Bunkhouse Essays

Name Institution Instructor Date According to Andrew Carnegie ‘The gospel of wealth’ (1889), he emphasizes that the biggest problem of our age is wealth administration. There is a distinction flanked by the rich and the poor where the ties of brotherhood bind them together in a pleasant-sounding relationship. Over the past decades, human life has not only changed but revolutionized with a difference, in the former days between the dwelling, food, dressing and environment of the rich and the have-nots

Comparison of The Bunkhouse and Crooks’ Room John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men reflects the lives of migrant workers struggling during the Great Depression of the 1930s. For many migrant workers, California was the place where their dreams of success could be achieved. Unfortunately, instead of gaining the grand life that they had expected, they lived in poor conditions, were excluded and treated as less than human, and life proved to be hard and meaningless. Steinbeck uses few settings to

There are many symbols in the book “Of Mice and Men.” Among them are Lennie and George’s dream, Candy’s dog, rabbits, mice, Lennie’s puppy, Crooks’ room, and the bunkhouse. The dream George and Lennie have itself represents the American dream in general. Their dream symbolizes the protection, independence, and freedom many have come to expect from the American dream. To Lennie and George, the farm is paradise and talking about it makes them very happy. The dream  farm is the happiness they have yet

The atmosphere at the ranch and the bunkhouse is calm, safe, and tense. The ranch and the bunkhouse is calm when the old man or swapper is around George and Lennie. The swapper is a old man that is related to the bosses, son's, wife. The swapper has a old dog that he raised from a puppy, the old dog used to be a sheep dog when it was younger. The atmosphere of the ranch and the bunkhouse is calm because of the swapper by him being nice and is not in other people's business, as he thinks he is. For

and symbolizes them in the form of a tiny bunkhouse. This long, rectangular bunkhouse in California had a very dilapidated demeanor to it, having an unpainted floor and colorless walls—and each ranchman having their own apple box filled with clutter, and only conversing together at the table in the center of the house. (17) Even though there was a bigger example of segregation in the novella, the separation of the lives of each man within the bunkhouse is another supporting element of that theme

through his writing, the themes, of Violence and Dreams, Hopes and Plans. John Steinbeck relates back to those themes through Rabbits, Bunkhouse, and Lennie Small. The symbol, setting, and person chosen all represent Dreams, Hopes and Plans and Violence. Rabbits represent Dreams, Hopes and Plans because Lennie was always dreaming of raising the Rabbits. Bunkhouse represents Violence because all of the people who stay there are extremely rowdy and cruel. Finally, Lennie embodies Violence because of

loneliness. This topic is explored in John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men. The story takes place in California during the 1930s, a time when black people were hated by the majority of white people. Crooks, a black ranch worker lives in his own bunkhouse because most of the white ranch workers do not want to live with a black ranch worker. Most ranch workers dislike Crooks, and Crooks despises all of the ranch workers. Crooks has a negative and insensitive attitude towards the ranch workers, which

Marco Rubio, a respected politician and the Senator of Florida once said, “The American Dream is a term which is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn’t really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.” Of Mice and Men revolves around the Great Depression and migrating farmers who are in the search of a better life. Through the use of figurative language, a wide lexical range and varying sentence length, Steinbeck portrays the bunk house

loneliness. This topic is explored in John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men. The story takes place in California during the 1930s, a time when black people were hated by the majority of white people. Crooks, a black ranch worker lives in his own bunkhouse because most of the white ranch workers do not want to live with a black ranch worker. Most ranch workers dislike Crooks, and Crooks despises all of the ranch workers. Crooks has a negative and insensitive attitude towards the ranch workers, which

story which, through the carefully placed tense diction, creates a lot of tension throughout the extract and especially within the bunkhouse. Steinbeck’s strongest demonstration of loneliness’ power is the personification/repetition of silence, and how the silence is the aftermath of loneliness’ mental destruction. The build up to the killing of Candy’s

