External Conflict In 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,

This creates conflict between the two because Lennie starts to grip Curley’s wife’s hair making her yell out. This causes Lennie to hold on to the hair tighter trying to quiet her down. His strong grip breaks Curley’s wife’s neck, killing her. The third conflict in chapter 5 is person vs. fate. Earlier in the book, George, Lennie’s companion, tells Lennie to go the brush where they stayed in the beginning of the book if he does anything bad. “I done a real bad thing,’ he said ‘I shouldn’t of did

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men has many internal and external conflicts throughout the book. It has many minor sub-conflicts that all tie into the major underlying conflict, that it loneliness. All the characters in the book have their own conflicts, internal and external, about loneliness.

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

John Steinbeck in his novel, Of Mice and Men, uses the conflict between Curley’s wife and Lennie to emphasize Lennie’s rash character. Steinbeck uses the conflict between Curley’s wife and Lennie to highlight Lennie’s rash character. While stroking Candy’s wife’s hair, “Lennie was in a panic… She screamed then, and Lennie’s other hand closed over her nose and mouth” (91). Curley’s wife was scared that her hair was going to be messed up, so she screamed for him to stop. That gave Lennie flashbacks to Weed and he did not want to get in trouble again. This is a reflection of the event in Weed where Lennie got accused of raping a girl and how he had to move town with George. This highlights his rash character because he has gotten in trouble before

Some people have to face difficult decisions in their life. In fact, some people have to make decisions between life and death. In John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are best friends and migrant workers during the Great Depression. Many characters face discrimination in the story including Lennie, Crooks, and Candy. Lennie is a tall guy who has a mental disability which makes it hard to distinguish between right and wrong. Crooks faces racism everyday, while Candy deals with ageism. On the other hand, Curley is a small man who is very intimidated by men bigger and stronger than him. George acts as Lennie’s caretaker and best friend. But, George realizes he has to make a life-changing decision when Curley threatens to hunt

Abraham Lincoln once said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Power can bring out the evil in anyone. At one point, most people have faced adversity through the social standings made by a society. But when someone who has faced adversity through social standings has the chance of power by using social standings they take it. Even if they have been on the other side before and hated it.

Michael Jackson once said, “We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.” Michael Jackson postulates how our hatred for each other--which is derived from competition to survive--makes a hostile environment. Naturalism is a theory that states that an organism’s survival is based on competition, which can eliminate those with detrimental or unappealing traits. The novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck conveys the idea that competition causes a society to become prejudiced, merciless, and alienated.

John Steinbeck, a Bystander yet an Informer for the Great Depression, apprises his readers on how much the working men rely on nature through his story, Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck illustrates how two uneducated men go through the struggle as Farmers during this era. He inserts Hyperbolic Imagery and Descriptive Diction to visually create the overcoming struggles they faced while relying on nature itself.

The book that I am currently reading is a book by John Steinbeck which is called 'Of Mice and Men.' Lennie has interacted with others in this book by being sarcastic, clever, and funny towards other people, unraveling the conflicts and the personal difficulties Lennie has had to go through in his life, but he mostly interacts with George because he is his best friend and will never leave his side. These interactions with others will unravel the author's purpose for writing this book because the main character is very lonely and this book talks a lot about loneliness in my opinion. An example of one of these conversations or interactions is in the first chapter and in the second part. "George unslung his bindle and dropped it gently on the bank."

Before returning to school, you will need to read Of Mice and Men. The following questions will guide your reading and prepare you for the quiz, discussions and related assignments. You may use this packet for the quiz. A TYPED PAPER COPY of this packet must be turned in to your teacher on the first day of school.

The long, hard war of human equality in society, has been a war since the beginning of civilization. The Great Depression, a tragic time in America’s history, reflects American determination, but also social inequality. In the fiction novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses symbolism and characterization to address ableism and sexism in society. Steinbeck addresses these flaws in society in an attempt to ultimately bring awareness these riffs before society falls.

History is full of examples of how power affects people's behaviors towards others. Well known examples in history include Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. Kim Jong-Il, Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein are more recent examples of the negative abuse of power. In the novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, a common theme throughout the story is the misuse of power. Steinbeck uses the characters Curley’s wife and Crooks to teach the reader that people who possess less power are treated in a more demeaning fashion, but also treat others the same way in search of gaining power.

Believe it or not, there’s a lot of problems in the novel, Of Mice and Men, which portrays plenty of different social issues within the text and the movie. There were loads of racism, sexism, and ageism presented both in the film and in the book, these issues paved the way to the theme and essence of the overall story. The book Of Mice and Men, is about two different people, Lennie and George. There’s numerous of evidence to show how these three problems are bestowed in the narrative.

In storytelling, a plot is driven by action, however, there is no action without pretense or consciousness. John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” effectively raises questions of morality and consequence. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” we hear the saying “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” (140) The ideas of “person versus society” and “person versus self” is a reoccurring theme in “Of Mice and Men”. The aforementioned themes are displayed in the external actions of the characters as well as their internal feelings. The relationships characters share with each other and the bonds made between characters add to the melancholy of the story. It is clearly shown throughout the story that the external actions, be it killing Candy’s dog and Lennie or even the dream of buying a farm, are well supported by the internal build up that leads to them, which gives the internal events a similar feel to external events.