Explain how Steinbeck uses characterization in his novella “Of Mice and Men’. When analyzing and comparing characters, make sure to do so using direct and indirect characterization. Make sure to analyze George, Lennie, Curley, Candy, Carlson, Slim, and Curley’s wife when examining and analyzing characterization. Make sure to include direct quotes along with in-text citation.
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Jaylon Wells
5/1/2015 06:46:38 am
In John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men", he uses both direct and undetected characterization. The type of characterization he used varied upon the character he was trying to describe. For example, when he was describing Lennie, he himself gave direct characterization when used words like big, tall, and animal-like. On the other hand, when he was describing Curley, he himself didn't describe him. He used th dialogue of other characters to describe him.
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Jaylon Wells
5/3/2015 03:04:42 am
In John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men", he uses both direct and undetected characterization. The type of characterization he used varied upon the character he was trying to describe. For example, when he was describing Lennie, he himself gave direct characterization when used words like big, tall, and animal-like. On the other hand, when he was describing Curley, he himself didn't describe him. He used th dialogue of other characters to describe him.
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David Goralczyk
5/4/2015 01:02:18 am
George: George is explained with some of both citation because you find out different sides he has through out the story, although his physical features are explained at the beginning.
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Tony Colucci
5/4/2015 03:58:45 am
Steinbeck has a very colorful way of helping describe his characters. Whether it's through narration or speech, there is always so much to uncover within the pages of Of Mice and Men. These are just some of the things one finds in the first few pages alone.
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Kara Gerniski
5/4/2015 04:57:57 am
In "Of Mice and Men," Steinbeck uses direct and indirect characterization to describe the characters throughout the novel. Steinbeck would describe each character by himself or through the dialogue of other characters.
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Jason Kudwa
5/4/2015 06:42:46 am
In “Of Mice and Men,” Steinbeck uses a lot of descriptive words in order to describe his characters. Many in which, he uses direct, and indirect characterization. In just 37 pages read, most characters have been introduced, and with that, some specific characterization.
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Lauren Barczak
5/4/2015 06:57:17 am
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Brandon Gann
5/4/2015 07:07:05 am
The author of, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck, put many characters into his novella. As far as we have read, we have been introduced to several characters: George, Lennie, Candy, Curley, Curley's wife, Slim and Carlson. Each character has been mentioned in the book, both directly and indirectly, which has, as a result, allowed the readers to peg who and how each character is. This has caused many characters to be either similar or completely different.
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Esmeralda Celaj
5/4/2015 07:48:50 am
Steinbeck uses characterization in his novella " Of Mice and Men" by using direct and indirect characterization. He used these types of characterizations to describe his characters in the book. There are a lot of examples in the book of direct and indirect characterization. One example is Lennie, Steinbeck used direct characterization to describe him, he used words like strong, big, and tall. And one example of indirect characterization is when Steinbeck used other character's dialogue to describe Curley.
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Raquel Jackson
5/4/2015 07:59:47 am
Many authors use direct and indirect ways of describing a important characters, but not every character is described both ways.
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5/4/2015 11:23:13 am
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Will Page
5/4/2015 08:03:26 am
Lennie: Direct- Description of "Huge man with large, pale eyes, and wide, sloping shoulders" (Steinbeck 2). The animalistic terms used on page 3.
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jessica bozick
5/4/2015 08:04:07 am
In Stienbecks of mice and men he used many forms of characterization. To start off he directly calls Lennie an animal because Lennie inst civilized. Also it is said that lennie is " a huge man, shapeless of face, with large pale eyes, and wide sloping shoulders"(stienbeck 4). Lennie is indirectly described as not knowing what hes capable of. This is shown when he kills the mouse without really understanding what he did.George is described in the book as as "small and quick, dark of face with restless eyes, and sharp strong features." (stienbeck 4) He is indirectly described as caring because of the way he takes care of Lennie even though he doesn't want to. Curley is directly described as a very short man. he is indirectly described as insecure about his height because in the book it says " he hates big guys hes alla time picking scraps with big guys." ( stienbeck 16) Candy is described in the book as " tall, stoop shouldered, and old with one hand."(stienbeck 12) he is indirectly described as caring because of the way he takes care of his dog. Stienbeck describes Carlson as "a powerful big stomached man." (stienbeck 19) He is indirectly described as loud and says whatever he wants because of the way he tells people like it is. Slim s described as " a tall man with long black hair." (stienbeck 19) He is indirectly described as very wise and powerful because of the sound of his voice and the way people listen to him. Curleys wife is described as " rouged lips, wide spaced eyes, and heavily made up." ( stienbeck 16) She is indirectly descried as very unfaithful to her husband because of the way she acts around other men.
