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Tracy's final copy The book “Of Mice and Men” talks about migrant workers’ life on the ranch .The story happened in the 1930s when the United States was experiencing economic depression. Many labors could not find a job, even though they got one, it is not stable. Most of them suffered from drifting from a place to place. What’s more, women and black people were under the strong discrimination. Loneliness is a major theme of the novel “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck exposes the darkness of United States by illustrating the ways that different people on the ranch to escape loneliness.

Discrimination of Negros is always a controversial topic all over the world. In the book, Crooks’ complaint about loneliness showed the serious racism at that time in the United States. He tried to escape the loneliness, however, he finally surrender to powerful people’s threat. His inability uncovers that Negro are lack of human rights during the depression. Like the book has mentioned, Crooks was eager for, “talking to another guy for him, (P71) He just need a guy to talk with. “It makes no difference if [that guy] doesn’t hear or understand.”(P71) However, others saw him "as a nigger and a busted-back nigger, and they “don’t come into a colored man’s room very much.”(P71) What he can do is just to read books. This makes Crooks “gets too lonely, and get sick because books ain’t no good. (P73) ” Crooks “needs somebody-to be near him.”

Same as Negros, women had low status at that time. Even though they had dreams or long-range goals, they had to marry a man and did domestic work. In the “Of mice and men”, there was a woman who is a microcosm of female in the United States. She confided in Lennie, “[she] can’t talk to nobody but Curley, [that’s why she] gets lonely.”(P87) To escape loneliness, “she [always] looked at her fingernails when she talked to people to attract men.” (P31) However, she did have a dream when she was young, she wanted to be an actress in Hollywood, unfortunately, “[She] never got that letter.” (P88), “so [she] married Curley [for survival].” Lennie’s appearance let her to have a person to talk with, only Lennie thought that “she’s purty.” (P32). However, this led her to death because she escaped the loneliness by attracting the men all the time. In order to stop her from shouting, Lennie accidentally throttled her. Curley’s wife represented most women in the United States at that time. Lonely, helpless, humble is their pronouns.

There was another group of people called old workers. Candy was one of their representatives from the book “ Of Mice and Men.” Candy lost his leg while working. Only a same old dog accompanied him, ruthless, other young ranch hands disliked the smell from the old dog and killed it without caring Candy’s feeling. Candy “had [the dog] since he was a pup.” (P44) He implored Carlson for mercy, “No, I couldn’t do that. I had him from a pup.” (P45) However, Carlson was heartless; he insisted that, “He don’t have no fun. I’ll shoot him for you.” (P45) Candy seeks help from Slim, but Slim did not give him a reversal. Candy’s dog forced to be killed. The dog clearly is a symbol for Candy who was old, helpless in the predatory society. Candy could not protect the dog, he had to surrender to high rank workers.

In a brief, Crooks, Curley's wife and Old Candy are 3 microcosm of Negros, women, and old workers respectively at that time in the United States. They tried to escape the loneliness which was the product of discrimination and racsim from more powerful people. John Steinbeck exposes this truth by explaining how those 3 character escape the loneliness.

**Yvonne’s editing #grammar** The story happened in the 1930s when the United States was experiencing economic depression during this period. Many labors could not find a job, even though they got one, it is not stable. Most of them suffered from drifting from a place to place. What’s more, women and black people were under the strong discrimination. Loneliness is one of the themes of the novel “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck exposes the darkness of United States by illustrating the ways that different people on the ranch to escape loneliness.

Discrimination of Negros is always a controversial topic all over the world. In the book, Crooks complaint about loneliness showed the serious racism at that time in the United States.Crooks was eager for, “talking to another guy for him, “it makes no difference if he don’t hear or understand.” (P71) He just need a guy to talk with. However, others saw him "as a nigger and a busted-back nigger, and they “don’t come into a colored man’s room very much.”(P71) What he can do is just to read books. This makes Crooks “gets too lonely, and get sick because books ain’t no good.(P73) ” Crooks “ needs somebody-to be near him.”

