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​ **Welcome to Celia's New Wiki ! Celia's final work ** The novel "Of Mice and Men", by John Steinbeck, was written about two migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in 1937. They had a hard and difficult situation which was steeped with violence and sadistic behavior. In this novel, Steinbeck voiced the aspirations of the Americans, and showed their society was predatory. Steinbeck described three kinds of characters’ personality, who were innocent, cruel and the people in the middle, and used them to show that society was repulsive. First of all, Lennie represents the lowest level people who had the great power, but he was innocent. He never hurt others, and he worked hard for him dream. The writer gives Lennie a strong body; because He thought justice can triumph over evil. However, the way of the world is unfair. "I didn’t wanta,” Lennie cried, “I didn’t wanta hurt him.” (64)Through these words, People can see that Lennie did not want to hurt anyone, but he had mentally ill. He could not control himself. He had great power, sometimes he might hurt people, but he did not intentionally do that. Lennie was so innocent. Steinbeck gives Lennie so much power, because Lennie could fight with evil things such as Curley. However, at the end of the novel, Lennie was died. Therefore, the world was unfair. The writer pinned the hope on him, although the ending was sad. He did not want to hurt people. However, the way of the world was strange; Lennie had no right to defend. Because of the existence of the cruel people, the fate of Lennie had a sad ending. In the novel, Curley is a symbol of the repulsive society at that time, because he was selfish and had enormous power. Curley can hurt people, and he wanted to hurt people. “Come on, ya big Bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show ya who’s yella.” (62)This sentence was Curley said to Lennie. Curley liked to fight with big guys, and he wanted to show how powerful he was. Through this sentence, people can see Curley likes fight so much. Lennie did not bother him, but Curley just wanted to find a reason to fight with Lennie, because Leenie was big. The people who had the power could hurt anyone they want in that time. They were cruel and mean. The cruel people never thought of others’ feeling. Just liked the society, it did not care about anyone. The writer wants to show the darkness, ugly and repulsive society, and He uses Curley symbolized the society. This was a kind of people who were in the middle which means they always stand in just. The writer also described a kind of people, they were George and Slim. The characters who were always thought of others, and understanding their friends. They never hurt people by intentionally, and they were the type that people wanted to be. “It ain’t your fault,” he said. “this punk sure had it comin’ to him’”. (64)Slim was a justice person and workers’ leader. He always thought of others. Everyone in the ranch was all respecting him. He had power, and smart. He did not afraid of cruel people. When lennie crushed Curley’s hand, Slim willingly gave Curley a drink when he was hurt. Slim was even nice towards his enemies. Slim was caring and understanding. For George, he treated Lennie just like a brother, and takes care of him very well. George never wanted to escape from Lennie, and he thought he had the responsibility for Lennie. However, at the end of the novel, George killed Lennie. That was because George wanted his friend escaped from the cruel society. It was good for Lennie. George and Slim was the people who were accepted and worked for their life. It was important in this novel.  In “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck described three kinds of people, who were innocent, cruel, and in the middle. The novel is reacted that different kinds of people living in the Great Depression time, their lives were hard, also, they were treated differently.

