Richard Cory And John Steinbeck's

Lennie symbolizes ignorance. More specifically, he is the American dream. Lennie is an inadequate thinker, and more importantly, has little common sense. In this section of the book, Lennie killed a pup by playing with it too harsh, his ignorance and stupidity doesn't help: “Why do you got to get killed? You ain't so little as mice. I didn't bounce you hard” (Steinback 85). This justifies Lennie’s ignorance. Lennie's mind troubles to process little everyday issues, therefore, he has to have George to help him survive in a society of snobs. He’s incapable of doing things on his own, George is his mind and tells him everything of what to say and do. Lennie went back and looked at Curley’s dead wife. The puppy lying close to her. Lennie picked

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was an American author wrote many novels including one of his most famous, Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men teaches many lessons about the nature of human existence. Each relationship grows throughout this short story and end with a dramatic experience. All of the characters, including Lennie, George, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, admit, at one time or another, to having a profound sense of isolation, seclusion and loneliness.

Perpetrators of cruelty have warped world-views, which leads the victims to be viewed as weak or inhuman, and the perpetrators to be either raised a hero, or detested as a villain.

In Of Mice and Men, the Steinbeck theme of bullying and cruelty are demonstrated through the relationships of the farm workers, how they talk to each other and treat each other. It is contrasted by the accidental violence of George. Steinbeck makes it seem almost

For example “I once saw one of thirteen beating his father because the latter had not made his bed properly.” (Pg 70) This shows how cruelty can affect people differently, just because all the prisoners were exposed to the same kinds of cruelty does not mean they will all react the same. The boy in this example killed his father because the hunger he felt changed how he acted. “The shadow threw itself upon him. Elled to the ground, stunned with blows...Meir. Meir, my boy!....I’m your father!....you’re killing your father!” (Pg 106) This is an example of self-preservation no matter what the cost is, this happened to people because survival instincts came into action.

Steinbeck also foreshadows that Lennie won’t last long in this harsh world. At the beginning of the novel, Steinbeck portrays the scenery to be bucolic and wonderfully peace however that happy sanctuary

Night by Elie Wisel and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck are both books that have differences and similarities in the relationships of their main characters. These characters are Elie and his father, which are two Jews trapped in a concentration camp for the book Night. The other book Of Mice and Men includes two other characters, who are Lennie and George. These two characters have very close friendship, and take care of each other. These two relationships differ and coincide, in how they treat each other, and in how they care for one another even when they don’t have to. The relationships of the characters in both books are both fairly close, but still face many hardships along the way.

In Of Mice and Men, intolerance is a important topic, because during that time period it this discrimination of minorities was socially acceptable as opposed to currently where we believe that intolerance has no place in our society. Intolerance is many forms in the book, such as Crooks being beaten up at the Christmas party due to his skin color or Crooks being separated as if he has the plague unlike now which it is not socially acceptable we celebrate this form of equality with things like February being Black History Month. Another case of intolerance in the book is when Curly goes against Lennie because of he is size and stature in this age and time it is called bullying and is extremely

To start, the idea of cruelty can be defined as losing one’s humanity by ruthlessly performing

I. John Steinbeck used his personal experiences as a laborer to write many of his novels like Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath.

Can there be love where there is cruelty? This is the age old question that many books, stories, and movies are based off of, including “The Scarlet Ibis.” In this story, Brother is given a younger brother who was born with a disability. He resents him and teaches him many things out of shame and embarrassment, and one day leaves him in the midst of a storm to die. Though this example seems plagued with cruelty and no love whatsoever, there can be love where there is cruelty. Even though Brother had been cruel to his younger brother, Doodle, for most of his life, there were several times in the story through which Brother shows Doodle love. There are many reasons that there can be love where there is cruelty, including that people can be cruel

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.

Chapter 3: “George half-closed his eyes.”I gotta think about that. We was always gonna do it by ourselves." Candy interrupted him, "I 'd make a will an ' leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, 'cause I ain 't got no relatives or nothing"”

During the Great Depression, it was not uncommon to become morosely secluded while working. Men would go far away from their families in search of any jobs they could get, with only themselves to confide in; colleagues only filling in the void of friends and family partially. Naturally, John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, written during this period, would reflect this fact as a major aspect of the story. Loneliness would become the sinew of Of Mice and Men, manifested in some of the story’s main characters: Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. These allusions to loneliness are found throughout the book, mimicking the rampant disease of isolation at the time.

In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems, “Richard Cory” and “Miniver Cheevy” the main characters are portrayed as outcasts. Both are shunned from society neither having any real friends. Though these characters have some similarities, the way in which Robinson portrays them is very different. Richard Cory is admired by his peers, where as, Miniver Cheevy is opposite; people look down on him. One man appearing to have everything takes his own life, while the other appearing to have nothing accepts his misery.