Of Mice And Men Dialectical Journal Essay

John Steinback’s Of Mice and Men is a book that describes the chase of the American Dream. Although achieving the American Dream is a great desire for all, seldom does it actually come true. George and Lennie, the two main characters in the book, have a goal of pursuing their version of the American Dream, as do many other characters. However, due to relationships and other conflicts, that dream is not achieved.

“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.

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.

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 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.

While mercy and murder do have some similarities there is one huge difference, mercy killing has consent, murder does not. Sometimes it is as clear as day if it is murder or mercy. One of these times was when a twenty nine year old “Brittany Maynard fulfilled her final wish… purposely ending her own life on her own schedule…” (Briggs). This is very different from what happens in Of Mice and Men By: John Steinbeck where George kills Lennie without his consent. In Of Mice and Men George and Lennie are best friends that go on the road with each other looking for jobs. They end up working at a ranch and made some friends and some enemies. Throughout this story it is shown that Lennie is mentally disabled and is obsessed with petting soft objects,

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

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.

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

“ 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.”

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.

The story Of Mice and Men took place during the 1930’s. That time period was very different from today. Race and gender were very important characteristics that determined whether a person had the opportunity to make money. The 1930’s were also a time where people started questioning life and the American culture. Many people like John Steinbeck thought that life was very unfair and questioned whether if life was even worth living. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck demonstrates that mans dream is destined to be destroyed by a cruel reality.

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.