Analysis Of John Steinbeck 's ' Of Mice And Men '

Chapter one of Of Mice and Men began by introducing the relationship between the two main characters, George and Lennie. George and Lennie have a unique, brotherly, parental, and friendly dynamic that I believe will be interesting to continue to investigate over the course of reading this book. While reading chapter one, we were exposed to more of the parental side of their relationship, specifically in the scene where Lennie is guzzling down river water and George is warning him to slow down or risk feeling sick afterward. In this instance, George acts like a parent by predicting the consequences of Lennie’s actions as opposed to what a bother or a friend might do which is to allow him to drink the water and feel sick afterward. In addition,

While Crooks, a victim of racial prejudice, expresses his isolation openly, he also socializes with the other workers on the job and while playing horseshoes with them. Curley’s wife, on the other hand, cannot talk to anyone without suffering the consequences of a jealous husband: “I get lonely,’ she said. “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” (87) More specifically, Curley’s wife is experiencing homesickness for the first time, because not only did she leave home at an early age to marry Curley, a man whom she does not even like. In fact, she only married him to spite her mother. Not only is Curley hostile and disrespectful towards his wife, he also is controlling. Knowing of Curley’s jealously, the other men fear Curley’s wife and the consequences of taking to her: “Listen, N****,’ she said . “You know what I can do to you if you open your trap?” (80)

Lennie is a big and a powerful man. Steinbeck makes it clear that he is a very good worker and should not be made mad at all. But he also is not that smart, which makes him dumb to act when he is supposed to fight or not fight. On page 39 in “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck wrote, “There ain’t nobody can keep up with him. God awmighty I never seen such a strong guy.” Lennie is a very strong guy that nearly killed one of the other workers bucking barley because he was too fast. Later in the novel Lennie breaks all of the bones in Curly's hand. This shows how Lennie is a very strong person that can kill people very easily.

Imagine if you had almost no money, only had 1 true friend, and one goal that you will do anything to achieve. That's the life of George and Lennie, two farm hands who are about to start working on a ranch in Salinas, California. It seemed like everything was going well for the two of them, or at least they thought it was. Steinbeck argues, throughout Of Mice and Men, that we as humans need to be able to comprehend the fact that the American dream is impossible, so when we fail at that, we won't fall as hard as we might if we had full faith in it, and he develops this stance using diction choices, imagery, and characterization.

Steinbeck uses Crooks character to show how weak people take advantage of other weak people. Curley’s Wife threatens him by calling him everything except his name and saying that she can get him hung. ¨Well, you keep your place then nigger, I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny¨ Curleyś Wife says (80-81). The Boss allows the migrants to fight him because just for a laugh

Throughout the novel, the theme of a strong person dominating over a weak person is witnessed. For example, George said, "You jus ' stand there and don 't say nothing. If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won 't get no job, but if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk, we 're set. Ya got that?". Then Lennie replied with,"Sure, George. Sure I got it."-(Pg. 6). In this quote, it shows how George is dominating over Lennie. It shows that, because George tells Lennie with a type of force to not speak when they do arrive and talk to the boss. Lennie simply agrees, because he always agrees to George 's commands since he 's use to it. Also this theme appears within this quote as Curley 's wife said," You know what I could do?". With Crooks reacting back," Crooks seemed to grow smaller, and he pressed himself against the wall. "Yes ma 'am." ". And finally Curley 's wife replying lastly," Well you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you

Crook, who is black and crippled and is bullied and excluded himself, focuses on Lennie’s weaknesses by putting down his dream for a farm and animals, (pg75) then offering to join them as a hand, and then saying he was only kidding, which makes Lennie feel rejected. (pg77-80). Lennie almost cries. Curley bullies his wife. And she seems to feel power when she tells Crooks that she could have him lynched. (pg 79) Her way of bullying Crooks because she was offended and Crooks is weaker than she is.

