lennie, he is nevertheless parental. George is Lennie’s guardian – and in guarding Lennie, George is in effect guarding innocence itself. The content of Lennie's thoughts, and of Lennie and George's eventual conversation, also mirrors the opening. Lennie repeats the child-like, ritualistic cycle of separation and…
George takes care of him on the notion he will be able to teach Lennie the ways of life and in the end he will be fine and they will start a farm. Many times Lennie proves that his personality is unchanging and he has great trouble learning. He forgets constantly what gets him in trouble such as killing animals with his monstrous hands or touching the girl in the red dress. As George realizes the state of mind is in he begins to become upset with Lennie yet sympathetic because he knew ironically Lennie wouldn't completely understand or even remember being lectured. With the realization that Lennie was much dumber than he had known not being able to remember most things George began to see the relationship dissolve to a father-son type of relationship. Georges important quote "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. . . . With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us." can be seen as the hope that kept George with Lennie but by the end of the novel it is just a habitually story George tells Lennie to make him feel…
While reading “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck you would be able to find some literary techniques and devices that he used. Some of them are diction and style. Diction is the choice and use of words in a formal or informal way of writing and the style is the method used to express ideas that can be suspense, dramatic or tragedy.…
- Foreshadows future events - Curley's Wife is killed when Lennie breaks her neck after stroking her hair…
The first thing that struck me about Curley's wife was that we never find out her real name. Without exception, she is always referred to in direct relation to Curley. I find this to be very important for a number of reasons. Firstly, it suggests Curley's possessive nature, and portrays his wife as a mere 'belonging' of his, rather than a partner or an equal. Secondly, and particularly more prominently, is the way in which her being nameless immediately establishes Curley's wife as a symbol rather than a character. The other men markedly view her as a symbol of temptation- 'Wait'll you see Curley's wife.' She is very obviously different to all the other people in the story; Curley's wife is the only female character in the novel, and is additionally a stereotype of women: a distraction and a provocation, described very early on as 'having the eye' for other men despite being married, and looked at as a 'tart' and a 'looloo,' in the crude words of the ranch workers.…
She is only referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’. Her lack of identity could mean that she is not woman but a possession of her husband. That is why she has no name because her identity is just being Curley's wife. As this character develops, we find that she is not as unimportant as we first perceived her as, but she is a quite complex and interesting character, with much more about her than what we first thought.…
Curley's Wife is a perfect example of how women were treated unfairly. Her name in this novel is "Curley's Wife" she does not have her own defined name. "Curley's Wife" shows that Curley has possesion over her and that she is his property. When the old man referred to Curley's Wife as Curley's Wife at first to George and Lennie they did not think anything of it; it was normal. The old man said, "Well, I tell ya what-- Curley says he's keepin' that hand soft for his wife." (27). This shows that Curley tells others about his personal life aswell, and does not really respect his wife.…
He likes to touch soft things around him but always brings harassment to them, he was so easy to get afraid and bathed his face in tears. He was just a child, but god gave him the strength that he cannot control, gave him duty that a child cannot handled. Everything around Lennie was so difficult, he cannot understood why he and George need to go around the whole country to find a job, he cannot understood why George was always get mad on him but never say that he going to leave him. Lennie cannot be independent, so he chose to rely on George, or actually, he must rely on George to survive in the dark age they live, the age of high-unemployment and…
In both Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck evident components of friendship are persuaded throughout the storyline, particularly in Lennie and George’s friendship in Of Mice and Men and Ralph and Piggy’s friendship in Lord of the Flies. In both books the authors focus on the natural dependence human beings have on each other. Of particular importance is the bond the characters share being outsiders, the dependence they have on one another, the respect they share, the theme of survival, the sacrifice that comes with love and the contrast in their personalities.…
Just by reading the first few pages of the book it becomes apparent that he plays the role of the protagonist in the novella. It is almost undisputed that, anomalies aside, that George is Lennie’s protector and friend. He means no harm and he almost always acts with his friend’s disabilities and needs in mind. A prime example is the fact that George stays by Lennie even after saying, “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. Jus’ keep me shovin’ all over the country all the time’”(103). One must keep in mind that George knows the benefits that leaving Lennie will bear and still stays by Lennie’s side. Also, George took offence to Slim’s comment about Lennie being a “cuckoo”(39) and defends Lennie, playing the devil’s advocate and fighting for those who can’t defend themselves.…
Consider the characters and how they are characterized so far in the text. How are they represented? What struggles do they have? How would you characterize them? Have any of the characters undergone any significant changes so far in the text?…
He chose that moment in particular because it puts the blame of his leaving on…