'Of Mice And Men's Fame'

Lennie’s mental problems are what get him in trouble and force him to rely on George for the basic necessities of life. Crooks’ skin colour keeps him separated from the rest of society and causes him a great deal of anger. The feelings of loneliness that most of the characters feel makes them intrude onto other people’s relationships in an attempt to find some form of companionship. The hardest part about seeing the struggles that Steinbeck presents us with is that we see people struggle in the same way

“Well, you keep your place then, n*****. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny” (Steinbeck 81). In the novella, Of Mice and Men, the readers are following the life of Lennie and George, who are migrant workers during the Great Depression. Migrant workers, unlike Lennie and George, primarily travel alone, and they go from job to job. George and Lennie have been together since they were younger, as Lennie would come along with George while he worked, so they had become inseparable. Lennie got them kicked out of many jobs, but they landed a spot as a ranch hand bucking barley. Once they became acquainted with the farm, Lennie and George become friends with a man named Crooks, but before that, they are introduced to the ranch by Candy. As the story progresses, a theme of isolation, discrimination, and loneliness on Candy, Lennie, and Crooks is revealed.

Everyone has dreams, big and small. When one dreams, there is a scent of whimsical hope in the air mixed with the powerful drive for success to obtain their luminous goals. But, many times these luscious dreams end up in grief and pain instead of a promised joy due to the hurdles in life, such as the certain circumstances that society professes or the flaws in a person that restrains them from their aspirations. The writer, John Steinbeck, incorporates this ideology in his novella, Of Mice and Men by creating three pivotal characters. Lennie, Crooks, and George all have schemes that go wrong, and yet hope to illustrate their desires of fulfilling their American Dream and to be prosperous for their own independent purposes.

The loneliness is maintained by the challenges that the characters have to face, and they sustain those challenges of being inhumane towards each other. Crook, a figure in the story who experiences discrimination encounters the challenge of race, due to the book’s setting in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. Crook is a black American man who is excluded from activities and has to occupy a room in a stable, and he is not allowed in the bunkhouse for it is only for the white men. Crooks tries to defend himself by saying “You got no rights comin ' in a colored man 's room. You got no rights messing around in here at all” (Steinbeck 4.80). but Curley 's wife replies: “Well, you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy, it ain 't even funny" (Steinbeck 4.81). At this point, he resorts to backing down and replying “Yes, ma’am" (Steinbeck 4.81). He acknowledges the fact he will be and always has been discriminated against because of the certain colour of his skin. Equally important, Candy who is described as "a tall, stoop-shouldered old man … He was dressed in blue jeans and carried a big push-broom in his left hand" (Steinbeck 1.18). His right hand is simply a

John Steinbeck’s landmark novel Of Mice and Men is perhaps best known for its revolutionary telling of two characters that are very different, but have come to rely on each other to survive during the Great Depression. The two characters are men named George and Lenny. George is somewhat of an average fellow who has no real special skills or attributes. Lenny is large and abnormally strong, but unfortunately has the mind of a child. Lennie looks up to George as if he were a role model. This statement is best supported in the book; “Lennie, who had been watching, imitated George exactly. He pushed himself back, drew up his knees, embraced them, looked over to George to see whether he had it just right. He pulled his hat down a little more over his eyes, the way George's hat was” (Steinbeck). Both characters help each other find work and save the money they earn to purchase a farm together. Their plans keep getting delayed due to Lenny’s habit of getting into serious trouble. George and Lenny are forced to flee the towns that Lenny has gotten in trouble in and continually move to other cities to find jobs. Of Mice and Men has been praised by readers everywhere and is hailed as a modern classic. Of Mice and Men’s success is usually said to be a result of the complex and emotional bond between the two main characters. Many readers forget about the supporting characters that help or hurt George and Lenny during their story. The minor characters in the story each have their own

In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, he illustrates the journey George and Lennie have throughout a significant part of their lifetime. Throughout the novel, many characters, including George and Lennie, are facing lonesome and they struggle to deal with it the right way. Most of the men are all alone because they have no family left or they isolate themselves from their peers. Loneliness touches each character at some point in the novel and it really emphasizes the impact it can have on an individual. Steinbeck uses the characters Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy to develop the theme that containing loneliness will make someone’s desperation deepen.

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.