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Tristin Vezzetti
5/4/2015 08:13:43 am
Steinbeck used forms of direct and indirect characterization in his novella "Of Mice and Men." Direct characterization used in the story for example was when he described Lennie as "bear-like, with big "paws" and a dark, faraway look in his eyes." Indirect characterization used in Of Mice and Men was when this was said "George often is very questioning and critical of most everything. This shows his intrusive, almost aprehensive, way of thinking about things. He wants to know everything about something before he accepts it." These are direct quotes from Of Mice and Men.
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Brandon Manardo
5/4/2015 08:36:56 am
In of Mice and Men Lennie is described as a large lumbering childlike person. Lennie is also mentioned as being very forgetful when confronted by questions, but this forgetfulness comes from a mental disorder that he has. Lennie travels with his acquaintance George who both have a common dream of owning their own farm. Although George says Lennie is very careful and gentle Lennie doesn't know his own strength, "A huge man shapeless of face with large pale eyes" pg 2
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Liz Offer
5/4/2015 09:06:07 am
In mice of men Steinbeck does a great job of showing character in different ways. He shows both direct and indirect.
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5/4/2015 10:34:20 am
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Gjergj Markaj
5/4/2015 09:14:16 am
Steinbeck uses direct and indirect citations in his novel to describe his characters. Directly when he uses the narrator to describe characteristics. Indirectly when the dialogue from the characters themselves describe each other.
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Brooklynn Schmanski
5/4/2015 09:15:44 am
In Steinbeck’s novella, “Of Mice and Men”, he uses indirect and direct characterization to give the reader a better look on who each character is. Using direct characterization he shows how Lennie is animal-like by stating, “… and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws” (Steinbeck 2). An example of indirect characterization for Lennie would be when George, Lennie’s care taker says on page 9, “Blubberin’ like a baby! Jesus Christ! A big guy like you.” By George saying this, it shows that Lennie is a big that does not look like the one to cry. On page 18, Steinbeck directly characterizes Candy when he states, “tall, stoop-shouldered old man… and out of the sleeve came a round stick-like wrist, but no hand…” George, Lennie’s care giver is directly characterized on page 2, “…small strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose.” Curly, the new boss’ son, is a small man with an extreme case of inferiority complex. It is indirectly shown when Candy states, “Curley’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys.” In this chapter it is said that Curly gets all up in Lennie’s face for no reason, just because he is a big guy. Curley’s wife is a beautiful flirt. Candy, talking to George indirectly characterizes Curley’s wife n page 28, “I seen her give Slim the eye… An’ I seen her give Carlson the eye.” It is directly stated by Steinbeck that, “She had full, rouged lips and wide spaced eyes, heavily made up… Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages.” Curley may be so pugnacious when it comes to big guys because he gets jealous and scared that they may win over his wife. Slim another worker on the ranch was characterized directly on page 33 when Steinbeck wrote, “A tall man stood in the doorway… while he combed his long, black, damp hair straight back.” The author also directly states how Slim is a man of authority when speaking and that he was a jerkline skinner (Steinbeck, 33). Carlson one of Slim’s friends was introduced directly on page 35 as “A powerful, big-stomached man…” He was described as a man who had a batch of puppies when Slim asks how his dog is and he replies with, “She sang her pups last night… Nine ‘em. I drowned four of ‘em right off. She couldn’t feed that many.” Candy and George are proved to be very much alike when Carlson states on page 36, how much he does for his dog; “Got no teeth, damn near blind, can’t eat. Candy feeds him milk.” This indirectly shows that Candy loves and cares for his dog that is incapable of doing many things by itself, just as George does for Lennie.
