... to people from the bible, and in parts of the Joad family s travels. The tractors (cats) that plow over the farmers' land and the actual animal are used a few times in the novel to represent the merciless banks. The symbols in The Grapes of Wrath help explain the themes of the novel. The ... the same can be said about the Joad family. Also, the turtle just happens to be traveling in the same direction as the migrants, showing that the animal is a symbolic representation of the hope and determination of the migrants. The turtle is also a parallel to Jim Casy, a traveler with the family, s...

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... meant to be and that their will always be an object stopping them from fulfilling it. George and Lennie want a sense of belonging, motivation and fulfilment. George also dreams of a better place for Lennie, who has the mental age of a six year old. George looks out for Lennie and rescues him when he gets into trouble. ... that heaven does not exist. I think George believes he will go to heaven. George deems that Lennie would be better off dead rather than caged up like and animal. During section four in the novella Crooks joins the dream. His initial reaction when Lennie tells him of t...

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... or inappropriate. This forces the two men to constantly find new work. They talk about their dream to one day own their own ranch and be their own bosses. Lennie dreams of being able to tend to his own soft rabbits. Upon arriving at the ranch, we are introduced to all the other characters. Foreshadowing future events, Lennie tells George that ... next afternoon brings trouble. Lennie had been playing in the barn with a puppy. By handling it too much, he has accidentally broken it's neck. As he tries to hide the animal, Curley's neglected wife enters the barn, looking for company. She an...

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... his interpretation of the human scene" (Tedlock Introduction XXXIX). He is unable to give us a convincing definition of his people because, having once reduced the scale of definition to their animal nature, he has subsequently shifted his ground of interpretation and with a desperate earnestness grasped at the most superficial but convenient ideational strategy available to him in the 1930s. (Tedlock Introduction ... , and it gave them a goal to strive for. Without hope, Of Mice and Men would have lacked depth. One can not help but feel pity for Lennie, because of the dreams that lay in...

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