Prejudice In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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An orange fish is swimming in the ocean. You can tell it wants to go to the bottom, but it is can’t because it is orange, even though it is the same type of fish as all the others. That doesn't seem fair but that happens in our world today and in the book Of Mice and Men. In author John Steinbeck's book, Of Mice Of men, he promotes a message of how stereotypical behaviors and physical traits put everybody in a group when they are born. These groups are based on race, sex, time period, and abilities, which can result in good or bad judgment. These characteristics cannot be controlled, but will be how people look at you. If you do not fit into a perfect stereotype, then you might be restricted from what you can do because you are looked at as different. Everybody in this world today seems to judge someone as soon as they look at them. The same thing happens to all of us; when someone sees us, they judge us. Over the last few centuries, the stereotypes commonly conceived as “perfect” have not changed much, or even at all. The groups that have the most power and the least amount of restrictions in their daily lives have also stayed the same. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck explains the general stereotypes and how he believes certain groups can be judged and how they are treated differently.

Discrimination if often based on many qualities and abilities. Some of the most clearly shown examples in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men are gender, age and racial discrimination. The victims of these types of discrimination are Curley’s wife, who is unhappy and bitter about her life, Candy, the old, disabled swamper and Crooks, the black stable buck. Throughout the novel, these three characters face many hardships because they are harshly judged and often misunderstood.

Discrimination plays a big role in Of Mice and Men, since it takes place during the Great Depression. Racial segregation, gender rights, and handicap vulnerability are all problems in Of Mice and Men that reflect the society at the time. Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy are discriminated against on the ranch just like they would be in society.

Do you really think people in our society today accepts everyone even after they have met them? The book "Of Mice and Men" shows society does not accept anyone they are unfamiliar with. Most people do not accept different, but there are others here in our society that actually accept these unfamiliar people. Some people are here to help you through life and some are not.

Discrimination have been happening everywhere in the world and as long as anyone can remember. Discrimination is still a problem today. America just had protests dealing with Black Lives Matter and African Americans feel they are still discriminated against and treated differently. The time that the novel Of Mice and Men takes place in is important because during the Great Depression it was hard to find money, so Lennie couldn’t just stay at home while George had to work. They both had to make money to support themselves. Lennie, Crooks, and Curley's wife all face discrimination which greatly impacts their lives.

The novella, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck , is set in California in the 1930s. The story revolves around and Lennie and George, two workers who travel together. They find their way to Salinas Valley, where they hope to begin work. They hope to make it big, get rich, and buy some land for themselves. However, they encounter some challenges that could possibly be a roadblock to their dreams. One of these challenges is discrimination because not everybody in the novella is treated equally. Discrimination is displayed in many ways in the book, especially with the characters of Lennie, Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Candy. Lenny is discriminated against because he is mentally disabled, Crooks is black, Curley's wife is a woman, and Candy is old.

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.’ That line is a really funny saying we have all heard. The truth is that words hurt. So, do stereotypes. The book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, certainly explores characters that are different than what people make them out to be. In the time period, when this book is set, lots of racism, feminism, and not being that nice to people who were different, were very common in this time era. There are many character’s in the author’s book that were and are misjudged. Because, Lennie and Curley’s wife are not how others perceive them, John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men teaches readers not to judge a book by its cover.

Even though how they use to treat them back then when the story was written,the discrimination of the theme throughout the book,because it illustrated the injustice inflicted upon the moment in the story the discrimination of people with mental and physical disabilities. To prove the discrimination is that some of them have either one hand or a bad back that can't be fixed. Curley's wife is not to do anything because she is married to curley the boss's son that she can only talk to. So there are some examples of the discrimination in the book.

“Want me to tell ya what’ll happen? They’ll take ya to the booby hatch. They’ll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog” (Steinbeck 72). Discrimination plays a large role to feeling lonely. In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, characters endure attempts by society to make them “invisible.” These include racism, ageism, sexism, and isolation. More specifically, three of these characters experience loneliness from acts of discrimination. Factors contributing to their loneliness include ageism, disability discrimination, and racism. Each of these characters are migrant workers during the Great Depression who are discriminated against in different ways. Thus, through Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, Steinbeck reveals the powerful

In his novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses many characters to show his assertion that man is basically evil. When Curley’s wife confronts Lennie, Crooks, and Candy in Crook’s place, she notes that the others “left all the weak ones here” (77). The “weak” ones that Curley’s wife refer to all attack each other in a vicious circular firing squad. Crooks taunts Lennie about the possibility of George not returning, and takes “pleasure in his torture” as he “[presses] forward for some kind of private victory” (71). Curley’s wife calls Candy and Lennie “a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep” (78) and threatens to get Crooks “strung up on a tree” (81). Meanwhile, all the other characters are the ones that make those Lennie, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife feel “weak” because they are disabled mentally, disabled physically, black, and female, respectively. In this way, Steinbeck shows that all men are basically evil as they do not lend a hand to each other and instead simply attack and prey upon each other.

Life is hard sometimes, even harder when your alone and no one around to talk to, hangout with, and be with. Life sometimes makes horrible or great things come in life but you sometimes can't choose them. There are things we can control like attitude towards people, the people we choose to hangout with, and choices that will change your life. For example in the story Of Mice and Men, 3 characters are lonely and try to be with people but sometimes they are pushed away because of how they look, act, and stereotypes.

Of Mice and Men: Straight Outta Compton, a hit 2015 biographical film, follows the rise and fall of the popular 1980s rap group, NWA. Americans went to theaters to see how dealing with heavy discrimination changed their outlook on life and the way they thought, and fueled the music that would bring both their rise, and their fall. Discrimination has strongly changed how many see others, and how society is; however, how badly can discrimination affect the average person? John Steinbeck, author of the short novel, Of Mice and Men, makes an effort to show the effects of discrimination throughout his book. The two protagonists are migrant farmers that are close friends, George and Lennie.

“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.” This quote, once said by E. B. White, excellently states what the novel, Of Mice and Men, is trying to clearly state. Of Mice and Men is a profound novel that has many things to teach society. This novel, written by John Steinbeck, reflects many flaws in the world today. It mirrors many of the characteristics that every human possesses. Prejudice is still a common way of thinking in today’s society, and to the people who feel victimized, it can be hard to overcome. Curley’s wife, Lennie, and Crooks all deal with prejudice against themselves different ways.

This essay is firstly going to look at racial prejudice. There is much racial prejudice shown in Of Mice and Men towards Crooks the black crippled stable buck. Crooks is more permanent than the other ranch hands and has his own room off the stables with many more possessions than them. This room is made out to be a privilege and also because it means he is nearer to the horses but in fact it is really because the other ranch hands do not want him in the bunk house with them. As a result of this prejudice Crooks has become bitter and very lonely.