In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Gilman, both the main female characters are explored through their marriages, their inability to express themselves and the gender limitations of the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Curley’s Wife, in Of Mice and Men, and ‘Jane’ in The Yellow Wallpaper, are controlled by their husbands and the women are seen as inferior. This inferiority, in turn, prevents them from necessary self-expression and their actions against their husband’s wishes characterises them as disobedient. Ultimately, the death of Curley’s Wife and ‘Jane’s’ nervous breakdown highlights these two character’s extensively inferior positions and lack of power in their marriages. Many techniques were used …show more content…
The powerlessness that they have over their own situation is evident through dramatic events they had no way to avoid is the climax of both novels. In Of Mice and Men Curley’s Wife’s death is the climax and in The Yellow Wallpaper it is ‘Jane’s’ mental breakdown. Both major events were foreshadowed by the two authors throughout their novel’s rising tension. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing through the character of Lennie, he killed multiple mice and then a newborn puppy by petting them too hard, so when Curley’s Wife invites Lennie to pat her hair, her fate is no longer under her control and her death is inevitable. Gilman utilises the same technique, foreshadowing, to explore ‘Jane’s’ breakdown, she notices herself “the smudge” around her bedroom and Jennie notices that the marks are on her clothes, but the narrator does not make the connection that she has created the continuous line around her room. (Gilman, 5) All sparked through the characterisation of her obsession with the wallpaper. Through this, it is clear that females in this time period were not in any position of power over their situation or
Barack Obama and George Miller from Of Mice and Men exemplify the aspect of Hope and plans for the future within the american dream.
Americans often try to seek happiness through their success. In Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men, and Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby both stories express the characters admiration of achieving the American dream. Both stories explain with example how setting, relationships, and Cause and effect all play a role in the destiny of each character’s American dream.
The common emotion these two dogs caused the narrator was embarrassment. In paragraph one, it talks about a Scotch terrier that had puppies out in the public. This states, “...my moment of keenest embarrassment was the time a Scotch terrier named Jeannie, who had just had six puppies...had the unexpected seventh and last at the corner of Eleventh Street and Fifth Avenue…” This would be quite embarrassing just due to the fact that it took place on a street corner. While the narrator’s dog was having its seventh and final puppy, there were people walking, biking, and driving cars. Lots of people would have seen this which would be a huge embarrassment to practically anybody. Also, in paragraph two it clearly states that the other dog, a large
In 1920 women got the right to vote. In 1948 President Truman signed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act. Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to congress. Women’s rights have come a long way, nowadays women are CEO’sCeo’s of companies and doing great things. Although it wasn’t always like this, in Of Mice and Men, and in Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t I a Woman speech women weren’t treated right. Men thought that women weren’t as strong as them, and couldn’t do a man’s job.
In Chapter 25, Jack completes actions that are due to him finding Babette’s bottle of the tablet Dylar. Jack takes a tablet out of the bottle and brings it to Winnie, the neurochemist at the university. “What can you tell me about it?” Jack said to Winnie. The reason why Jack decides to bring the single tablet of Dylar to Winnie is because he is eager to know what the tablets actually do to his wife. Whenever Jack tries to confront Babette about the tablets, she always avoids the question and moves onto a different subject, which makes Jack even more eager to find out the reason on why she takes Dylar and constantly avoids the topic. Jack is very motivated to find out what Dylar is and goes out of his way to search for Winnie, who frequently moves her way across
Life’s friendships are an integral aspect of everyone’s daily routines. Some are waning, some lasting and others, the chance meeting of two strangers, like ships passing in the night. Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men were written about fifty years apart, nonetheless, the two friendships expressed by the two have components that make for strong friendships. The character pairs of Huck and Jim, and George and Lennie, have the qualities that make long lasting friendships. By comparing and contrasting their friendships, the pair which shared the strongest bonds can be determined.
“Warren Lee Hill, a man with an IQ of 70, Was put to death Tuesday despite international protests that Georgia was executing a man with a child’s intellect.” Both Warren Hill and Lennie Small from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, suffered the same fate of death. Both men suffering from Mental Retardation. George Milton murdering Lennie and, Georgia wrongfully “executing” Warren. Some people believe George was justified because he killed Lennie out of love, and it was the right thing to do for that certain moment in time. However, the opposite is true because George was not justified and should be punished for killing Lennie because he didn’t let the police handle the issue, Lennie is like a child in his own way and shouldn’t face death, And they could have just locked him in jail or prison instead of taking a life.