Same as Negros, women had low status at that time. Even though they had dreams or long-range goals, they had to marry a man and did domestic work. In the “Of mice and men”, there was a woman who is a microcosm of female in the United States. She confided in Lennie, “[she] can’t talk to nobody but Curley, [that’s why she] gets lonely.”(P87) To escape loneliness, “she [always] looked at her fingernails when she talked to people to attract men.” (P31) However, she did have a dream when she was young, she wanted to be an actress in Hollywood, unfortunately, “[She] never got that letter.” (P88), “so [she] married Curley [for survival].” Lennie’s appearance let her to have a person to talk with, only Lennie thought that “she’s purty.” (P32). However, this led her to death because she escaped the loneliness by attracting the men all the time. In order to stop her from shouting, Lennie accidentally throttled her. Curley’s wife represented most women in the United States at that time. Lonely, helpless, humble is their pronouns.

There was another group of people called old workers. Candy was one of their representatives from the book “ Of Mice and Men.” Candy lost his leg while working. Only a same old dog accompanied him, ruthless, other young ranch hands disliked the smell from the old dog and killed it without caring Candy’s feeling. Candy “had [the dog] since he was a pup.” (P44) He implored Carlson for mercy, “No, I couldn’t do that. I had him from a pup.” (P45) However, Carlson was heartless; he insisted that, “He don’t have no fun. I’ll shoot him for you.” (P45) Candy seeks help from Slim, but Slim did not give him a reversal. Candy’s dog forced to be killed. The dog clearly is a symbol for Candy who was old, helpless in the predatory society. Candy could not protect the dog, he had to surrender to high rank workers.

In a brief, Crooks, Curley's wife and Old Candy are 3 microcosm of Negros, women, and old workers respectively at that time in the United States. They tried to escape the loneliness which was the product of discrimination and racsim from more powerful people. John Steinbeck exposes this truth by explaing how those 3 character escape the loneliness.

= Chris Park’s Editing = The story happened in the 1930s when the United States was experiencing economic depression during this period. Many labors could not find a job, even though they got one, it is not stable. Most of them suffered from drifting from a place to place. What’s more, women and black people were under the strong discrimination. Loneliness is one of the themes of the novel “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck exposes the darkness of United States by illustrating the ways that different people on the ranch to escape loneliness.

Discrimination of Negro is always a controversial topic all over the world. In the book, Crooks complaint about loneliness showed the serious racism at that time in the United States. Crooks was eager for, “talking to another guy for him, “it makes no difference if he don’t hear or understand.” (P71) He just needs a guy to talk with. However, others saw him "as a nigger and a busted-back nigger, and they “don’t come into a colored man’s room very much.”(P71) What he can do is just to read books. This makes Crooks “gets too lonely, and get sick because books ain’t no good. (P73) ” Crooks “needs somebody-to be near him.”

Same as Negro, women had low status at that time. Even though they had dreams or long-range goals, they had to marry a man and did domestic work. In the “Of mice and men”, there was a woman who is a microcosm of female in the United States. She confided in Lennie, “[she] can’t talk to nobody but Curley, [that’s why she] gets lonely.”(P87) To escape loneliness, “she [always] looked at her fingernails when she talked to people to attract men.” (P31) However, she did have a dream when she was young, she wanted to be an actress in Hollywood, unfortunately, and [She] never got that letter (P88), “so [she] married Curley [for survival].” Lennie’s appearance let her to have a person to talk with, only Lennie thought that “she’s purty.” (P32). However, this led her to death because she escaped the loneliness by attracting the men all the time. In order to stop her from shouting, Lennie accidentally throttled her. Curley’s wife represented most women in the United States at that time. Lonely, helpless, humble is their pronouns.

