Coming Of Age In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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In times of happiness, we thrive; but, in times of struggle, we learn. Over the course of the year we have read quite a few books, many of them from people in different social classes. All the books each have something in common; Coming of age. At some point in time or another we all come to the age where we are changing and figuring things out about ourselves that we never knew. I am going to show you some examples from the texts we have read this year of characters coming of the age. First, in John Steinbeck's, Of Mice and Men Lennie is a giant man with a mind of a child. He is a quite a pushover when it come to his partner George. George is always taking advantage of Lennie for his strength and mean mugging looks. George and Lennie move …show more content…

In the beginning of the book scout is young and not yet matured, she looks to everyone as if they are inferior to herself due to their differences. An example of this would be Boo Radley. Scout thinks of him as this big aggressive giant that is out to kill her. “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained—if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time.” This is the quote of Scout describing what Boo Radley looks like in her mind. When Scout and Jem are walking back home from the halloween event at their school they hear rustling behind them. The kids believe its only their friend trying to scare them, but when the sound gets closer and faster they realize it is someone or something else. By the time they reach the road, Jem is attacked and Scout is thrown to the ground. The attack does not last long but, when Scout looks up Jem is being carried away by someone. When Scout arrives at home she see a tall man, wearing a cowboy hat, he looks as if he has never seen the light of day. Then Scout makes a connection. “Scout finally looks at the man properly and sees his paleness, …show more content…

Hamlet is going going through many things and changes in his life when his Father dies, his Mother remarries to his uncle and his uncle becoming the replacement to the king when Hamlet was promised the crown. Hamlets changes are expressed through soliloquies. In the beginning of the book Hamlet appears to be calm but when in his mind he is going crazy. He begins to see his fathers ghost appear more and more often. The ghost tells Hamlet how he really died.”May be the devil, and the devil hath power T' assume a pleasing shape. Yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, As he is very potent with such spirits Abuses me to damn me. I’ll have grounds More relative than this. The play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king” This is the quote where Hamlet plans to get to the kings head. In the Soliloquies of “to be or not to be” he is stating if he wants to live or to die. To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? (III. i) This dstates if he should end them or let someone else do it like it is planned. In the end of the book there is a dual and his opponent has poisoned the end of his sword, unknowingly do they get them mixed up. At this point in time Hamlet is on the verge of giving up. He is losing

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