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John Steinbeck - College Term Paper

John Steinbeck

Steinbeck describes people as if they were living their lives at the same level of existence as animals. His characters do have their dignity and face life without flinching. They have ideals and that separates them from the animals, they dream of their own promised land, but the dreams are always too far away and cannot come true in real life. George and Lennie dream of his own little farm, Curley’s wife of a happy marriage to a devoted husband. Crook on the other hand of a place where he will be equal to white men.
Steinbeck seems to be uninterested in creating individuals, but makes them into representatives of the species by their primitivism. The result is that the reader does not get ...

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just on their own. Seeking friendship is also to be seen in Candy, Curley's wife and Crooks.
Characteristics: The story is set in California, and that is what Steinbeck is good at, he loves it and knows it very well. The construction is somewhat weird, Steinbeck tried to make it a novel that could be acted or a play that could be read as a novel as well. He did not quite succeed, it was merely an experiment. It does explain the succession of dramatic scenes, with a lot of dialogue in it to keep the action going. There is symbolism in the book. George and Lennie each represent a different part of every man. Lennie is the primitive savage that lives in each one of us, but in the mean time there is no place for him in our civilized society. He represents, as Steinbeck said it himself, "not insanity at all but the inarticulate and powerful yearnings of all men". The title originates from a poem by Robert Burns. Burns compares the lot of a mouse with his own. The animal cannot see the ...

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Added: 6/4/2004 08:43:54 PM
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