There was another group of people called old workers. Candy was one of their representatives from the book “Of Mice and Men.” Candy lost his leg while working. Only a same old dog accompanied him, ruthless, other young ranch hands disliked the smell from the old dog and killed it without caring Candy’s feeling. Candy “had [the dog] since he was a pup.” (P44) He implored Carlson for mercy, “No, I couldn’t do that. I had him from a pup.” (P45) However, Carlson was heartless; he insisted that, “He don’t have no fun. I’ll shoot him for you.” (P45) Candy seeks help from Slim, but Slim did not give him a reversal. Candy’s dog forced to be killed. The dog clearly is a symbol for Candy who was old, helpless in the predatory society. Candy could not protect the dog; he had to surrender to high rank workers.

In a brief, Crooks, Curley's wife and Old Candy are 3 microcosms of Negro, women, and old workers respectively at that time in the United States. They tried to escape the loneliness which was the product of discrimination and racism from more powerful people. John Steinbeck exposes this truth by explain how those 3 characte rs escape the loneliness.

Yukixin'x Editing Meaning:

The story happened in the 1930s when United States was experiencing economic depression during this period. Many labors could not find a job, even though they got one, it is not stable. Most of them suffered from drifting from a place to place. (The background) What’s more, women and black people were under the strong discrimination. Loneliness is one of the themes of the novel “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck exposes the darkness of United States by illustrating the ways that different people on the ranch to escape loneliness.

Discrimination of Negros is always a controversial topic all over the world. In the book, Crooks complaint about loneliness showed the serious racism at that time in the United States.Crooks was eager for, “talking to another guy for him, “it makes no difference if he don’t hear or understand.” (P71) He just need a guy to talk with. However, others saw him "as a nigger and a busted-back nigger, and they “don’t come into a colored man’s room very much.”(P71) What he can do is just to read books. This makes Crooks “gets too lonely, and get sick because books ain’t no good.(P73) ” Crooks “ needs somebody-to be near him.” (Crooks was lonely, and he wanted friends)

Same as Negros, women had low status at that time. (What time? The Great Depression) Even though they had dreams or long-range goals, they had to marry a man and did domestic work. In the “Of mice and men”, there was a woman who is a microcosm of female in the United States. She confided in Lennie, “[she] can’t talk to nobody but Curley, [that’s why she] gets lonely.”(P87) To escape loneliness, “she [always] looked at her fingernails when she talked to people to attract men.” (P31) However, she did have a dream when she was young, she wanted to be an actress in Hollywood, unfortunately, “[She] never got that letter.” (P88), “so [she] married Curley [for survival].” Lennie’s appearance let her to have a person to talk with, only Lennie thought that “she’s purty.” (P32). However, this led her to death because she escaped the loneliness by attracting the men all the time. In order to stop her from shouting, Lennie accidentally throttled her. Curley’s wife represented most women in the United States during the Great Depression. Lonely, helpless, humble is their pronouns.

There was another group of people called old workers. Candy was one of their representatives from the book “ Of Mice and Men.” Candy lost his leg (Candy lost his hand, not leg) while working. Only a same old dog accompanied him, ruthless, other young ranch hands disliked the smell from the old dog and killed it without caring Candy’s feeling. (They did care about Candy’s feeling, and they asked Candy before they shoot the dog) Candy “had [the dog] since he was a pup.” (P44) He implored Carlson for mercy, “No, I couldn’t do that. I had him from a pup.” (P45) However, Carlson was heartless; he insisted that, “He don’t have no fun. I’ll shoot him for you.” (P45) Candy seeks help from Slim, but Slim did not give him a reversal. Candy’s dog forced to be killed. The dog clearly is a symbol for Candy who was old, helpless in the predatory society. Candy could not protect the dog, he had to surrender to high rank workers.

In a brief, Crooks, Curley's wife and Old Candy are 3 microcosm of Negros, women, and old workers respectively (They are not respected) at that time in the United States. They tried to escape the loneliness which was the product of discrimination and racsim from more powerful people. John Steinbeck exposes this truth by explaing how those 3 character escape the loneliness.

