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Of Mice And Men Book Report

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It's been a while since my last blog! During this time I have read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and have started but also quit reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. In the place of Brave New World, I have started reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Although I just started The Kite Runner, I have a good feeling about the book and think it is going to be a good read. Since the start of the second nine weeks, I have been consistently reading about 40 minutes a day, keeping with the goals that I set for myself during my last blog. I hope to continue to spend 40 minutes reading every day, but in foresight, I don't think I can meet this expectation as I have 4 AP tests throughout the next 2 weeks and will need to focus more time …show more content…

All throughout the book, Curley was portrayed as the villain who took advantage of his position as the son of the landowner and of his height; however, no one considered that Curley might be acting according to the circumstances that he was brought up and placed in. Due to his short stature, Curley is seen through the lenses of the stereotype that short is equal to scrappy and weak. In order to make up for his appearance, Curley exercises absolute authority over the people in the farm so that he seems more masculine. But to further exacerbate Curley's problems, he can't seem to keep control over his wife as his wife "[has] the eye" and seems interested in other men(Steinbeck 28). This adds to the ever increasing pressure of Curley to prove his masculinity in order to make up for his appearance and try to keep control over his wife. In addition to this, as " the [landowner's] son", Curley has to live up to the expectations that being the landowner's son entails(Steinbeck 26). As Curley's pressure to prove his masculinity keep increasing he tries to prove his masculinity by "[jumping] a big guy an' [licking] him" so that " Ever'body says what a game guy [he] is"(Steinbeck 26). His actions throughout the book are a direct result of Curley trying to make up for his appearance, keep control of his wife, and live up to the expectations around him. In this sense, Curley is not truly a

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