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The novel "Of Mice And Men", by John Steinbeck, was written about two migrant ranch workers during the American Great Depression in 1937. They had a hard and difficult situation which was steeped with violence and sadistic behavior. In this novel, Steinbeck voiced the aspirations of the Americans, and showed that their society was predatory. Steinbeck described three kinds of characters, innocent, cruel and the people who were in the middle, and used them to show that society was repulsive. First of all, Lennie represented the lower level people who had the great power, but he was innocent. The writer gave Lennie so much power; because He thought justice can triumph over evil. However, the way of the world is unfair. "I didn’t wanta,” Lennie cried, “I didn’t wanta hurt him.” (64)Through these words, People can see that Lennie did not want to hurt anyone, but he was mentally ill. He could not control himself. He had great power, sometimes he might hurt people, but he was not intentionally does that. Lennie was so innocent. Steinbeck gave Lennie so much power, because Lennie can fight with evil things. However, at the end of the novel, Lennie was died. Therefore, the world is unfair. The writer pinning the hope on him, although the ending was sad. Lennie was innocent, he did not want to hurt people. However, the way of the world is strange. Because of the existence of the cruel people, the life of Lennie was bad. In the novel, Curley is a symbol of the repulsive society at that time, because he is cruel. Curley can hurt people, and he wanted to hurt people. “Come on, ya big Bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show ya who’s yella.” (62)This sentence was Curley said to Lennie. Curley liked to fight with big guys, and he wanted to show how powerful he was. Through this sentence, people can see Curley likes fight so much. Lennie did not bother him, but Curley just wanted to find a reason fight with Lennie, because Leenie was big. People can understand that at that time, the people which had the power could hurt everyone they want. They were cruel and mean. The cruel people never thought of others’ feeling. Just like the society, it did not care about anyone. The writer wants to show the darkness, ugly and repulsive society, and He uses Curley symbolized the society. This is a kind of people who were in the middle; they were not innocent and not cruel. The writer also described a kind of people, they were George and Slim. The characters who were always thought of others, and understanding their friends. They never hurt people, and they were the type that people wanted to be. “It ain’t your fault,” he said. “this punk sure had it comin’ to him’”. (64)Slim was a justice person and workers’ leader. He always thought of others. Everyone in the ranch was all respecting him. He had power, and smart. He did not afraid of cruel people. When lennie crushed Curley’s hand, Slim willingly gave Curley a drink when he was hurt. Slim was even nice towards his enemies. Slim was caring and understanding. For George, he treated Lennie just like a brother, and take care of him very well. George never wanted to escape from Lennie, and he thought he had the responsibility for Lennie. George and Slim were the people who were accepted and working for their life. It is important in this novel. In “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck described three kinds of people, who were innocent, cruel, and in the middle. The novel is reacted that different kinds of people living in the Great Depression time, their lifes were hard. Also, they treated differently.

//Connection//: The novel is reacted that different kind of people living in the Great Depression time, their life was hard. Also, they treated differenrtly.
 * 1) the people who were innocent
 * 2) the people who were curel
 * 3) .the people who were in the middle

** Agatha He's Editing of Meaning ** The novel "Of Mice and Men", by John Steinbeck, was written about two migrant ranch workers during the American Great Depression in 1937. They had a hard and difficult situation which was steeped with violence and sadistic behavior. In this novel, Steinbeck voiced the aspirations of the Americans, and showed that their society was predatory. Steinbeck described three kinds of characters, __innocent people, cruel people__ or the people who were in the middle. To relate the reality, Steinbeck used three kinds of characters to show the cruel society. __(If use repulsive, Slim and George do not make sense, because they are not repulsive but also belong in the society__)

First of all, Lennie represents the lower level people who had the __great strength__, but he was innocent (for what?). The writer gave Lennie __a strong body (can show some words in the novel to describe Lennie’s big body)__; because he thought justice (__I think Lennie did not represent justice here, may be you can use this word to describe “the middle people”)__ can triumph over evil. However, the way of the world is unfair. "I didn’t wanta,” Lennie cried, “I didn’t wanta hurt him.” Through these words, People can see that Lennie did not want to hurt anyone, but he was mentally ill. He could not control himself. He had great __strength__, and sometimes he might hurt people, but he __did__ not intentionally __do__ that. Lennie was so innocent. Steinbeck gave Lennie so much __strength__, because Lennie can fight with __evil powers, for example Curley__. However, at the end of the novel, Lennie was died. Therefore, the world is unfair. The writer __pinned__ the hope on him, although the ending was sad. Lennie was innocent; he did not want to hurt people. However, the way of the world is __unfair, so Lennie had no right to defend__. Because of the existence of the cruel people, __the fate of Lennie had a sad ending__.

