John Steinbeck 's Of Mice And Men

”Wha’s the matter with me?’ she cried. ‘Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways?” (Steinbeck 87) In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Curley’s wife is discriminated against because she is a woman living in the 1930s when few females could live economically independent of men. By choosing not to name her, Steinbeck reinforces her insignificance on the ranch and her dependence on Curley. While a misfortunate victim of isolation, Curley’s wife exerts unexpected power attempting to mask her pain.

Besides the American Dream, the theme of death plays a major role and is recurring in both texts. From the novel ‘Of mice and men’, both Lennie and Curley’s Wife die. From this we can deduce that they both got killed due to their differences and society looking at them in a different way. Both texts also foreshadow the future deaths from the beginning to the end of the texts, there is hints everywhere. The moment that Curley’s Wife was introduced, an ill feeling overcame the atmosphere indicating that Lennie will be getting into a mess with her. At the beginning, George clearly states that Lennie always gets George into trouble. Steinbeck states ‘You do bad things and I got to get you out’. Previously, before George and Lennie arrived at the ranch, Lennie got into trouble by supposedly attacking the only woman in Weed. This also suggests that there will be trouble between Curley’s Wife, who is the only woman on the ranch and Lennie. Connecting ends with ends, this shows that the only two women are insecure. Later on, there was an intimation that she is going to be killed by Lennie as Lennie kills the soft things he likes to ‘pet’ such as the puppy and the mouse. In the novel Curley’s Wife lets him touch her dress, which is soft therefore leading to an inevitable death.

Loneliness is an emotion of isolation and no hope or dreams in life, which is what John Steinbeck achieves by portraying this through the characters in his novella Of Mice and Men. The main characters are affected by loneliness in their own different way throughout the novella. rf

“I want you to stay with me Lennie. Jesus Christ, somebody’d shoot you for a coyote if you was by yourself.” The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck shows the relationship between two migrant workers in the 1930s, George and Lennie, along with the other members on the new ranch that they began working on. Georgie and Lennie dreamed of following the American Dream and owning their own patch of land and the novel revolves around the dream and the obstacles that stand in their way. Lennie, a strong but mentally ill person, who accompanies George, eventually makes George think about how much easier the dream could be achieved without Lennie, eventually leading to the downfall of their friendship. The novel shows what it means to be human

“Everyone always says that anything is possible, but some things in life just can’t be reached. Sometimes your dreams just can’t be achieved.” (Carl Johnson) All humans living in America have dreams. These could all easily be described as the American Dream. The American Dream can frequently change from time to time due to the time period. It can also change due to the age of the person at hand. Children grow up having these dreams, but who knows how long these dreams will last. Some elderly people develop new dreams or are still chasing to fulfill the dreams they’ve had since they were much younger. These dreams are all things that people want and desire to have. Some of these dreams are unrealistic and could never happen.

Lennie Small; A simple man with a simple mind in a not-so-simple world. Lennie is mentally handicapped, living in the 1930’s during the Great Depression with his friend and caretaker, George. Because Lennie has the mind of a child but the strength and appearance of a 30-year-old man, which often gets him in trouble. He poorly hides the evidence of his wrongdoing, and cannot fully understand the cost of his own actions which ultimately results in his death. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Lennie’s death is foreshadowed in conversations, Lennie’s tendencies of petting soft things too roughly, and events that happen on the ranch and in his past

The Great Depression affected many Americans throughout the 1930s. Many people had no source of income and had no other choice but to travel and find new jobs. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George Milton and Lennie Small wander through California in search of a new job that would help them make enough money to live their American dream on “the fatta the lan’”(Steinbeck 14). George and Lennie’s hard work and determination is not enough for them to live their dream. Lennie has a mental disability that slows the two friends down from living their dream; they have to run from job to job because of Lennie’s unintentional actions.

“Listen to me, you crazy bastard,” “Don 't you even take a look at the bitch. In this quote, it shines light on how people treat each other during the book and how they act when they are near each other. Instead of saying nice words, they bring people down in Mice and Men. Individuals in the story use mean phrases and words to use against people that are not the same as them or that doesn’t look like them. Why does the author use derogatory terms in his book Mice and Men, what message was he trying to send to his readers? “In John Steinbeck 's novel Of Mice and Men, the author illustrates that people discriminate against one another because they want to feel better about themselves and to gain self-pride.

