In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, isolation, despair and destruction pervade in relation to the characters Curley's wife and Crooks. ... All the characters in Steinbeck's Of 2/ "Isolation, despair and destruction pervade Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men." ... Crooks is the character filled with the greatest sense of despair within Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Crooks has lost all hope and accepts the fact that he is the lowest man on the totem pole at the ranch. ... Lennie is rare, because though he is a white man, he is still weaker than Crooks, and Crooks takes the opport...

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• Grade Level: High School

In John Steinbeck's, Of Mice and Men, loss of innocence occurs because people are selfish and lack compassion. ... There is a problem, he is a child trapped in the body of a powerful man. ... In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men Lennie and George provide happiness and love for each other. ... In Of Mice and Men Curley's wife and Lennie are in the barn and Curley's wife has never told anyone her background story, but is now telling Lennie, " 'He says he was gonna put me in the movies. ...

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Throughout the novella, "Of Mice and Men," John Steinbeck makes a point to emphasize the concept of loneliness and its damaging effects through the lives of his characters. ... Being the only black man on the ranch, his workmates are cruel towards him by ignoring him and refusing him access to the bunk house. ... Steinbeck adds Crooks' inward thoughts as an example to prove the point that, even though he appears tough on the outside, he has a secret inner desire for company-even if it is only an old man and a guy with a few screws loose. ... Steinbeck's portrayal of Crooks and Curle...

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Every person desires to fulfill their dream, however not many achieve it, or at least it's what we can see in the novel Of Mice and Men. ... She becomes such a lonely person, which no one wants to talk to, that she ends speaking to the only person that might listen to her: the mentally disabled man, Lennie. ...

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For example, a man going on a business trip might have a mistress in his city of destination, while back at home his wife is taking the time to meet her lover. ... These examples give meaning to the proverb, when the cats away, the mice will play. With the creation of man came the creation of lust and infidelity that has been with man since the beginning of time and will follow till the ends of time. ...

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• Grade Level: High School