Of Mice And Men Dialectical Journal Essay

“The bunk house was a long, rectangular building. Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted. In three walls there were small, square windows, and in the fourth, a solid door with a wooden latch. Against the walls were eight bunks, five of them made up with blankets and the other three showing their burlap ticking. Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.”

George and Lenny are not related by blood, but they have a strong brother-like connection anyway. I connected this to myself in the way that I have a lot of people really close to me that aren’t related by blood. George has obviously had to deal with a lot of trouble because of traveling with Lenny, but George never gives up because he sees the good in Lenny. George’s devotion to protecting Lenny is really admirable because George could have left Lenny to fend for himself. This made me realize that even though George acts hard and tough he is actually a really caring person.

The movie Of Mice and Men, directed by Gary Sinise, has various differences from the book, written by John Steinbeck. One noticeable difference is that, in the movie, there are many added scenes, where the original scenes are cut short. Another, consists of, in the movie, the dream between George, Lennie, and later Candy, is never resolved. And the final difference, is how they end the movie in comparison to the book.

In Attell’s essay An Overview of Of Mice and Men it is said that Steinbeck’s purpose is to show how life was during the Great Depression and how it affected the people. Attell stated that Steinbeck saw a problem between the people and the work place. He also stated that Steinbeck used the worker’s way of life in the Great Depression for George and Lennie. Finally Attell said that Steinbeck used Curley’s wife and crooks to show other problems during the Great Depression. This essay is about whether Attell’s points about Steinbeck’s purpose are right or wrong.

In the last scene in Of Mice and Men, the reader realizes that in urgent situations people act impulsively. George had many options when he was by the river bank with Lennie, or even when he found out what Lennie had done, unfortunately he had not thought anything through. George is put an in uncomfortable situation and he killed Lennie. When put an in an extreme situation where he has to react quickly George panics and reacts without thinking.

to George and wants to be just like him. This is quite sad really as

“ They come, an’they quit sn’ go on; an every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a god damn one of ‘em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Every’body wants a little piece of lan’. …Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head.”

dream of buying a piece of land on which they plan to farm and keep

George Milton is a very small man but he is also clever and witty. George is Lennie’s closest friend and he is also a good friend to him since he assured Lennie’s Aunt Clara that he would look after him by taking care of him. He tends to look after all of Lennie’s matters and actions such as trying to get him out of trouble. George needs Lennie to be his friend and this is not because of Lennie’s potency in helping to get them jobs but so he wouldn’t live in solitude. George’s threats to Lennie are never serious since he is proud of him most of the time. George and Lennie have the same dream and their dream is to own lands and they’re also very determined in working hard so that they can get the money that’s needed in buying the land.

Literary Analysis About “Of Mice and Men” Genre: The type of text is drama and tragedy. The book is written by Nobel Prize author John Steinbeck. He was born in California, 1902, where he lived most of his life. He dropped out of college and worked hard to become a successful writer.

During the time of the depression, an author by the name of John Steinbeck wrote a novel called Of Mice and Men. The novel’s setting is in Southern California during the same time period. John Steinbeck shows us that friendship is a valuable thing to have in the novel Of Mice and Men. The book expresses how friendship can get you through hard times and help you keep going. Two of the characters in the novel named George and Lennie, have a relationship that describes the perfect friendship in my opinion. They are always there for each other and always have each others back.

I tried to imagine that I go to a big theater to watch plays with uniform many years ago. It is a very classic and formal show for me. I think that the plays will be better than the vast majority of television shows or movies because the live shows more need actors’ performance on the stage. The audience can see the actors reveal feelings more easily. A good plays and a paper drama are inseparable. When I see a paper drama, I can find there are a setting of scenes and characters at first. Then it appears so many dialogues between different characters. Maybe it is very boring and tedious without performance when you are reading it. However, I can have much fun from reading the paper drama. I can imagine that the characters’

The movie Of mice and Men starts off with dark and mysterious music that leads that leads the viewers with questions. It then appears on the screen with a girl running through the California country in a red dress. At the same you see the two men running the other way.The movie Of Mice and men had great soundtrack, cinematic, characterization, that all goes with a story and big ideas.

The most obvious one is Lennie’s physical strength. You get to see how strong he is and the way how he is not able to control it. Physical strength on the ranch is crucial to work properly, but you also get to see how important it is to have mental strength. Curley shows that very well being the one that intimidates people around him.

Think about a dream that you’ve always wanted to achieve. Now imagine that there are obstacles that you can’t control, stopping you from achieving this dream. This is how life was for the characters in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men takes place during the 1930s Great Depression in the California countryside. The story follows the lives of two men, George and Lennie, along with their struggles and dreams during this time. The fact that they are living during the Great Depression makes it harder for them to find jobs and make money. On top of that, Lennie has a mental illness which makes it harder for the men to keep a job. Both of these characters, have similar dreams and face similar obstacles, but they each have different ways of coping with them. The theme of this story is “stay hopeful throughout obstacles and you will achieve your dreams.” Although the characters don’t achieve their dreams by the end of the story, Lennie and George got very close. The reason why they don’t is that Lennie dies, and George loses hope. Throughout the story, Steinbeck portrays George and Lennie as very hopeful and optimistic characters with a dream that didn’t seem possible because of the time period. The two worked hard, planned, and stayed hopeful. However, at the end, Lennie dies and George loses hope and gives up on his dream. Throughout the novel, Of Mice and Men, the characters face the uncontrollable obstacle of the Great Depression that