Quest stories are generally seen as physical tests of muscle and endurance. In an archetypal quest, the main character goes on a long and painful voyage, and conquers all fears in order to achieve the goal at the end. Literature describes quests in a slightly different way. Thomas Foster’s “How To Read Literature Like a Professor” describes how a quest has five general parts: a place to go, a person to go there, a reason to go there, challenges along the way, and a deeper meaning to the whole thing. John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” relates to Foster’s words. In the novella, George, the main character, is questing towards owning a farm with his mentally disabled friend, Lennie. The two men are a package deal. Lennie

Chapter 3: “George half-closed his eyes.”I gotta think about that. We was always gonna do it by ourselves." Candy interrupted him, "I 'd make a will an ' leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, 'cause I ain 't got no relatives or nothing"”

. . Lennie’s so scared all he can think to do is hold on” (Steinbeck 41). Lennie did not know what he was doing wrong, and strangers like the girl who was wearing the red dress do not know him or his ‘disability’. George had explained that the girl was scared because she thought Lennie was trying to attack her, and after George finally made Lennie let go of the dress, they were driven to run and hide so neither of them would get caught and sent to jail. Children tend to be very tactile at a young age, they love to reach out and grab a hold of items that peak their interest, considering they truly do not know any better. George even says that as well, “He’s jes’ like a kid. There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he’s so strong” (Steinbeck 43). Lennie does not realize that he is so strong either, so as he goes about his life he ends up scaring people, or hurting them, and hurting animals as well, without realizing why. He does eventually learn that what he does is wrong, but he still does not know what happens, really. For example, just like Steinbeck explains at the beginning of the book how he accidentally kills mice because he wants to pet them and does not recognize his strength. He accidentally did it to a puppy as well, “Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice . . . I di’n’t know you’d get killed so easy . . . I was jus’ playin’ with him” (Steinbeck 85-7). Because Lennie cannot be left alone, and George has

John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men is the classic story about migrant workers George and Lennie. Despite George’s best intents and actions throughout, Lennie’s continuous actions lead to more trouble which eventually leads to Lennie’s death. This story weaves the theme of inevitable fate throughout, and how continuous actions lead to consequences and a foreshadowed fate. In the first chapter of the book, we learn of Lennie’s actions in Weed, and of George and Lennie’s escape. The way that Lennie is described as a child, just grabbing for something soft and not knowing any better, is how we learn of Lennie’s mental disability, and get our first glimpse of how it affects both his and George’s lifes. This childish behavior of his leaves him with simple thoughts, and often he doesn’t think things through, or remember things.

Of Mice and Men is a written by John Steinbeck. George Milton and Lennie Smalls are the two main characters in this story. In this story George has to make very tough decisions that can either help or ruin his future. For example, when George shot and killed Lennie, he did it to save Lennie from pain. If George didn't make that decision to shoot Lennie, Curley would’ve got to him and made him suffer. George killing Lennie was justified, he had to do it.

Loneliness is something almost everyone has felt at one point or another and, as soon as that emptiness of heart has been endured, one yearns to be together and supported by another living soul. However, during the 1930 's Great Depression, society and the ranch workers way of life didn 't make having a partner or family copacetic.The nature of loneliness through the demoralizing of dreams as well as the sacrifice of amenities is revealed in John Steinbeck 's novel Of Mice and Men. Lennie Small and George Milton are two migrating ranch workers who escape from Weed due to an unintentional mistake made by Lennie. They are in search for a job, at a new ranch, but before they can get a job; George forewarns Lennie to not communicate with anyone until they get the job.The fact that both men travel together, unlike other ranch men, distinguishes them from the other ranch men as well as raises the risk of suspicion towards Lennie 's mental disability. Most of the characters have companions or partners but with the passage of time they start losing them without having any control over what has been destined for them. Through the methods of characterization, foreshadowing and symbolism John Steinbeck depicts how the characteristics of the ranch workers, the invisible force of fate and the symbolism of hands and cards come together to isolate a man and eventually lead him towards eternal loneliness.

Of Mice and Men was a gripping story that was filled with a great cast of characters. Each of these characters played a major role in the development of the story and they were mainly either flat or round characters. One such character in the novel that had a huge role was Lennie, who possessed immense strength yet had the mind of a young child. The development of Lennie helped advance the plot of Of Mice and Men because his actions caused him and George to get a new job at the ranch, he constantly worried about his rabbits, and he killed Curley’s wife which ultimately brought upon his death.