Friendship And Discrimination In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The characters make dreams that cannot be achieved in John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men, where friendship and loneliness are shown by certain characters in this novella.

Generally, during the course of the novel, women are viewed negatively. They are seen as objects, not real people. For example, throughout the novel, Curley's wife is merely known as 'Curley's wife'. She is never called by her real name. The term 'Curley's wife' implies she is owned by Curley, and not a person with freedom. From this, the reader can tell that Curley's wife lives in an unfair World, in an era of inequality. This suggests Steinbeck

What would you do, if you had a friend that always got in trouble and prevented you from being where you want to be? In the novel, “ Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, there are two great friends George Milton and Lennie Small who travel everywhere looking for work and chasing their dream. While taking care of Lennie, George demonstrates being kind and caring, which shows how people who are inspired to push harder to achieve their goal. Throughout the novel, George demonstrates kindness towards Lennie. At the beginning of the story The boss questions George for looking out for Lennie so much, “‘ Well, I ain’t never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.’” Furthermore, The boss observes that George is taking a lot of trouble to take care of Lennie. After this, George denies this statement by claiming that he is his cousin. The readers do not know if this is true, but not to mention it leaves us to believe that he is lying. When this occurs, it gives the readers clues that there strong friendship may not go unnoticed. The author does this to make the readers think that their friendship being recognized, likewise may happen later on in the story. Again, someone recognizes their friendship and how kind George is to lennie to go through all of this trouble with him. While George meets slim for the first time, Slim says, “‘ Funny how you and him string along together’” then George replies “‘ What’s wrong bout it?’” (39). Again, someone recognizes their friendship.

Discrimination have been happening everywhere in the world and as long as anyone can remember. Discrimination is still a problem today. America just had protests dealing with Black Lives Matter and African Americans feel they are still discriminated against and treated differently. The time that the novel Of Mice and Men takes place in is important because during the Great Depression it was hard to find money, so Lennie couldn’t just stay at home while George had to work. They both had to make money to support themselves. Lennie, Crooks, and Curley's wife all face discrimination which greatly impacts their lives.

As Thomas Aquinas states, “There is nothing on this earth more prized than true friendship.” Friends cheer each other up when they are sad and support them when they are happy. In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, two migrant workers, George and Lennie, arrive as newcomers on the ranch. Throughout the story, different problems are thrown their way, and their friendship is tested with each one. George shows how true friendship requires sacrifice because friends sacrifice personal freedom, they protect each other, and they sacrifice emotional energy.

“A guy needs somebody- to be near him...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”(Steinbeck 72). The Great Depression, which occurred in the 1930s, was rough on migrant workers, young and old, women, and black people alike. Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks undergo loneliness and discrimination during the Great Depression. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men characters Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks, like so many people during the 1930s, experience harrowing times of being isolated from everybody else during those times. The things they face are being separated in a different room, being shunned by men who think they are above them, and people thinking that they are too old and useless. The theme of loneliness is expressed and felt in the novella Of Mice and Men through the isolation and discrimination of Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks.

Is the love of your friend unconditional? Would you care for them if they were mentally retarded? What if they had unpredictable behavior that could be lethal to others? This was the daily life and burden of George in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. George and Lennie are great friends that are two migrant workers in California during the 1920s. George is physically a small man that takes care Lennie. Lennie is unaware of his largeness and strength that has a gentle heart and likes to pet soft things. The story begins when the two men are dropped off by a bus two miles away from the destination of the farm they are going to work at. George and Lennie stop by a river to get a drink of water before they walk to the farm. When George takes a sip of water, he notices that Lennie is hiding something in his pocket. So George asks Lennie what it is, Lennie pulls out a dead mouse. Lennie says that it feels soft and he likes to pet it. George, out of fear, takes the dead mouse and throws it into the river. George tells Lennie that he could get really sick from the mouse.

Everyone becomes lonely due to hard conditions. Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, illustrates the feeling of loneliness on a ranch in the early 1930’s. This book shows how people are driven to try and find friendships in order to escape from loneliness. Steinbeck creates an isolated and blue atmosphere at many times in the book. He uses place names to give the setting a sense of desolation right from the start, and reinforces it with the characters readers meet throughout the book. Curley’s wife and Crooks are clear examples of what loneliness can drive people to do. Steinbeck’s book shows the importance of friendships in overcoming loneliness.

These are all strong, recognizable, strong friendships that have been built in the past, but the

John Steinbeck demonstrates the effects of discrimination in the novella Of Mice and Men, by using differences in characters, symbolism, and social acts.

There are many people out there in the world that are discriminated because of the way they were born or how they act. In the book Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck is a realistic fiction book that talks about how people were discriminated during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. I'm going to show you who and how people were discriminated in the book Of Mice And Men. Lennie, Curley’s Wife and crook’s are discriminated because of their brain, gender and color.

“Why ain’t you wanted?” Lennie asked. “Cause I’m black.” page 68 “Of Mice and Men”. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, 2 men named George and Lennie have a problem in a place named weed. Later move to another ranch where they plan to have their own farm in the future with a man named candy. While there Lennie gets into trouble and later gets into more trouble because of a similar problem that happened in Weed.In Of Mice and Men ,discrimination exists in the form of racism,sexism, and feeble mindedness.

Discrimination is found all throughout the world and among every race and religion. There are also all sorts of different types of discrimination. For example slavery played a big part in discrimination back in 1619. Also, the holocaust took place in 1942 which discriminated against Jews. Have you ever seen someone be discriminated in any way? And if so, how were they being discriminated against?

Every action, word, or thought of this man goes unnoticed, which isn’t a pleasant experience. He doesn’t receive the recognition he deserves, instead he is treated likes he is less than an animal on a ranch full of other workers. The other workers, on the other hand, are treated with much more respect than he could possibly expect to have in a lifetime. Why is it? It’s because of his skin color. Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is a story that portrays different types of discrimination within society, or on the ranch, with a man named Crooks.

Imagine going through life without having any friends. The story Of Mice and Men, by