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Nicole Killinger
5/4/2015 09:30:56 am
Steinbeck uses characterization very well. He describes each character with great amount of information for the reader to understand. The characters are George, Lennie, Curley, Candy, Carlson, Slim, and Curleys wife.
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Jazmine Weiss
5/4/2015 10:08:13 am
The author of "Of Mice and Men" uses both, direst and indirect characterization. Steinbeck tells directly the about the characters personality and also dialog from other characters readers will pick up.
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Jonathan Harris
5/4/2015 10:10:40 am
Steinbeck uses direct and indirect characterization to give his readers a greater in-sight description of who his characters truly are. Here is how he uses direct and indirect characterization to describe his most prominent characters in his novella "Of Mice and Men".
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kyle wychuyse
5/4/2015 10:26:03 am
All of the characters that Steinbeck as in his book "Of Mice and Men" he shows a deep and thought out characterization each character. George is one of the main characters and he is described to be as a leader to lennie. "Give it here, said George" (Steinbeck 3)indicting that George always has to look out for lennie.
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Daevon Morgan
5/4/2015 10:36:56 am
In the book "Of Mice and Men" Steinbeck uses methods of direct characterization and other methods of indirect characterization. Thus he gives a much more civil description of the characters in the book without telling us in a straightforward manner at all times.
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Cody W.
5/4/2015 10:51:14 am
There are many ways Steinbeck uses characterization in “Of Mice and Men”. The ways he uses characterization is to solely describe each character specifically. This is included through the narration and through the speech as well.
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Zac Perry
5/4/2015 10:58:15 am
Lennie- Lennie is seen as a child and an animal. The first indirect characterization of this is when he is drinking from the stream and is described as a big animal. George says "you keep me in hotwater all the time." (Steinbeck 11). This shows George always have to watch Lennie like a child.
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Alyssa Ziemianski
5/4/2015 11:08:58 am
In the book, “Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck uses both direct and indirect citation when describing his characters. He characterizes each person differently to make the story flow better and be easier to read.
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Alyssa Ziemianski
5/4/2015 11:10:52 am
I used an online PDF for my book quotes so the page numbers are not the same.
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Justin Lenard
5/4/2015 11:20:45 am
In "Of Mice and Men", Steinbeck uses characterization in a great way that gives the reader a good idea of what each character looks like.
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Carter Petty
5/4/2015 11:27:14 am
John Steinbeck author of "of mice and men" uses characterization directly and indirectly amongst the characters to give more perspective to all characters in his story. Characters like George is directly characterized by Steinbeck as a small man, a sharp individual with a rough angry attitude. "Looks kinda scummy" (Steinbeck3) George is referring to the water implying his sharp and proper manner. George's companion Lennie however is characterized directly by Steinbeck as an animal of a man. Lennie small is a big mountain of a man who is forgetful and mentally challenged. "I forgot" said lennie softly "I tried not to forget honest to god" (Steinbeck4) Of mice and men also characterizes other people like Curley the bosses son is a small handyman on the farm who was also a lightweight boxer. Curley instantly has a problem with lennie being he is a much bigger man than Curley. "Well nex' time you answer when spoken to" (Steinbeck26) Curley speaking with great attitude towards Lennie. Candy and Carlson are two grizzled men. Candy is described as a old swampman. Candy is friendly man who first greets both George and Lennie. Carlson is a big man who enters the room to greet the newcomers. In the room George is conversing with Slim the legend on the ranch. He's a tall skinner who's very talented on the ranch he is also suspected to be playing around with curleys wife. Curley's wife is described as a women who can never be satisfied based on John Steinbecks description. In Of Mice and Men there is a lot of characterization.
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Amanda Bruce
5/4/2015 11:33:02 am
Steinbeck uses both direct and indirect citations in his novel to describe the characters.
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Jade Harrison
5/4/2015 12:36:27 pm
Steinbeck uses direct characterization by fully describing facts about a certain character that the reader should know. Steinbeck also uses indirect characterization so that the reader can form their own opinions of each character and learn more about the character based on using the thoughts, body language, and conversations with other characters.
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Kanai
5/4/2015 12:45:25 pm
John Steinbeck describes each character of "Of Mice and Men" to a certain extent, giving the reader insight on who is who and creating an image in their brain. Up to chapter two, there are seven important characters introduced to which Steinbeck gives them descriptive features and important characteristics.
