by melaniewp | Mar 12, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, Model Essays, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Essays
What is the importance of dreams in Of Mice and Men?Of Mice and Men is set in Salinas, California in the 1930s Great Depression. Life was hard and men could be cruel. Hope might be the only escape from hard reality. This links to the American Dream – represented in...
by melaniewp | Mar 12, 2013 | GCSE, Of Mice and Men
1. The life of the Author.John Steinbeck was born 1902 in Salinas, California, where Of Mice and Men is set. As a teenager, he spent his summers working at ranches (like Lennie and George) as a hired hand.He saw for himself that the men’s lives were hard, that bosses...
by melaniewp | Mar 8, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, Model Essays, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Essays
‘Of Mice and Men’: In a letter, John Steinbeck wrote of Curley’s wife: ‘She’s a nice girl and not a floozy.’ Discuss and explain your own impression of Curley’s wife.John Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as being a floozy but also a nice girl. She is a natural flirt...
