In the novella Of Mice and Men Steinbeck shows that loneliness can drive someone sick through the character Crooks. ​... Early on in the novella Of Mice and Men Candy loses something that is very special to him, his dog. ... In the novella Of Mice and Men Curley's Wife was the only woman on the farm and was quite lonely. ... Curley's Wife goes around trying to flirt with every man there and get the attention from them that she's not getting from her husband. ... The characters in the novella Of Mice and Men are lonely because of uncontrolled factors....

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OF MICE AND MEN Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is a story which shows how weak the human trait of loyalty can be if put through the test of time. ... Of mice and men is a novel about two men, George Milton and Lennie Small, who go to work on a ranch in California together. Lennie is a massive man with incredible strength but has a child's mind. George is a fairly sized man who is not incredibly brilliant but has good common sense. ... CLIMAX AND RESOLUTION FROM THE CONFLICTS Man against Man: This clearly fits how George feels about Lennie and how he struggles between being a goo...

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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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In Of Mice and Men the land becomes a talisman, a hope of better things." ... In Of Mice and Men all the characters have a dream. ... George and Lennie throughout Of Mice and Men have a dream of owning a farm. ... Of Mice and Men is a modern novella exploring the American dream. ... She had her heart set on becoming an actress, but she ends up marrying a man that she did not love and living an unspectacular life on a ranch. ...

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Isolation in Of Mice and Men To be isolated is to be separated from other persons or things according to The Random House College Dictionary Revised Edition. ... John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men is a story consumed in isolation and all of the characters portray this in their own unique way. ... Crooks, the only black man on the ranch, points this out when he states "Sometimes [George] talks, and you don't know what the hell he's talkin' about- (Steinbeck 70-71). ... Crooks, being black, is not allowed in any white man's bunkhouse, and must live a solitary...

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John Steinbeck's life is reflected in his novels, primarily Of Mice and Men, and The Grapes of Wrath. ... Of Mice and Men also reflected Steinbeck's personal experiences. ... One of the books that influenced him the most was the Bible, though he was never a religious man (O'Connor, pp 15-6). ... Many aspects of John Steinbeck's childhood are reflected in Of Mice and Men. ... Steinbeck, John, Of Mice and Men, Triangle Books, New York, 1938. ...

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Of Mice and Men If you have read the novel 'Of Mice and Men' and are anything like me, then the novel will have held you captivated. ... It was very difficult to find a job at this time, because of this man-made catastrophe. ... In the novel, he is described as 'a huge man, shapeless of face, large pale eyes and sloping shoulders.' ... Through the book, the reader is being told about the mice that Lennie killed, by petting them too hard. ...

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The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck takes place during the Great Depression, and begins besides the Salinas River near Soledad, California. ... George is described as a small man with sharp features, which explains Lennie's comparison to both a dog and a bear when it comes to his appearance. ... The reader is introduced to a few more pivotal characters: a man named Carlson who works on the ranch and owns his very own luger, a simple old man, missing his right hand by the name of Candy who also works on the ranch, and his dog, who has no name at all. ... Steinbeck's Of Mice an...

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