Steinbeck's characters characters George, Candy, and Curley's wife have dreams which makes them choose paths and make decisions which alter the novella. George’s dream of owning land influences his decisions in the novella. While George is in the bunkhouse with Lennie, George discusses with Lennie the perks with owning their own land, after Lennie asks

Americans. Instead, Soledad (Spanish for lonely) was a home for discrimination, danger and death. This essay explores the ways Steinbeck presents places in Of Mice and Men. The 4 main places I will centre my essay on consist of the Salinas River, bunkhouse, Crook’s room and the dream farm. The harsh reality of a migrant worker’s life is a huge contrast to the tranquil Salinas River that the story begins and ends with. Straight away the River seems to be blissful and inviting, much like a rural paradise

I wanna get outa here." The bunkhouse represents Hell in their world. Even Lennie, who is mentally handicapped, realized this and feels like the bunkhouse is not a good place. The bunkhouse is a representation of Hell because it is not anything like the heaven Steinbeck described in the opening scene of the book. The heaven he described in the first scene was very natural, serine, and peaceful. Whereas the bunkhouse is very square and cage-like. In fact, the bunkhouse was the complete opposite representation

significance of how people will judge a person based on where they come from or what they portray. Moreover, migrant workers aren’t the only type of people that are solely judged based on what they represent. In the novella “Of Mice and Men '', the bunkhouse men judge Curley’s wife because she represents a “tramp” in their eyes. Her true intention was to find someone to befriend who would listen to her because she felt lonely and isolated, but everytime she tried to befriend one of them it ended in cold

unintentionally snapped Curley’s wife’s neck. Lennie runs away to the brush and waits for George. George later finds him there and does something very unexpected. He shot Lennie in the back of the head. Steinbeck uses the farm, the rabbits, and the bunkhouse to present the idea that the American Dream doesn’t always go as planned. One of the symbols that represents the American Dream is the farm that George and Lennie often fantasized about. It’s symbolizes a paradise. Lennie constantly urged George

Today me and Slim walked to the bunkhouse together, just chattin’ about the little pup that Slim gave to Lennie, which is moreover a kind gesture of him, since we both know that it means a lot to Lennie. Now the big guy’s got something to pet. I hope this keeps him damn busy, so he won’t do anything stupid which will get us in trouble. Slim commented on the power of Lennie, when he’s buckin’ barley, saying that he almost killed his partner. I felt proud at that moment, and as proud as I am I told

You gone on and get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room”(68). Back in the 30’s, segregation was a big problem. People whose skin was colored didn’t have the same rights as white men. Crooks is isolated from the rest of the guys because he is black and he gets put into a broken old shack instead of a real bunkhouse. In this quote, Crooks feels that if the men aren’t letting him in the bunkhouse, why should he let some white man come

interests or to comply by the social norm. Stephen, a young boy working as a pulp cutter, develops both a need and want to become a “man” like everyone else within the bunkhouse. He desperately needs to become man a due to his harsh environment. The weather he endures always rises to a “gale force” every night and the bunkhouse interior is best described as “sour”. However, the social environment creates a greater need for him to become a man. Every day he is socially isolated from the rest of

towards black people through Crooks, a black stable buck. One way Steinbeck demonstrates discrimination towards Crooks is through Candy’s explanation of the boss’s attitude towards him. In chapter two, when George and Lennie arrive late at the bunkhouse, Candy tells them about the boss giving the stable buck “hell” as they did not arrive on time. George questions the boss’s anger as it had nothing to do with the stable buck. Candy replies, “Sure ya see the stable buck’s a nigger.” This answer seems

and looks out for his safety. Despite their occasional conflicts, their relationship ultimately reflects a deep sense of loyalty and mutual dependence. “Guy like us” The atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse in John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men, is one of ruggedness and loneliness. The bunkhouse is cramped and basic, with beds lined up next to each