In the novel, Curley is a symbol of the __cruel__ (__I think repulsive is not exact here__) society at that time, __because he is selfish, but had exactly power.__ Curley could hurt people, and he wanted to hurt people. “Come on, ya big Bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show ya who’s yella.” Curley said to Lennie. Curley likes to fight with big guys, and he wanted to show how powerful he was. Through this sentence, people can see Curley likes fight so much. Lennie did not bother him, but Curley just wanted to find a reason to fight with Lennie, because Leenie was big. __The people who had the power could hurt anyone they want in that time__. They were cruel and mean. The cruel people never thought of others’ feeling. Just like the society, it did not care about anyone. __The writer wanted to show the darkness, ugliness for the repulsive side of the society,__ and he used Curley to symbolize the society. This is also a kind of people who were in the middle (__middle is not clear, you can say stand in right or justicial__); they were not innocent and not cruel.

The writer also described a kind of people, they were George and Slim. The characters who were always thought of others, and understanding their friends. They never hurt people ( explain George killed Lennie because George won’t Lennie be suffering ), and they were the type that people wanted to be. “It ain’t your fault,” he said. “This punk sure had it comin’ to him’”. Slim was a justice person and workers’ leader. He always thought of others. Everyone in the ranch was respecting him. He had power, and smart. He did not afraid of cruel people. When Lennie crushed Curley’s hand, Slim willingly gave Curley a drink when he was hurt. Slim was even nice towards his enemies. Slim was caring and understanding. For George, he treated Lennie just like a brother, and takes care of him very well. George never wanted to escape from Lennie, and he thought he had the responsibility for Lennie. George and Slim were the people who were accepted and working for their life, Who are important in this novel.

In “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck described three kinds of people, who were innocent, cruel, and also in the middle. The novel reacted that different kinds of people living in the Great Depression time, their lives were hard (__Curley lived not hard__). Also, they treated differently.

The novel "Of Mice and Men", by John Steinbeck, was written about two migrant ranch workers during the American Great Depression in 1937. They had a hard and difficult situation which was steeped with violence and sadistic behavior. In this novel, Steinbeck voiced the aspirations of the American, and showed their society was predatory. Steinbeck described three kinds of characters ’ personality, innocent, cruel and the people who were in the middle, and used them to show that society was repulsive. First of all, Lennie represented the lowe st level people who had the great power, but he was innocent. The writer gave Lennie so much power; because He thought justice c ould triumph over evil. However, the way of the world is unfair.” I didn’t wanta,” Lennie cried, “I didn’t wanta hurt him.” Through these words, People can see Lennie did not want to hurt anyone, but he had mentally ill. He could not control himself. He had great power, sometimes he might hurt people, but he was not intentionally to do that. Lennie was so innocent. Steinbeck gave Lennie so much power, because Lennie could fight with evil things. However, at the end of the novel, Lennie was died. Therefore, the world was unfair. The writer pinning the hope on him, although the ending was sad. (? ) Lennie was innocent, he did not want to hurt people.(repeat again) However, the way of the world was strange. Because of the existence of the cruel people, the life of Lennie was bad. In the novel, Curley was a symbol of the repulsive society at that time, because he is cruel. Curley can hurt people, and he wanted to hurt people. “Come on, ya big Bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show ya who’s yella.” This sentence was Curley said to Lennie. Curley liked to fight with big guys, and he wanted to show how powerful he was. Through this sentence, people could see Curley likes fight so much. Lennie did not bother him, but Curley just want ed to find a reason to fight with Lennie, because Leenie was big. People could understand that at that time, the people which had the power could hurt everyone they want. They were cruel and mean. The cruel people never thought of others’ feeling. Just like d the society, the writer want  ed to show the darkness, ugly and repulsive. This was a kind of people who were in the middle; they were not innocent and not cruel. The writer also described a kind of people, they were George and Slim. The characters who were always thought of others, and understanding their friends. They never hurt people, and they were the type that people wanted to be. “It ain’t your fault,” he said. “this punk sure had it comin’ to him’”. Slim was a justice person and workers’ leader. He always thought of others. Everyone in the ranch was all respecting him. He had power, and smart. He did not afraid of cruel people. When Lennie crushed Curley’s hand, Slim willingly gave Curley a drink when he was hurt. Slim was even nice towards his enemies. Slim was caring and understanding. George treated Lennie just like a brother and take d care of him very well. George never wanted to escape from Lennie. George and Slim were the people who were accepted and work ed for their life. The people who were in the middle class accepted their life. It was important in this novel. In “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck described three kinds of people, who were innocent, cruel, and in the middle. The novel was reacted that different kinds of people living in the Great Depression time, their lives were hard, also they were treated differently.
 * Vivian’s Editing #3 Grammar: **

