In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck utilizes loneliness as an overarching theme, there is however one character that is noticeably longer than the others in Steinbeck's novella. This character is Crooks, a bitter and aloof man, he used to have a family with brothers and a 10 acre chicken ranch. Now he lives the life of a stable buck isolated by his race (he is the only African American on the ranch) among other things (Steinbeck,2002). This loneliness truly characterises him and causes no end to his
Of Mice, Men and Loneliness John Steinbeck is the author of the story Of Mice and Men. He grew up in the Salinas River Valley in California, where Of Mice and Men takes place. Steinbeck grew up in 1929 when the Great Depression was going on. Of Mice and Men also takes place during the Great Depression. There were many migrant workers during the Great Depression. Migrant farm workers are men who move around the country working and earning wages and then moving to the next farm. These migrant
The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, and Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck was born February 27, 1902, and unfortunately passed away on December 20, 1968, at 66 years old. Of Mice and Men is set in the time period of The Great Depression. The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in history. It started when the stock market crashed in 1929. World War II marks the end of this economic downfall that will forever be remembered. In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the characters of George
Depression. He dropped out of college to pursue his passion for writing. In 1937, he wrote Of Mice and Men, one of his more serious novellas. In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the characters Crooks, Curley's wife, and Candy to contribute to the overall theme of loneliness. To begin, Steinbeck uses Crooks, the stable hand who is discriminated against, to contribute to the theme of loneliness. Crooks is so highly discriminated against because he is the only black man on the ranch,
lonely an’ he gets sick”(Steinbeck 72-73). While an African American man named Crooks made this comment in Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, this sentiment can also be applied to anyone who is lonely, especially if they lived through the Great Depression. In the 1930s’, many people experienced awful circumstances that forced them to resort to desperate measures for money. Men often deserted their families and became , migrant workers, travelling from job to job in order to survive. In the novella, Candy
Loneliness plays a large role in developing themes and characters throughout the novel Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is a story about the lives of most American workers during the Great Depression. The story follows two friends, George and Lennie, as they try to get enough money to buy their own piece of land in Salinas, California, which seems like an impossible dream. Along the way, George and Lennie meet many other workers struggling with a common problem, loneliness. Throughout
gets sick” (Steinbeck 72-73). Loneliness is a powerful theme in Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Set in the late 1930s during the Great Depression, many of his characters experience discrimination and isolation. In this novella, George and Lennie are migrant workers, and they arrive in Soledad, California, where they found a job. The only female on the ranch is married to Curley, the boss’s son; consequently, she is isolated and faces the prejudice attitudes of the men. Two other characters, Candy
Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck in the period of the raging Great Depression, revolves around loneliness and the failure of the American dream. Based in the Salinas River Valley in California; two migrant workers struggle to keep a job for more than a month and hustle to make their dream a reality. George Milton; a short, smart and bossy man, and his partner Lennie Small, a tall, mighty force that is cognitively impaired and is attracted to any soft animal or article of clothing, are the
(Steinbeck 72). In Of Mice And Men, Steinbeck uses migrant workers such as George and Lennie to illustrate the loneliness experienced throughout the Great Depression. Steinbeck further uses these two main characters and others to show their differences and similarities to the typical traveling laborer. While in the Great Depression, people such as Candy, Crooks, and Lennie, all of whom struggle with loneliness in some sort of form because of being noticed. Their loneliness is caused by some sort
this era sold themselves to survive, and many men traveled around the west with bindles in the merciless climate looking for jobs. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie stumble onto a ranch in hopes of making some money to survive. They meet candy, the old man swamper’, Crooks, the farm’s stable hand’, and, finally, Curley's wife who is married to the boss's son. Throughout, the theme of loneliness is revealed in the novella Of Mice and Men through the isolation felt by Candy, Crooks