**Editing by Amy(meaning)**

The story happened in the 1930s when the United States was experiencing economic depression during this period. Many labors could not find a job, even though they got one, it is not stable. Most of them suffered from drifting from a place to place. What’s more, women and black people were under the strong discrimination. Loneliness is one of the themes of the novel “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck exposes the darkness of United States by illustrating the ways that different people on the ranch to escape loneliness.

Discrimination of Negros is always a controversial topic all over the world. In the book, Crooks complaint about loneliness showed the serious racism at that time in the United States.Crooks was eager for, “talking to another guy for him, “it makes no difference if he don’t hear or understand.” (P71) He just need a guy to talk with. However, others saw him "as a nigger and a busted-back nigger, and they “don’t come into a colored man’s room very much.”(P71) What he can do is just to read books. This makes Crooks “gets too lonely, and get sick because books ain’t no good.(P73) ” Crooks “ needs somebody-to be near him.”

Same as Negros, women had low status at that time. Even though they had dreams or long-range goals, they had to marry a man and did domestic work. In the “Of mice and men”, there was a woman who is a microcosm of female in the United States. She confided in Lennie, “[she] can’t talk to nobody but Curley, [that’s why she] gets lonely.”(P87) To escape loneliness, “she [always] looked at her fingernails when she talked to people to attract men.” (P31) However, she did have a dream when she was young, she wanted to be an actress in Hollywood, unfortunately, “[She] never got that letter.” (P88), “so [she] married Curley [for survival].” Lennie’s appearance let her to have a person to talk with, only Lennie thought that “she’s purty.” (P32). However, this led her to death because she escaped the loneliness by attracting the men all the time. In order to stop her from shouting, Lennie accidentally throttled her. Curley’s wife represented most women in the United States at that time. Lonely, helpless, humble is their pronouns.

There was another group of people called old workers. Candy was one of their representatives from the book “ Of Mice and Men.” Candy lost his leg while working. Only a same old dog accompanied him, ruthless, other young ranch hands disliked the smell from the old dog and killed it without caring Candy’s feeling. Candy “had [the dog] since he was a pup.” (P44) He implored Carlson for mercy, “No, I couldn’t do that. I had him from a pup.” (P45) However, Carlson was heartless; he insisted that, “He don’t have no fun. I’ll shoot him for you.” (P45) Candy seeks help from Slim, but Slim did not give him a reversal. Candy’s dog forced to be killed. The dog clearly is a symbol for Candy who was old, helpless in the predatory society. Candy could not protect the dog, he had to surrender to high rank workers.

In a brief, Crooks, Curley's wife and Old Candy are 3 microcosm of Negros, women, and old workers respectively at that time in the United States. They tried to escape the loneliness which was the product of discrimination and racsim from more powerful people. John Steinbeck exposes this truth by explaing how those 3 character escape the loneliness .**(In your essay, you can add much more explanation and translation. Your quotes can prove your idea powerful, but the connection between the quotes and your ideas was less. Sometimes I can not understand why your quote can prove your idea. I think you need more explanation and connection to prove your ideas.)**

= My Draft Essay Copy: = The story happened in the 1930s when the United States was experiencing economic depression during this period. Many labors could not find a job, even though they got one, it is not stable. Most of them suffered from drifting from a place to place. What’s more, women and black people were under the strong discrimination. Loneliness is one of the themes of the novel “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck exposes the darkness of United States by illustrating the ways that different people on the ranch to escape loneliness.

Discrimination of Negros is always a controversial topic all over the world. In the book, Crooks complaint about loneliness showed the serious racism at that time in the United States.Crooks was eager for, “talking to another guy for him, “it makes no difference if he don’t hear or understand.” (P71) He just need a guy to talk with. However, others saw him "as a nigger and a busted-back nigger, and they “don’t come into a colored man’s room very much.”(P71) What he can do is just to read books. This makes Crooks “gets too lonely, and get sick because books ain’t no good.(P73) ” Crooks “ needs somebody-to be near him.”