= ** Evan's Editing ** = First of all, Lennie represented the lower level people who had the great power, but he was innocent. [Here what do you mean by innocent? People can be innocent in many ways, so Lennie was innocent in what way?] The writer gave Lennie so much power; because He thought justice can triumph over evil. However, the way of the world is unfair. "I didn’t wanta,” Lennie cried, “I didn’t wanta hurt him.” (64)Through these words, People can see that Lennie did not want to hurt anyone, but he was mentally ill. He could not control himself. He had great power, sometimes he might hurt people, but he was not intentionally does that. Lennie was so innocent. [Here, Lennie was innocent, but they died animals were also innocent, maybe you can make “innocent” more specific] Steinbeck gave Lennie so much power, because Lennie can fight with evil things. However, at the end of the novel, Lennie was died. Therefore, the world is unfair. The writer pinning the hope on him, although the ending was sad. Lennie was innocent; he did not want to hurt people. However, the way of the world is strange. Because of the existence of the cruel people [you mean Carlson and Curley?], the life of Lennie was bad.

VICKY'S SUGGESTION: The novel "Of Mice And Men", by John Steinbeck, was written about two migrant ranch workers during the American Great Depression in 1937. They had a hard and difficult situation which was steeped with violence and sadistic behavior. In this novel, Steinbeck voiced the aspirations of the Americans, and showed that their society was predatory. Steinbeck described three kinds of characters, innocent, cruel and the people who were in the middle, and used them to show that society was repulsive. First of all, Lennie represented the lower level people who had the great power, but he was innocent. The writer gave Lennie so much power; because He thought justice can triumph over evil. However, the way of the world is unfair. "I didn’t wanta,” Lennie cried, “I didn’t wanta hurt him.” (64)Through these words, People can see that Lennie did not want to hurt anyone, but he was mentally ill. He could not control himself. He had great power, sometimes he might hurt people, but he was not intentionally does that. Lennie was so innocent. Steinbeck gave Lennie so much power, because Lennie can fight with evil things. However, at the end of the novel, Lennie was died. Therefore, the world is unfair. The writer pinning the hope on him, although the ending was sad. Lennie was innocent, he did not want to hurt people. However, the way of the world is strange. Because of the existence of the cruel people, the life of Lennie was bad. In the novel, Curley is a symbol of the repulsive society at that time, because he is cruel. Curley can hurt people, and he wanted to hurt people. “Come on, ya big Bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show ya who’s yella.” (62)This sentence was Curley said to Lennie. Curley liked to fight with big guys, and he wanted to show how powerful he was. Through this sentence, people can see Curley likes fight so much. Lennie did not bother him, but Curley just wanted to find a reason fight with Lennie, because Leenie was big. People can understand that at that time, the people which had the power could hurt everyone they want. They were cruel and mean. The cruel people never thought of others’ feeling. Just like the society, it did not care about anyone. The writer wants to show the darkness, ugly and repulsive society, and He uses Curley symbolized the society. This is a kind of people who were in the middle; they were not innocent and not cruel. The writer also described a kind of people, they were George and Slim. The characters who were always thought of others, and understanding their friends. They never hurt people, and they were the type that people wanted to be. “It ain’t your fault,” he said. this punk sure had it comin’ to him’”. (64)Slim was a justice person and workers’ leader. He always thought of others. Everyone in the ranch was all respecting him. He had power, and smart. He did not afraid of cruel people. When lennie crushed Curley’s hand, Slim willingly gave Curley a drink when he was hurt. Slim was even nice towards his enemies. Slim was caring and understanding. For George, he treated Lennie just like a brother, and take care of him very well. George never wanted to escape from Lennie, and he thought he had the responsibility for Lennie. George and Slim were the people who were accepted and working for their life. It is important in this novel. In “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck described three kinds of people, who were innocent, cruel, and in the middle. The novel is reacted that different kinds of people living in the Great Depression time, their lifes were hard. Also, they treated differently.