Authors find inspiration from many other sources that include people, places, and other pieces of literature. John Steinbeck, the author of Of Mice and Men, found inspiration from Robert Burns poem To a Mouse, and the two pieces of writing draw multiple similarities between the two. Of Mice & Men shares multiple similarities of the poem To a Mouse in more ways than one due to the characteristics shared between the two main characters from each piece of literature, as well as the relationship of the circumstances that each author puts their protagonists into.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the main characters are accused of murder, and reprimanded before they are given a chance to defend themselves. In relation to the world today, many suspected criminals are accused of crime and punished without fair reasoning. The Great Gatsby focuses on wealth, love, social class, and dreams. The main character is a successful and wealthy man who falls in love with a woman who he potentially dies for in the end. Of Mice and Men is about two men, Lennie and George, who travel together to work.
Of Mice and Men recounts the story of two itinerant ranch hands who, despite their apparent differences, are dependent on each other.
“Am I my brother’s keeper? Yes, I am.” Scott, Jill “Brotha”. Since biblical times it has been debated over whether or not “I am my brother’s keeper”. In Mice of Men by John Steinbeck, he takes a deeper look at the meaning of my brother’s keeper. Of Mice and Men is based in California during the 1930’s. It is a tale of two friends who travel across California looking for work, and a place to call their own. While the story is mostly about George Milton, who looks after his travelling companion Lennie Smalls, who has a mental disability; the story is also about how Lennie takes care of George. For instance, they often sit and talk about how they have each other to take care of, and when Crooks makes it seem like Lennie is not coming back, Lennie almost assaults Crooks to protect George. Lennie, more than once in the story offers to leave George, if he feels that would be best, sacrificing his
The book and the movie Of Mice and Men were similar in many ways. While watching the movie, I would remember many things said that came right out of the book. For example, Lennie went straight to the water and drank right out of it. Another thing that was the same was when Lennie and George were sitting by the fire, George told Lennie that they were going to have beans for supper. Lennie kept saying that he liked his beans with ketchup, but they didn’t have any. I also remember when Carlson was begging Curley to let him shoot his dog. Finally Curley gave in, but he wasn’t very happy about it. The last similarity I’m going to talk about is the time Lennie broke Curley’s hand. I think that this was a very important part in the story because
Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa, once stated that “we owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.” Mandela’s belief reveals that society has a great influence on the minds of its youth. If children are protected from a life of violence, they will grow up to be a strong, healthy, and ideal representation of our world; in contrast, if the youth are exposed to violence and fear, they themselves will become destructive. Books, for instance, are a common influence on the youth due to their varying content. A case in point of books’ effects on young adults is the controversy over John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men because
The rabbit was telling the truth he should of just listen to him. but George was trying to put him to rest because he was struggling in life.If he would not killed him they would killed him and Lennie. The rabbit was telling him the true. But if Lennie was still alive the cops would been looking for them because they are not supposed to be there. Lennie trust George because in the past they been together that the only friend that Lennie had. George has always told Lennie if he was in trouble to hide be hind a bush.Also in chapter 1 there was a snake trying to kill a rabbit but now on chapter 6 the rabbit was trying to kill the snake because he wanted to get revenge. When George tells Lenni “Gonna do it soon ...Ever’body gonna be nice to you.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck illustrates the downfall of two solitary men who have only each other to be liable upon. The greatest tragedy in this story comes from straightforward certainty that Lennie is left alone with Curley's wife in light of the fact that Curley's wife is the genuine scoundrel in Of Mice and Men; only she causes the inconvenience that prompts Lennie's demise. Numerous of George and Lennie’s struggles originate from things they cannot control, such as Lennie’s mental illness and the way that both men are stuck in the deadlock quest for rustic work in 1930's America. In his novella, Steinbeck analyzes the distinctive ways that men and ladies express their supremacy, whereas the men in his story depend on the power