Same as Negros, women had low status at that time. Even though they had dreams or long-range goals, they had to marry a man and did domestic work. In the “Of mice and men”, there was a woman who is a microcosm of female in the United States. She confided in Lennie, “[she] can’t talk to nobody but Curley, [that’s why she] gets lonely.”(P87) To escape loneliness, “she [always] looked at her fingernails when she talked to people to attract men.” (P31) However, she did have a dream when she was young, she wanted to be an actress in Hollywood, unfortunately, “[She] never got that letter.” (P88), “so [she] married Curley [for survival].” Lennie’s appearance let her to have a person to talk with, only Lennie thought that “she’s purty.” (P32). However, this led her to death because she escaped the loneliness by attracting the men all the time. In order to stop her from shouting, Lennie accidentally throttled her. Curley’s wife represented most women in the United States at that time. Lonely, helpless, humble is their pronouns.

There was another group of people called old workers. Candy was one of their representatives from the book “ Of Mice and Men.” Candy lost his leg while working. Only a same old dog accompanied him, ruthless, other young ranch hands disliked the smell from the old dog and killed it without caring Candy’s feeling. Candy “had [the dog] since he was a pup.” (P44) He implored Carlson for mercy, “No, I couldn’t do that. I had him from a pup.” (P45) However, Carlson was heartless; he insisted that, “He don’t have no fun. I’ll shoot him for you.” (P45) Candy seeks help from Slim, but Slim did not give him a reversal. Candy’s dog forced to be killed. The dog clearly is a symbol for Candy who was old, helpless in the predatory society. Candy could not protect the dog, he had to surrender to high rank workers.

In a brief, Crooks, Curley's wife and Old Candy are 3 microcosm of Negros, women, and old workers respectively at that time in the United States. They tried to escape the loneliness which was the product of discrimination and racsim from more powerful people. John Steinbeck exposes this truth by explaing how those 3 character escape the loneliness.

//Background Information://The story happened in the 1930s when the United States was experiencing economic depression during this period. Many labors could not find a job, even though they got one, it is not stable. Most of them suffered from drifting from a place to place. What’s more, women and black people were under the strong discrimination. //Hook:// //Thesis Statement://
 * Introduction:**
 * 1) Crooks
 * 2) Curley's Wife
 * 3) Old Candy

//Topic Sentence://Discrimination of Negros is always a controversial topic all over the world. In the book, Crooks complaint about loneliness showed the serious racism at that time in the United States //Point//: //Evidence//:P73 the dialogue between crooks and lennie //Explantion//: //Connection//:it exposes that racsim was very serious. //Conclusion/Transition Sentence: John Steinbeck exposes this by showing Crook escaped the loneliness by reading books.//
 * Body Paragraph 1:**

//Topic Sentence://Same as Negros, women had low status at that time. //Point//: //Evidence//:P87,P88,P31,P32 //Explantion//: She escaped the loneliness by attracting men on the ranch. //Connection//:She wss lonely because women could not anything at that time, she had to attact the men to pass the time. //Transition Sentence://Curley’s wife represented most women in the United States at that time. Lonely, helpless, humble is their pronouns.
 * Body Paragraph 2:**

//Topic Sentence://There was another group of people called old workers. Candy was one of their representatives from the book “ Of Mice and Men.” //Point//: //Evidence//:P44-P45 //Explantion//:Candy's weakness was shown by his dog's death. The dog was the only one who accompanied him when he was lonely. //Connection//:The old workers had no power. //Transition Sentence:// The dog clearly is a symbol for Candy who was old, helpless in the predatory society. Candy could not protect the dog, he had to surrender to high rank workers.
 * Body Paragraph 3:**

//Thesis//: : //Connection//:
 * Conclusion:**