Innocence In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

     Using the two main characters of the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows that in life, responsibility must be taken in moderation. George takes on the challenge of caring for Lennie. In doing this, George loses a job in weed and is often short-changed when it comes to food and other amenities. Eventually, George realizes where he could be without Lennie and kills Lennie to free himself of the responsibly. Lennie, in a life where he has always been protected by loved ones, looks for responsibility in dependent pets. Each time he is given a chance with an animal, he always cares for it with gentile love. Often times, Lennie’s strength would be too much for the animal and they would fall under his powerful hands. In the end, both men see that they were not capable of conquering the tasks at hand. George

The harsh reality is one which hit everyone in America in the 1930. People found work hard to find and crime was on the uprise. This meant, unfortunately, that innocent people were the easy prey and, as we see in the Of Mice and Men, there were plenty of characters that were easy prey. Of Mice and Men characters have and do thing that make them vulnerable in way which do cause trouble. In this essay, that harsh reality and easy prey will be shown through to see which characters are the most vulnerable.

In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck George kills his best friend Lennie. George’s reasoning for this is that Lennie is killing too many people and has become a burden. Lennie does not realize that he is doing wrong by accidentally killing animals and people. George says that he is doing this for other’s benefit when really he is doing this for his own good. This was wrong of George and he is guilty because even though Lennie was accidentally

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.

During 1929, the Great Depression became the event that shook America. People lost their jobs, which resulted in unemployment and homelessness. Hobos and “Okies” tried moving to California did not accept the jobless migrations because they feared their opportunities for success would be lost. In Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men several characters experience cruelty because society outcasts them. These characters include Lennie, Candy, and Crooks. Of the three characters, Crooks has the least opportunity for success because he's African-American and handicap.

In John Steinbeck's classic novella, Of Mice and Men, George makes the decision of killing Lennie because he knows it is in Lennie's best interest. His act of killing Lennie is not considered criminal. George has good intentions in killing his companion. George is trying to prevent Lennie from being tortured and from his constant desire to please George and not cause trouble. Additionally, Lennie repeatedly places himself in difficult situations, and as a result, brings George into the circumstances. There is a close friendship between George and Lennie, and George had carefully thought out whether or not he

“‘Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.’ ‘Le’s do it now. Let’s get that place now’” (106). These are the last words that filled the air between George and Lennie, their last exchange preceding a pivotal moment in both of their lives. They conversation calms and soothes Lennie, who hopes to finally get the farm that he and George dreamed about for so many years. Yet unbeknownst to him, Lennie would soon be set free from his earthly bonds by his long-time friend; a bullet, shot from the barrel of George’s gun, would enter Lennie’s head and kill him instantly. That bullet was not one of self-gain and moral disrepute, but one of freedom and liberation from worldly restraints. While this remains a hotly contested topic in classrooms reading Of Mice and Men, George’s intentions in killing Lennie were overwhelmingly good-natured.

Why George should not have killed Lennie in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

When I was reading this book, I read a lot confident things and too many different confident characters. Confidence is very important in our life. You can not lose your confident. If you have confident, that you can get better. But some people who is having confident. It is not good for them because their confident is bad. They think that they are good, but they are not. I think blue is the best color choice for Steinbeck’s story because blue means confident and they are too many different confident characters.

In life human nature can be known to be thought of as a high quality and/or low quality. Naturally, human nature is there without thought about what it actually is. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the author sprinkles clues and evidence of how human nature was and still is today. The themes that Steinbeck used throughout the novel were, for example friendship, loneliness, and weak vs. strong.

Even though innocence is commonly viewed as cute and sweet with young children that are just barely discovering new things and are bewildered by the world, it is not always perceived the same way with older adults. In the novella Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows this type of innocence through Lennie Smalls, who is a man that is unfairly taken advantage of. In the book, Lennie’s innocence is highlighted by his forgetfulness, his longing to touch soft objects (mice), his desire to please George, his inability to control his strength, and his distant dream of tending to rabbits that motivates him to stay out of trouble, though it ultimately leads him to it. In this, John Steinbeck shapes Lennie into being a sympathetic character through his childlike characterization depicted by his innocent actions and his uncontrollable strength that causes him to accidentally murder many things throughout the book. Through these aspects, Steinbeck specially depicts Lennie this way in order to convey that innocence is often taken advantage of in the world.

The definition of dream is, “a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occuring in a persons mind”. If that is the dictionary definition than, what does the word “dream” mean to one on a personal level, and is it a thought in ones mind or an image that one can relate to? Let’s see what some of the characters in the novella, “Of Mice and Men” think, and how they emphasize their hopes and dreams. In the novella “Of Mice and Men”, by John Steinback, he uses violence, innocence, and the American dream. Steinback uses these to emphasize that in the sense of doing something to get what one wants, it doesn’t always workout the way one plans it to happen, but yet it will be even worse than one started. He portrays innocence by using Lennie as a big man with bear-like hands and a mental disability by including him in a series of fights and cruel behavior to show his weakness towards the other men in his disability, but also show his strength physically between the

In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie represents the theme of child-like innocence because of his mental disability. Lennie exhibits such high levels of immaturity because of his constant urge to touch delicate items and ends up hurting people. He has the mentality of a seven year old, but is trapped in the body of a forty year old. This is why he behaves childish, he knows what is right and wrong but, he just does not have the mentality to make the right decisions.

In the beginning of the novella, Lennie is portrayed as innocent and dependent on George. When Lennie had a mouse and George asked for it, Steinbeck describes Lennie’s reaction

Innocence is believing what you are told and not questioning why? or what? Innocence is physical, emotional and social, it all depends on the person. A person could be physically innocent and not know a lot of about the physical body or about physical activities. A person could be emotionally innocent, by not know how they feel and choosing to believe that their feeling are what other people tell them to be.