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justin sochko
5/4/2015 01:16:18 pm
So far through ought Steinbeck’s novella, “Of Mice and Men”, he has used both direct and indirect characterization to mold the image of the characters he uses. In doing this, he can help us further build a background and personality of characters.
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Celina Trucano
5/4/2015 01:19:19 pm
Steinbeck uses Characterization very often, both direct and indirect.
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Shayna Suit
5/4/2015 01:24:48 pm
Steinbeck directly characterizes George when he describes him as being small and quick, having a dark face, restless eyes, and sharp, strong features. He contains on by describing his defined features such as his small, strong hands, his slender arms, and his thin, bony nose. He indirectly characterizes George as being protective of Lennie because he always tells him what to do. An example of this is how George will not allow Lennie to keep mice, because he knows that he kills all of them.
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Patricia Camarata
5/4/2015 01:26:01 pm
Steinbeck uses both direct and indirect characterization in his novel Of Mice and Men to describe his characters. In the beginning of his book he describes two characters named Lennie and George. Steinbeck indirectly describes Lennie by his looks as “a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, and wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little” also he stated, “His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung loosely.” He also uses indirect characterization of Lennie by how he affects others. Steinbeck states, “the small man stepped nervously beside him.” This shows that Lennie is a large man and George doesn’t want to be accidently hurt by him. Another indirect characterization of Lennie is shown through his actions, such as “drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.” He indirectly describes him by calling him a follower, comparing him to a bear and a horse.
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Aaron I
5/4/2015 01:47:11 pm
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Kim
5/4/2015 11:03:15 pm
He used direct and indirect characteristics to describe the characters of lennie, George, slim, Carlson, Curley, Candy, and Curley's wife.
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Brodey
5/4/2015 11:19:28 pm
Leorge- One of the main characters in the story, can be described as the leader of the duo of George and Lennie because of the way that Lennie follows and obeys him. A direct quote from the book describes him as "... small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose." (Steinbeck 2)
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Chad onion
5/5/2015 02:18:59 am
Steinback uses characterization in direct and indirect variations
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Jalen mcgimpsey
5/5/2015 02:32:53 am
Mr.steinbeck used very good exampled of indirect and direct characterization. George and leenie have a very good brotherly guardian relationship going on. Leenie in the book is described as a large animal tall a little on the heavy side. An indirect trait about him is that leenie is slow in the head and george gets very frustrated with that.
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Dominique Martin
5/5/2015 09:31:30 am
George is the caretaker of Lennie. He's perceived as a "normal" man, the description in the book(pdf pg 1) "The first man was small and quick, dark of face..." gives off this idea. Throughout the book you can reasonably infer that the responsibility of looking after Lennie is stressful to George. He removes the lid-off-the-pot on page 2, of the pdf version, where he says, "God you're alot of trouble I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn't have you on my tail." When he meets Slim, I feel that they're going to have a stronger bond as we get further in the book than he and Lennie do. When Slim is introduced towards the end of the book they described him using the term, "prince of the ranch" When I hear that I think of a James Scott type of guy. A sorta of conceited yet confident type of guy.
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Zeta Barrie
5/5/2015 01:26:02 pm
In Of Mice and Men, the author, Steinbeck, uses both direct and indirect characterization among the characters in his book. Direct characterization is what the author describes about a character. Indirect characterization is quotations of what other characters have said about the person, or physical descriptions said by a person other than the other.
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Dylan Garthe
5/6/2015 01:13:17 am
In the novella “Of Mice and Men,” Steinbeck uses characterization to set the personality and actions of his characters. Steinbeck uses direct characterization by describing his characters in text, like how he defines George with “…sharp, strong features…” (Page two – Of Mice and Men). The author uses indirect characterization by giving them actions and by making the characters do things that give the reader a sense for their personality. Steinbeck uses these processes for all of his characters in his novella, “Of Mice and Men.”
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Chris henckel
5/10/2015 09:42:44 pm
During Steinbeck's novel, "Of Mice and Men," he decribes each character very well, and makes them very relatable. He does this through his usage of direct and indirect characterization.
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