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Characters - OMAM, Link Title, this shows that all of the characters are…
Characters - OMAM
Slim
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but out of all the characters slim means the most despite the meaningless oroboros he is still highly respected and he is the final character to speak in the book
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Curley's Wife
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themes she could connect to:
- loneliness - "I don't ever get to talk to no one but Curley" she's only seen as an object and is subjected to only talk to Curley. Is obligated to not have any other relationships.
- Demonic presence - She is why everything goes wrong "Curley's wife" (can't kill a demon without its true name). She was the catalyst of what killed Lennie and lead to the end of the book. Her death triggered all of the plot twists and tragedy's. She was the temptation that prevented them from getting the dream. She blocked the light - she is the cause of isolation. she places onto what she is.
- entrapment - she is a trap; "rattrap, poison" she is the trap the book falls into. she is the snare that brings danger and ensnares all that are around her.
key ideas
dehunanised- the devil in the book (nobody knows her name) cant defeat a devil withput knowing their true name
blocks out sunlight
she is the one to change the tome from light to darkness
NEVEr WITH CURLEY
centre of attention
key quoutes -
"for the rectangle of sunshine in the dorwayw as cut off"
"rat trap" "poison" "jailbait"
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Lennie
QUOTE NUMBER 1- 'Strong as a bull' - this similie emphasizes Lennies strength but used to entertainment, Lennie is attracted to the colour red, as shown when he touches that ladies dress and wont let go.
lennie is signifigant because after he died the book stopped after he died so it all revolved around him
QUOTE NUMBER 2 - the book ends when Lennie is shot that is how OMAM ends. Lennies last line was 'Le's do it now. Le's get that place now' this is talking about their American dream that will now happen for Lennie up in heaven.
QUOTE NUMBER 3 - 'Lennies manipulation. 'if you dont want me i can so off into the hills' this shows Lennie manipulates george and when he said this to George, George made him stay which shows how powerful of a character he really is and how important he is. power is presented as addictive. the world makes people power hungry, greedy and selfish
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Candy
bottom of heirarchy
candy wishes he killed his dog himself, foreshadowing the death or lennie thoruhg george
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candy is presented as a wise old and crippled individual and all the people of the ranch like him. he had a dog who was shot by one of the men at the ranch, this has significance because it foreshadows what the ranch men might do to candy as he is old like the dog
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Curley
Curley is a symbol of violence, violence prevails at the end of the novel, with George killing Lennie, and the final passage contains Curley and Carlson, the two characters who have shown the most violence in the novel !
in the early 1900s it was a burden on men to show dominance and acheive the american dream. curly is a small charecter who ofen fights bigger guys in order to either show how just becasue hes small it doesnt mean that he cant fight, or if he looses everyone feels bad for him, he is the most important charcter becasue he shows that violence was the only way for men to show their worth during the GD.
he is also the most important becasue he is very violent towards his wife. the quote "glove fulla vasaline" shows that he beats his wife but he can't leave any marks as then it is considord violence towards women, he also has it to pleasure his wife, he only uses her for her sexual features and not for her personality, we can see this as curly said "where's my wife" and his wife ofen says "any of you seen curly" this is weird becasue they are never seen in the same room so they don't have an actual connection.
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The Boss
Presented as:
- removed and distant
- distrustful of others
- nihilistic and pessimistic about human nature
- as pacifying the workers
- as superior and untouchable
- as short-tempered and frustrated
- as insecure
- as needing to prove his superiority
Why is he significant?
- emphasises the distance between the poor and the wealthy
- exposes how the upper class manipulate the working class to keep them weak and divided
- emphasises the toxic nature of power
- highlights the cruelty and selfishness caused by the great depression
Key quotes:
-"But don’t try to put nothing over, ‘cause you can’t get away with nothing. I seen wise guys before"
- "What stake you got in this guy? You takin’ his pay away from him?"
- "I got my eye on you."
- "a big square table littered with playing cards"
- "gave the stable buck hell"
- "gets pretty mad sometimes, but he's pretty nice"
- "Drink hearty boys"
- "he wore high-heeled boots and spurs to show he was not a labouring man"
- "a soiled brown stetson"
- "I ain't ever seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy"
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Steinbeck's socialist views. Believed that the workers were the backbone of the US, and that bosses were parasitic and exploitative. Was a member of the Communist/Socialist John Reed Society
- Trade unions and the Harlan County War. Bosses would try to break up workers unions and communities by sending in scabs to disrupt the collective action, as seen in Harlan County
- Nihilism and Nietzsche - nihilism is the belief that life means nothing, and there is no purpose. The boss' view of human nature as corrupt and disappointing may reflect this
- Hobbes - Hobbes believed humans were naturally selfish and cruel
- The Great Depression - huge social divides between the elites and those with limited money
Themes he could connect to:
- loneliness/isolation - the boss believes human nature is selfish and his scepticism regarding G +L's relationship could indicate how rare true friendship is. He could also show that loneliness and isolation is often manufactured and caused by outside influences. The boss potentially seeks to divide and separate the workers.
- power - the boss demonstrates his power through his distance and removal from the other workers - he doesn't share their lives as he does not need to. He also wants others to recognise and appreciate his power, demonstrated by his need to show it off in his clothing.
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Crooks
presented as the wisest person in the whole book 'gold rimmed spectacles'
shows he has a visual imparement and theyre above his bed like a cross. he worships his dream of education and wants to see the world better
Crooks is the only Black character, and he's treated differently because of it. He has to live by himself in the barn, and people don't treat him with respect. His character shows how unfair and isolating racism was at the time.
range of "medicine bottles" illustrating crooks looks after the animals and himslef and is viewd as an animal he is in constant suffering and he horses are only ones that dont discriminate against him
He is a person of colour and he sleeps in the bunk house with the animals and shows how badly the minority are treated in those times. All the people on the ranch displace there anger on crooks because they think he is an object. Crooks foreshadows Lennie's unfair treatment and how society treats people they dont think are worthey
crooks have medicine bottles implies that he cares for himself the most and medicine was very hard to get at the time so it shows that he is very independent
' a little shed that leaned of the wall of the barn' shows that he is separate from the rest of the people and they displace their anger on him and they all find him disgusting
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this shows that all of the characters are chasing the American dream and none of them reach it. this shows how everyone is the same, and searching for the same thing. this means that no one is important or means anything.
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