He describes how the working men at the ranch felt in the novel. To the working men in the ranch, the relationship between Lennie and George seemed very unusual to them clearly showing the aloneness at the ranch between the men. He also uses Candy to illustrate loneliness by showing how lonely Candy gets after his dog was shot. Another character was Curly’s wife. She was shown lonely simply by saying she was the only woman on the ranch resulting her to make countless efforts of trying to make freinds with the working men.

Steinbeck uses the character’s effect on others to show oppression. In a conversation with George and Lennie, George says, “‘Jesus, what a tramp,’ he said. ‘So that’s what Curley picks for a wife’” (Steinbeck 32). This conversation shows what affect Curley’s wife has on George. The impression that she is a “tramp” shows the kind of oppression that Curley’s wife faces. In another conversation between George and Lennie, George tells Lennie, “... You get in trouble. You do bad things and I got to get you out” (11). This displays Lennie’s affect on George and how it can be degrading to Lennie because he can’t help the fact that he has a mental disability. This can prove that Lennie is being oppressed by George. The effect on the other characters help the readers see the oppression that the characters face.

Lennie and Curley are the perfect characters to demonstrate this thesis because they are both presented in friendly ways and are just treated harshly by other characters as the story progresses. Such as when Lennie first meets the boss and refuses to speak resulting in the Boss interrupting with “Listen Small!”, (22) this weakens their relationship and the Boss’s prejudice forces him to readily have an aggressive attitude and high expectations for Lennie. Steinbeck shows this by using diction and dialogue such as squinted and abruptly, as well as creating the character of the Boss with a certain studious and judgmental personality. This also ties into how Curley has similar traits such as Judgmental and cowering, however he receives more because of his position and his relation to the Boss, as well as his given attitude when he meets people similar to Lennie, which makes him disliked by most, including Candy who even says “never did seem right to me”. (26) The Prejudices they obtain are similar due to the fact that they are both derived from jealousy and both relate to Lennie in one or more ways. Lennie on the other hand shows a different form of prejudice that is based more on bias and protective nature towards rabbits, this

In his 1937 novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck demonstrated the importance of power through his characters by using discrimination, agism, and sexism. Crooks, the male Black-American stable buck, demonstrated power over Lennie, who had a mental disability. Because Crooks showed power over a mentally challenged person, it showed that he was feeling anger and loneliness. Even though Crooks is a Black-American, he showed that he had power over Lennie because of his wit. The location of where Crooks lives demonstrates that there is an emphasis of power of racial segregation.

Consider the technique of conflict in ‘Of Mice and Men.’ Discuss with reference to George, Lennie, Curley and Curley’s Wife. Explain the validity of the technique in reference to the novels outcome. *I didn't get many quotes for this draft as I accidentally left my book in my folder *if i put a star in the quote mark then it is a rough quote that i will correct ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck has been highly acclaimed by many as a great American canon - a novel associated with and thought of as one of the most well known novels set in a certain country or area.

A major motif of John Steinbeck 's Of Mice and Men is the American dream and the drive to attain it. The life of a ranch hand is grim, yet the characters in the novel are still vulnerable to dreams of a better life. The dream of owning land, called the American dream by some, is what motivates George and Lennie in their work on the ranch. It is their friendship that sustains this dream and makes it possible. While the dreams are credible to the reader, in the end all dreams are crushed, and the characters are defeated by their circumstances.

In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck puts a lot of deeper meanings in what he says about his characters. In the first three chapters, his main point to get across is that George and Lennie have an “American Dream.” George and Lennie’s dream is to become successful and own a farm of their own. Their dream is what motivates them to keep going and stay together. Lennie asks George to tell him what they are going to do with the land, while George is reciting their dream Lennie gets excited and replies with “An’ live off the fatta the lan”(Steinbeck 14). George and Lennie both enjoy this idea of living life successfully and they have gone over this idea many times before. Steinbeck also shows how important the little things are even during

In the novel Of Mice and Men author John Steinbeck-- winner of the nobel prize in literature-- creates a very hostile environment in the bunkhouse which causes Curley's Wife, Crooks, and Candy to create barriers against the other people on the farm. As a result of them creating these barriers has the effect of segregation, isolation, and the feeling of uselessness upon them. They can't help but feel alone and out of place on the farm and they might become hostile for no reason. Due to this reason when Lennie comes into Crooks room he becomes hostile.