Discrimination In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Discrimination if often based on many qualities and abilities. Some of the most clearly shown examples in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men are gender, age and racial discrimination. The victims of these types of discrimination are Curley’s wife, who is unhappy and bitter about her life, Candy, the old, disabled swamper and Crooks, the black stable buck. Throughout the novel, these three characters face many hardships because they are harshly judged and often misunderstood.

In ‘Of Mice and Men’ most of the characters are subjected to discrimination and prejudice. The prejudice can be seen most in the characters Lennie Small, Crooks and Curley’s Wife.

Discrimination plays a big role in Of Mice and Men, since it takes place during the Great Depression. Racial segregation, gender rights, and handicap vulnerability are all problems in Of Mice and Men that reflect the society at the time. Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy are discriminated against on the ranch just like they would be in society.

Curley’s wife, who is never given a name, but always called “Curley’s wife”, is shown with a lot of sexual prejudice. She is referred to as a “looloo” (51) with a very flirtatious nature and “she got the eye goin’ all the time on everybody”, and she might “even gives the stable buck they eye” (51). A "ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl, specially like

In the literary work Of Mice and Men, the reader is introduced to the ranch as a world of its own, within which prejudice plays a significant part. The characters in this novel act as a community in a world of their own, having no connections to any other type of society. A strong point, enforced through many examples in the book, is the constant ability of the stronger to overcome the weaker. The prejudices of the majority towards the minority, at the ranch are the white-males, who retain power over the lesser groups of people. This inequality, as well as the influence of the time period, causes discrimination against people of color, women, and those that are disabled, either mentally or physically.

“Want me to tell ya what’ll happen? They’ll take ya to the booby hatch. They’ll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog” (Steinbeck 72). Discrimination plays a large role to feeling lonely. In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, characters endure attempts by society to make them “invisible.” These include racism, ageism, sexism, and isolation. More specifically, three of these characters experience loneliness from acts of discrimination. Factors contributing to their loneliness include ageism, disability discrimination, and racism. Each of these characters are migrant workers during the Great Depression who are discriminated against in different ways. Thus, through Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, Steinbeck reveals the powerful

Curley's wife is cast out because she is a woman. Curley watches over her carefully since she is his wife and the only woman on the farm. Curley does not allow his wife to converse with the other workers because he is afraid she will be unfaithful. She complains that individually, the men are generally nice, but in groups, they shun her and are sometimes cruel. Since Curley's wife is oppressed, she lashes out at a target that is weaker than she is, which is usually Crooks. He does the same.

People of color were seen as outcasts, and individuals with mental or physical disabilities were useless (Nishi 54). In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck depicts discrimination and societal issues such as

The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck displays prejudice with many of the characters in the book such as Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s and shows the reader multiple ways people can be discriminated, how it’s wrong, and it hurts people. Steinbeck displays Curley’s wife’s loneliness by “I get lonely, she said. You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley” (Steinbeck 87). This shows the reader that no one is talking to Curley’s wife because she is a married woman so she is isolated from the other men. Crook is the only black character in the book. He is stuck in a little shack by himself separated from the other workers. For example, “I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse and you ain’t wanted in my

John Steinbeck explores the theme of discrimination in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ illustrating the insignificance of some of the characters for being characterized as different. Discrimination is portrayed throughout the novel trough three simple ways: racism, sexism and disability. Racism is a major discrimination throughout the novel for Crooks as he is black. Curley’s wife points out how insignificant crooks is as she says ‘I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.’ Curley’s wife is threatening to lynch Crooks while talking to him.

I’m writing about discrimination for my final assessment. Have you ever had anyone be rude to you just because your different? Well your not alone. In the book Of Mice and Men I think Lennie is the most discriminated against. George, Curly, and Curly’s wife discriminate Lennie just because he's different.

The struggle of racism in America is one which has been regularized in American society. The devaluation and undermining of colored individuals has become commonplace, due to social injustice. In particular, racial discrimination prevails among African American societies due to the color of their skin, and the stereotypical notions of racial superiority that the white race illuminates. For over three-hundred years, the African American communities have been oppressed due to a mere lack of social equality and respect. Due to the precedent of slavery set before the nineteen thirties, the social conditions were deemed as horrific and unthinkable. A teeming amount of victims of racial discrimination choose to accept their discriminatory experience, while others choose to transform these insults and manifest them into an effort towards social equality. Those individuals who chose to stand up against oppression were the self-starters and doers of the twentieth century. These individuals that opposed the prejudice and ruthlessness of the racial disposition are the foundation for the coming centuries. In "An Overview of Of Mice and Men," Kevin Attell suggests that Crook 's acceptance of his inferiority among his counterparts, is what garners a substantial amount of incivility and vulgarity within the realms of ranch, due to social injustice.

Of Mice and Men: Discrimination “I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life” (Oprah Winfrey). Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a novel that talks about a little of discrimination. Discrimination play a big role because back in the 1930’s during the Great Depression a lot of people didn’t like color people. Crook is one of the characters that faces a lot of discrimination because of his color.

In class we read the novelette Of Mice and Men over the course of a week. We were asked to create a collage demonstrating one theme that stood out. I decided to use discrimination as the theme for it appeared often in the story. Many different forms of discrimination were apparent in the novelette including racial, gender, and disabilities.

In the book Of Mice and Men, it talks about the issues in our society. One issue that I will be talking about is racism.Also, I will be talking about sexism. Another topic is how workers are treated.