The Protagonists In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck, set in America in the Great Depression of the 1930s. The main characters in the book are the clever, quick George, and his slow, child-like companion Lennie. They are itinerant workers who find work on a ranch in California’s Salinas Valley. There are many characters on the ranch, including Curley, Slim, and Crooks. However, the first ranch worker George and Lennie meet is the general cleaner/handyman, Candy.

Of Mice and Men, a novella written by John Steinbeck, is the story of two migrant workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, who dream of owning their own farm. The two men secure jobs at a ranch and soon meet a swamper named Candy and Curley’s wife. Like George and Lennie, these characters also dream of having a better life than what they can accomplish while

Of Mice and Men was a book written by John Steinbeck in 1937, many themes were explored in this book, these themes happen to still be relevant in today's modern society. In the novella the two main characters, George and Lennie experience the many troubles of a typical 1930's civilisation. Although we as a modern civilisation, are almost 80 years past when Of Mice and Men was written we are still experiencing the many problems that effected the human race in that era. Violence, mistreatment and isolation of the intellectually disadvantaged, and ordinary people still happen today in our society just as they did in the 1930's.

Of Mice And Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck and first published in 1937. It tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of job opportunities during the Great Depression. The novella ends tragically with George taking Lennie’s life after he accidentally kills a woman. I believe that the ending is inevitable because society at the time it is set is cruel, Characterisation and the foreshadowing in the plot.

The daily struggle of the working class, fear of loneliness and the reality of putting all your energy into plans that fail are the different themes relating to John Steinbeck 's novel, "Of Mice and Men". The characters depicted by the author are individuals who are constantly facing one obstacle after another. The book illustrates different conflicts such as man versus society, man versus man, man versus himself and idealism versus reality. The book 's backdrop is set in the Salinas, California during the depression. The two main characters include two men, George and Lennie. Supportive characters include a few ranch hands, Candy, Crooks, Curly, Slim and Carlson.

'Of Mice and Men ' is a novella portraying the failure of the American Dream. Steinbeck explores many different aspects of the life in the 1930 's throughout the novella e.g. racism. 'Of Mice and Men ' teaches the grim lesson about the nature of the human existence, showing the impossible and pragmatic truth of the American Dream. Miller also does this, as in 'Death of a Salesman ', Miller, shows that there are different versions of the American Dream. Willy believes that one only can rise to the top simply by being admired and "well liked". He teaches this to his son, Biff, but this line of thinking does not work out well for either of them in the novella. Willy 's brother, Ben, goes about it a different way. Ben believes that the American Dream is to work hard and gain something from putting your absolute everything into nothing. Miller 's drama is considered a domestic tragedy, which is a novella that focuses on the downfall of the tragic hero, as opposed to a higher class character as we see depicted in classical tragedies.

The deep green pool of the Salinas River lay disturbed in the late afternoon. A camouflaged frog cut sharply left and right in the shallow pool; back and forth, back and forth until it stopped suddenly. The valley was empty as the animals attempted to stay out of the unusually cold and bitter air; the day made even colder by the hiding sun and the biting wind. A slow, rhythmic crunching of dead winter leaves quietly interceded into the area, and as it grew louder what little wildlife was present fled into the bushes and sycamore trees.

Of Mice and Men is a short story about the American dream. Also what it is truly like to be human. The two main characters of the story have ambition and a dream of owning their own ranch with rabbits. There are also many obstacles throughout the story that reveal so many things. Such as the nature of dreams, dignity, loneliness, and sacrifice. Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck who creates this story on his own influences, interests, and through this, he creates his own writing style.

Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck where efforts were often overlooked. It details the struggle of George and Lennie who dream of owning a ranch but constantly find it difficult to attain when George continuously has to find the two of them new jobs due to Lennie’s mentality and behavior. After arriving at their new job at a ranch after having escaped their previous job, they face people who potentially ruin their chances of obtaining the ranch. Although these people proved to be difficult, it was Lennie who led his and George’s dream to its death as well as his when he accidentally kills Curley’s wife, inspiring rage within Curley and helping George realize Lennie’s behavior can no longer be tolerated. Curley’s wife’s death was what made it difficult and impossible to attain her dream of being somebody which she wanted to satisfy the lack of attention, freedom, and recognition of her worth she received when she was still alive.

How does one survive in an area where every disability can hurt you in the long run? In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the setting is a ranch in Salinas, California . Throughout the novel, some of the characters struggle with the problem of their disabilities denying them the same opportunities the average man at the ranch has. Steinbeck uses characterization to illustrate the theme of survival of the fittest.

The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells a story about Two itinerant Farm workers named George and Lennie and their problems in a ranch a few miles south of Soledad. The two men have a conflict with society and how they are treated. The main theme of the book is to remind us how harsh the real world can be and how our dreams don't always come true.

George always has to look after Lennie because Lennie has a mild mental disability which causes him to get into trouble and George promised Lennie’s Aunt Clara he would help him. After they get settled into the camp the boss’ son Curley meets the two and does not like them so he gives them a hard time. At the work camp they also meet a man named Candy and they make a plan with him. Once they have enough money they will buy a house, own their land , work for themselves, and Lennie plans to tend the rabbits because Lennie has a weakness for fluffy soft things.

The novel, Of Mice and Men, has amazing characters with truly authentic characteristics and I relate well to a few of them. Lennie, George and Curley’s Wife, though all not favorable, had characteristics and personality traits that were truly relatable. The characters all have roles with characteristics that have underlying hidden themes (such as loneliness and naivety) which is why I am able to relate to some of the characters so

Of Mice and Men, is a world-famous novel which was written by John Steinbeck back in 1937. The novel is mainly about George and Lennie and their life. But I am not going to write about that. I am mainly going to focus on the characters which live on the ranch in the book (Crooks, Candy, Curley and Slim).

Minor characters can be used by authors to serve larger purposes,than what can be seen on the surface. The minor characters in the John Steinbeck’s tragedy Of Mice and Men serve a tremendous purpose of showing the motif of darkness and light. In Of Mice and Men, the story is about two men, the mentally disabled Lennie, his intelligent companion George who start working on a ranch, in the hope of saving money to own a ranch, and meet a variety of different characters, that include the boss’s son Curley,his flirtatious wife,the kind Slim, and Crooks,the stable buck. As the story progresses, Lennie gets into a various amount of incidents, culminating in the accidental death of Curley’s wife,as well as Lennie himself. Steinbeck's usage of light