Of Mice and Men--Compare Contrast new/old
Of Mice And Men is an unbelievable tale of two partners, George and Lennie. It was originally written by John Steinbeck, and was set in the early 1930's. It was then made into a movie version directed by Gary Senise. Many aspects differ from Steinbeck's novel and the movie. Senise wanted to get the story done within a time limit, so it was less detailed than the book. In Steinbeck's novel, character image plays a crucial role in the story. Characters like Slim, Crooks, and Curley's all had names to display personality through hidden messages. Slim, who was considered the "prince of the ranch", was important to the ranch. He was looked up to by the other ranch-hands, and was always asked for his advice on subjects they needed help on. He was very handsome, tall, and skinny, which also gave him better authority over the ranch-hands. His name, Slim, was used to show that he was a very rare find, or a slim chance of finding someone so trustworthy and educated on a ranch. Crooks was not your typical black-American in Steinbeck's novel. He was literate, educated, and had come from a family that had owned land. These three things are what made him stand out, and gave him his name, Crooks. He was crooked from the re
Her isolation was her motivation for being a flirt, because she did not know any other way to be, or how to start talking to another man other than her husband. He was very quiet in the movie, unlike the book. The main difference is that Gary Sense's story starts out backwards and is told through flashbacks. The setting in the novel is only different in where the bunkhouse is described. Crooks played an average 1930's semi-bondaged Negro in the movie. The story is told through flashbacks as well. Like the bunkhouse in the book, the rivers image was used to display important parts in the movie. Characters did play a large role in Senises movie, but not as great as Steinbeck's Novel. It seems cold and much smaller than it is displayed in the movie. The plot was largely differentiated in each media. The most important one, however, was in the end where George killed Lennie. The bunkhouse wasn't a very material area; it was just described through the light it contained. She was considered off limits to everyone, and was known as Curley's property. His character was displayed through his room rather than his actions and name like in the novel.
Common topics in this essay:
Curley's Wife,
Crooks Curley's,
George Lennie,
American Dream,
Gary Senise,
George Slim,
Gary Sense's,
Novel Allegories,
Gary Senses,
Lennie George,
steinbeck's novel,
curley's wife,
killed lennie,
told flashbacks,
george killed lennie,
lennie george,
owned land,
movie version,
novel bunkhouse,
unlike book,
started george,
story started george,
movie unlike book,
backwards told flashbacks,
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