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Allegory In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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A character in which allegory is used but carefully hidden is Curley. Curley just walked out of the room and left Lennie, George, and an old man named Candy standing alone. Curley had just yelled at Lennie for not speaking for himself, and accuses George of pulling something over. Candy explains that Curley is very handy and is well liked, “S 'pose Curley jumps a big guy an ' licks him. Ever 'body says what a game guy Curley is” (26). George replies annoyed “Seems like Curley ain 't givin ' nobody a chance”(26). Curly represents the small people, allegory is used to make the connection between Curley 's character and the people that have little say. These types of people create the illusion that they are bigger and scarier than they really
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