Mental Illnesses In Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Lenny is on track to an early death as a result of his lifestyle decisions. If he continues his habits on a regular basis, he will most likely develop preventable diseases. These are some of unhealthy things which affect his chances: smoking, obesity, stress, environment, having high blood pressure, and his diet (containing high-salt). There are major health problem that all are linked to these choices; cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer are several key ones. Without changing, Lenny will probably live a shorter life—as a result of his own decisions and way of life.

Like the book, George and Lennie left Weed, because Lennie harassed a girl in a red dress and didn’t want to go to prison. The next day they went to find a job at a small farm, they both get the job and start working. Eventually, Curley's wife talks to Lennie in the barn and accidentally kills her when George

The mentally ill are usually accompanied by a person who will instruct he or she on what to do. This such case can be illustrated in novel through Lennie, the mentally disabled, and George, his companion. Before being hired on the ranch, George instructs Lennie to be silent when being interviewed by the boss to increase their chance of getting the job, but being mentally ill, Lennie cannot remember this simple task and had to be reminded by George many times (Steinbeck 27). When conversing with Slim, a character in the novel, about Lennie, George says, "'Jus' tell Lennie what to do an' he'll do it if it don't take no figuring. He can't think of nothing to do himself, but he sure can take orders,'" (Steinbeck 57). As demonstrated in the novel, the mentally handicapped usually are ordered by others to do certain things or copy off of others because it seems correct. Because of this, it would not be fair and just to punish those who are mentally handicapped and cannot make decision on their

The novel, Of Mice and Men, talk about different characters and how things were back in the Great Depression by following two ranchers, George and Lennie. When the novel first introduces the setting at the lake, it also introduced the two main characters. George is described as the one that seems to take in everything with his “restless eyes and sharp, strong features” and Lennie follows him. Lennie is described as “a huge man, shapeless of face, with large pale eyes, with wide sloping shoulders;” George and Lennie look like opposites which draws the question, Why are they traveling together? The answer becomes clear once we get into the novel but before that, Lennie starts to drink the scummy water and plays like a toddler in the lake. This shows that he has some mental disability and this is further shown when he starts to forget everything. His disability foreshadows trouble which shows that Lennie is the one that causes the most trouble because of his mental disability to forget everything, how he isn’t wanted anywhere, and how his disability ultimately ends up ruining dreams and lives.

John Steinbeck wrote the book ‘Of Mice and Men’ in the 1930s which addresses ableism, sexism, and racism. The character Lennie is presented as having mental disabilities, which causes him to easily forget and act impulsive. The character George becomes impatient with the way he acts and constantly discriminates against Lennie. Foreshadowing is used to show George’s and Lennie’s relationship collapsing and allegory demonstrates the characters and what occurred in the Great Depression. Steinbeck uses these techniques to help the audience understand how people with mental disabilities lived through this time.

One of the symbolized themes in Of Mice And Men is mental illnesses and how they are treated. There are many examples in which Lennie, who is

Of Mice and Men: Powerless and Objectivity John Steinbeck’s novella,” Of Mice and Men,” describes how a character can seem important, but be very powerless not only in the story, but in life as well. People with different types of disabilities, like Lennie, struggle with everyday life. They have to be helped and cared for in order for them to accomplish everyday routines. In the story, Lennie has George, and he becomes very lonely when George starts to go off with the guys and Lennie has to stay back because he acts strange and he can’t get into any trouble. The character Lennie was powerless and objectified in that George felt he needed to speak for him when they first started working at the ranch, his mind was powerless to resist the urges to “pet” things, which often resulted in death, and finally when it was so easy for George to kill Lennie, physically, but not emotionally.

“Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, the ending sentence portrays that the characters had to deal with a sad and hard life during the depression. The summary of the book, In the first chapter George and Lennie are walking away from Weed because Lennie scared a girl and a bunch of men were chasing them. In the second chapter G and L are faced with the new challenge of a new job and lots of new people. In the third chapter Lennie gets a new puppy from Slim but Lennie gets in trouble because he’s petting it too much. The fourth chapter Lennie wonders into the bedding room of Crooks the black man and ends up telling him everything about the dream ranch where he’s gonna get to tend the rabbits.

American linguist and philosopher, Noam Chomsky once stated, “It is quite possible--overwhelmingly probable, one might guess--that we will always learn more about human life and personality from novels than from scientific psychology.” One such novel, is John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, which introduces a rather grim view of the the human condition. Furthermore, Robert Burns obtains a similar perspective of the human condition, expressed in his poem, “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with an Plough.” In their literature, both Steinbeck and Burns explore the nature and events that make up the human condition.

In John Steinbeck’s novella “Of Mice and Men” set in 1930’s in Salinas Valley, California, we meet the static character, Lennie Small and his best friend George. while it is obvious to the reader that Lennie has a mental disability because of his actions, it is never directly stated.

This quote shows that Lennie was happy when he died and George made the right decision since the men were close by and would find Lennie if he waited any longer. In the end George made the decision that most people would make, because nobody wants to see their loved ones suffering and in lots of

They finally find a job at a barn that contains many friendly people minus the one mean one called Curley and his wife. They got the job and worked really well. But Lennie made one serious mistake and killed Curley’s wife. Which caused George to kill Lennie… In my scene George explains to Lennie who they are and how they will live their life.

Lennie is rather a tall and stocky man with a mentally handicapped brain, which gets him fired from most, if not all of his jobs due due the child-like actions he commits. His partner in crime’s name is George. A short but intelligent young man who always has to save Lennie's ass from getting thrown in jail or worse by running away to a new job, etc. etc. John Steinbeck's, Of Mice And Men is based off a true of The Great depression. A very `troubling time for all American citizens. People went from job to job grinding for just the smallest amounts of money, just like George and Lennie. Like every human being, George and Lennie have a dream. Find out their dream and if they accomplish in John Steinbeck's’ Of Mice And Men. Through the character

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In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck depicts a realistic and dreary portrait of America in the 1930’s. He illustrates a world where the American Dream is just an illusion. During the Great Depression -1930’s- many people weren’t as ambitious to even try to achieve their aspirations. However, this is not the case for our protagonists George and Lennie. Two men with inverse personalities and appearances strive to conquer their hopes under difficult circumstances. Tragically, moments away from achieving their aspiration, Lennie accidentally ruins their chances by committing a horrendous act. George is then left having to end Lennie's life to spare him of the aftermath. One may think Lennie is a villain because he harmed someone. On the contrary, Lennie is a victim because he shows signs of having a mental disorder (Most notably Autism), constantly gets manipulated, and is oblivious to the severity death.