Have you ever dreamed of becoming someone important or doing something exciting and memorable? Would you give up or refuse to let go of your dream until you achieve it? Has that obsessive under-minded your success? Many people have dreams that they want to accomplish, but there are obstacles individuals have to cross over in order to achieve their goals, such as facing reality. In the book of Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the story is a tale of two drifters working from farm to farm, trying to make a living, and save some money to have their own place someday, which is their dream during the Great Depression. The characters face the hardships

Crooks had it the worst out of the three because no matter what he did, no matter how smart he as, since he was black he would always have less power. When Crooks was in his own cabin and asked Curley’s Wife to leave and she responded with, ““Well, you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.”” (81; Ch. 4) (72; Ch. 4) it showed how little power Crooks had, even in his own home. The second thing that proves that Crooks faced struggles with power was when it said,”. S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunk house and play rummy ’Cause you was black. How’d you like that? S’pose you had to sit out here an’ read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain’t no good. A guy needs somebody—to be near him.” He whined, “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya,” he cried, “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”” (72; Ch. 4) This proves Crooks faced struggles with power because it shows that no matter what he did or what he did to fill his spare time, since he was black, he’d always be alone and he would never have someone near him enough to call his

The hot summer day in South Carolina made Lennie wake up, sweating through the cover sheets protecting his bed. Aunt Clara made Lennie bathe, who reeked of sweat and read the old dusty bible that she had lying around. As Lennie kept reading, he found a quote that read “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34), but Lennie could not solve its meaning. After several hours passed by, Lennie could not take the loud, playful noise from outside and looked desperately out the window, where all the kids were hanging around. The hot air of South Carolina made his body feel like a teapot on the stove. Lennie could not take it anymore and finally cracked open the window,

In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, turmoil and difficulties are not a rare occurrence, but the question is what types of difficulties happen to each character and how does it affect them. Hardships are present throughout anyone’s life and come in different forms. Lennie’s portrayal in this novel is being a gigantic man that has a mental disability and is unable to care or depend on himself. To demonstrate, after Lennie says he will go live in a cave and George responds back what he will eat, Lennie replies, “ I’d find things, George. I don’t need no nice food with ketchup.

Lennie is unquestioning in his loyalty to George. We see this in George’s anecdote about the Sacramento River. “‘Jump in.’ An’ he jumps”(P66) Lennie has a childlike obedience. Steinbeck shows us this in the fight between Lennie and Curley. Earlier on, George tells Lennie to not fight with Curley, Lennie remembers this and due to his childlike obedience, his “hands remained at his sides; he was too frightened to defend himself.”(P91). Once George tells Lennie to “Get him”(P91), Lennie immediately crushes Curley’s hand completely. Most mature people would know whether they should break the rules or not, because they wouldn’t get as badly hurt, but with Lennie, it is a different story. It is this childlike obedience that Steinbeck uses to show us how George needs to act as a parent towards Lennie.

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie struggle to fit into society during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Lennie is mentally handicapped and has great strength, and George is a smart man who takes care of Lennie. They managed to find a job at a ranch, where they meet workers. Steinbeck portrays certain ranch hands as brave, noble, and knowledgable. By giving these characters such traits, he conveys the idea that the common man has qualities that are usually associated with the upper class by describing Slim, George, and Crooks.

Crook is an African American man, which meant that there was discrimination back then. That means that Crook does not have much power due to racism and receives disrespectful comments everytime a problem occurs by Curley’s dad. Curley’s dad “gives the stable hell” which means that Crooks is being yelled at(Steinbeck 19). Another reason why Crook does not have power because he has a crooked back when a horse kicked him in the back. Next we have Candy which is an old man who lost his right hand. Candy has been through many unpleasing experience. For example, Candy had an old dog that had many disabilities. A few disabilities were that it could not walk without it hurting, eat, or see so Carlson said,”I’ll put the old devil out of his misery right now”(Steinbeck 47). Another character that has barely to no powers is Curley’s wife. Back then, people discriminated women for a couple of reasons. Since that happened, Curley’s wife did not have much power. She had to stay at home and was not allowed to work at many places. She died near at the end of the book due to Lennie killing

Steinbeck explores different types of strength and weakness throughout the novel. The first, and most obvious, is physical strength. As the novel opens, Steinbeck shows how Lennie possesses physical strength beyond his control, when he cannot help killing mice. Physical strength is very important for men like George and Lennie. Curley, as a symbol