Epilogue Of George Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Barbara Sher once said, “‘Isolation is a dream killer’” (qtd. in Wishcraft). In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck scrutinizes the effects that alienation can have on society. Many characters experience loneliness throughout the novel. He illustrates the results of individuals becoming isolated from their peers. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck portrays characters alienated from society in order to illustrate the harmful effects of loneliness caused by discrimination.

After the Great Depression, many things changed, different\\ genders and races were all treated differently. Blacks and white women were forced to be outcast in the world, women belonged in the house and blacks did not belong anywhere. In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck portrays perfectly of how blacks and women were separated from everyone else with Curley’s wife and Crooks, the black stable hand. Curley’s wife and Crooks are alike in many ways; in their loneliness, the way they are separated from everyone else and how they get out casted from everything, discriminated against during the time period; which helps show how blacks and women were treated during this time period of life.

.The novel Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck. In Soledad, California during the Great Depression in the 1930's two men of the one named George and the other named Lennie were men who travel around working at ranches. George is the small, quick-witted one, and Lennie is the big, slow, dumb and extremely strong one. They have a dream, to have a little place all to themselves, without anyone bothering them. Their dreams are shattered though, when Lennie, who doesn't know his own strength, gets in trouble. In the pursuit of love, happiness and the American dream, man becomes a victim of his own circumstances and discovers that the good life becomes impossible for humanity to obtain and contains

     "Of Mice and Men" is a play written by John Steinbeck that focuses on life during the mid 1930's. This play has many recurring themes, and one of these themes is that of loneliness. This loneliness is because of the intolerance of society on those who are different. The underlying, yet stunningly obvious, theme of loneliness can be found in many characters with many examples. This loneliness due to isolation and intolerance is found in the characters of Candy, because he is old and useless; Crooks, because he is black and crippled; and Curley's wife, because she is a beautiful woman and the only girl on and all guy ranch.

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, many themes come up often throughout the story, especially the theme about bonds between two people. The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck expresses theme of Friendship through various literary elements. Friendship is people that care for and respect each other. It is the link that makes people stick together through the struggles of life. This essay will prove that friendship is important in life.

The clearing was quiet, it seemed lifeless. The Salinas River still flowed merrily near the hillside. The water was still warm from the afternoon sun, and still reflected a green hue. On one side of the river, the smooth foothill slopes still curved up to the strong and rocky Gabilan Mountains, and the other side was still lined with trees. The willows and sycamore branches still swung gently in the wind, and the leaves still created a green light within the space. It was totally calm and peaceful… but something was wrong. The air seemed heavier, and the sun seemed dimmer. No animals stirred, and everything seemed to be aware of a deep sadness. Nothing moved save for a small group of men standing around an unmoving figure.

The night was pitch black, misty and breezy but you could still see the path to the sycamores and the deep pool of water that laid ahead. The leaves swayed with the breeze. George stood still almost paralyzed staring at his dirty reflection in the water. Taking a step back the leaves crunched and it felt as if he’d just shot lennie again. Lennie’s last words running through his mind. He felt as he was pulling the trigger for the very first time once again and his heart stopped for a second just as Lennie’s did. His ears echoed hearing the invisible gun shot that was passed on to lennie. Two months without Lennie made George seem like a hopeless man. George’s american dream seemed no longer valuable and possible

The sun started to crawl behind the moon. A breeze started to pick upbringing in a cool night chill. Fallen tree branches scattered, coated with dirt roll across the highway. During the night the bar was filled with dirty hands and minds that were somewhere else. Slim held open the door for George, whose eyes never seem to close since he touched the gun.

As Slim was wrapping Curley’s hand, he couldn’t stop thinking about the excruciating pain that was thriving around. He tried to roll around to distract his mind but it was too much. Lennie had completely crushed the bones in his hand. “OWWWWWWWWWWWWW!” yelled Curley trying to disguise the pain.

From reading chapter one, I can infer that Lennie looks up to George like a parent. He follows George’s lead and asks George questions, even requesting that George sooth him with a story as they go to bed. For instance, after setting the scene, Chapter one begins with George and Lennie walking in single file to a pond, as Lennie mirrors several of George’s actions including “ Pushing himself back, drawing up his knees, and embracing them,”(Steinbeck 4) just as George had done. Mimicking George’s actions is a way of proving he wants to be like George, just as many young children want to be like their parents one day. Additionally, At the end of the chapter George tells Lennie to finish the story about their dream future together. Lennie replies

In the short novelette of “Of Mice Of Men” both powerlessness and fate play a major role throughout the story. Both of these enhances the mood and feeling of the story. Without these two traits, the story wouldn't be as good as it already is. Both of the characters both show powerlessness, being the underdogs of the story. Fate plays an important role for both Lennie and George. Especially for Lennis with the conflicts that lead into his demise. John Steinbeck does a magnificent job with portraying the roles of fate and powerlessness using both traits to affect the events of this book. The effects of both those traits make the story sway in such a huge way, making the reader feel like they are in the actual story.

John Steinbeck, author of “Of Mice and Men”, critically places five different scenes into chapter 3 of his novel to help exploit the theme of women are the source of men’s problems. Steinbeck presents this theme through various actions of characters such as, Lennie pulling on the women’s dress, or when George and Slim address Curley’s Wife with various derogatory names.

Thomas Scarseth included several critiques in his published article. Scareth focused on pointing out the examples of theme, character, and symbolism in the novel, Of Mice and Men. He supported his claims with strong textual evidence. Hev then went on to explain the reasoning behind his views.

In chapter two of “Mice of Men”, we see the ranch that Lennie and George have been hired to work on, and this place has a eerie feeling to it. On Pg. 17 George and Lennie enter the ranch’s bunkhouse with the swamper. “Inside the walls were whitewashed and the floors not painted.” Now I could go on with the next page describing this room and with each line making it more depressingly bland and really creepy. Good for me that was not necessary because the room’s inside only need one line to describe that feeling you get while reading it. See if you have ever been in a near colorless room it is so saddening just sitting in there even when Marvin Gaye is playing in the

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck ends right where it started, but has a completely different feeling to it. In the beginning, the pond represented a safe haven for Lennie and shown innocence by describing how the rabbits played in the bushes. Now the pond represents death and seems to be all dark and gloomy. Throughout the book, George has taken great care of Lennie and went to all ends to keep them from trouble and to keep him satisfied. He would talk about their future plans to put Lennie at ease and to give them hope. They had been through everything, and now that George is sitting there with Lennie retelling that calming story, he falters at the realization he is about to lose Lennie. Lennie playfully ends the story and adds the line,