... near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick" (Steinbeck 72-73). Crooks' openness of his inner self and his ability to speak his heart's desire to a stranger illustrates his degree of loneliness. Furthermore, as bitter as he is about ... his exclusion from other men, Crooks is grateful for Lennie's company, and when Candy enters Crook's room, it becomes difficult for him to conceal his pleasure with anger. The only relationship ... , you"re a lot of trouble I could get al...

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... feelings when it was "difficult for [him] to conceal his pleasure with anger" (75) as Candy stood in his doorway. 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 ... her body was thrown forward" (31). Steinbeck adds the small detail of "the door frame" to benefit the reader in noticing the significance of the frame and how Curley's wife is unnoticeable yet effectively trying to frame herself to allure the eyes of th...

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... Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. The novella deals with several important issues of the 1930's, for example the Great Depression and Discrimination against coloured people. Also it is involved with the American Dream. Which the two main characters are chasing. I will be discussing and exploring the main theme of the novella, loneliness and I will show ... light-weight boxer's wife. This makes George kill him as her husband who is very resentful looks to exact vengence on him. Rather than let the wife's husband (Curley) kill Lennie brutally, George kills him in a more peaceful way. In S...

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... a man means nothing when it comes to his personality and the kind of person he is on the inside. In the book "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, Lennie, one of the main characters was mistreated in a lot of ways. "So you forgot awready, did you? I gotta tell you again? Jesus christ your a crazy lil" bastard! " pg. 29 Problems with Lennie ranged ... from being accused of sexual harassment, to forgetting, to murder. Even though Lennie had complications in the brain, he was like a kid at heart, ("I could pet ... it with my thumb as we walked along George" pg. 6) to the point that he woul...

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