Themes In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

Every day, people are faced with responsibility. Some thrive under the pressure while others crumble. Responsibility is a sign of independence. Teenagers with greater amounts of responsibility feel freedom from their parents. In the same case, too much responsibility can put more stress on that freedom-seeking teen and can have devastating effects. John Steinbeck shows the theme that in life, responsibility is best taken in moderation in his novel Of Mice and Men.

Have you ever dreamed of becoming someone important or doing something exciting and memorable? Would you give up or refuse to let go of your dream until you achieve it? Has that obsessive under-minded your success? Many people have dreams that they want to accomplish, but there are obstacles individuals have to cross over in order to achieve their goals, such as facing reality. In the book of Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the story is a tale of two drifters working from farm to farm, trying to make a living, and save some money to have their own place someday, which is their dream during the Great Depression. The characters face the hardships

“And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head.” In the book, “ Of Mice and Men ,” by John Steinbeck (13), the author uses so many symbols in his characters and in the background throughout the story. In the book, everything represents symbolism whether it is the characters or the setting of the time and place they are in. The time period in “ OF Mice and Men “ is around the 1930s during the Great Depression. The men and women in the story aren’t very educated by how they talk and pronounce words. The setting is in Salinas Valley, California which is located in Northern California just south of San Francisco.

John Steinbeck, an American novelist, is well-known for his familiar themes of depression and loneliness. He uses these themes throughout a majority of his novels. These themes come from his childhood and growing up during the stock market crash. A reader can see his depiction of his childhood era. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows the prominent themes of loneliness, the need for relationships, and the loss of dreams in the 1930s through the novels’ character.

In John Steinbeck’s novel, of Mice and Men, there are a multitude of motifs that corresponded with the real life problems they were facing in that day. Reoccurring elements in this narrative include the predatory nature of human existence, corruption of women, loneliness and companionship, and the different kinds of strengths and weaknessses.

In Chapter 2 of, Of Mice and Men Steinbeck uses motifs to describe the situation in deeper detail quite frequently. Near the beginning of the chapter Steinbeck describes a man “in blue jeans” (Steinbeck, 18) that was carrying a “big push-broom in his left hand” (Steinbeck, 18) He then describes the order in which “Behind him came George, and behind George, Lennie” (Steinbeck, 18) That also goes back into talking about how George is more of a “owner” to Lennie in their “a man is a dog's best friend” relationship. By stating that Lennie is walking behind George gives us the thought that he also likes to protect Lennie, just like a parent is protective over their child. Following on to later into this chapter, while Lennie and George are settling

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a novella full of symbolic elements. Throughout this story, readers can find symbolism for many 1930s American struggles, such as discrimination and economic depression, and many of these representations are still relevant today. The novella also contains symbolic embodiment of multiple opposing ideas, such as peace and violence, life and death, and hope and failure. The symbolism in this story is mainly represented through the settings and characters, as well as through the allegories of several foreshadowing events.

In the story “Of Mice and Men” the main point that the author is trying to make about human life is that oppression does not only come from the hands of the strong or powerful. Many of the characters in this novella share that they are lonely. They have no real companionship with anyone because they don’t stay in one place long enough and they desire comfort from a friend. Part of that makes them weak and they seek to destroy those that are weaker than them to feel powerful. They are rendered helpless by their isolation.

Another way, Steinbeck shows How Gorge is a true friend to lennie is through how reliable he is to Lennie. An example of this is Lennie was left alone with Curley's wife in the barn and accidently killed her, by him doing this it made all the workers want to kill him. But instead of them killing Lennie George went off and “pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again, Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand and lay without Quivering,” (106) This quote shows how Gorge is a true reliable friend because A true friend will do whatever they think is good for you. Just like how George went off and killed lennie, so that way he didn’t have to go through even more hell. This shows readers that

There are many reasons why George might have shot Lennie, but there is only one that makes sense based on previous conversations. George’s decision to shoot Lennie was not out of malice, but out of protection and kindness, because Lennie was so kind and innocent, and George didn’t want him to suffer.

In the book Of Mice and Men there are three people I feel sorry for, and their names are George, Lennie, and Crooks. First, I feel sorry for George because of the fact that he always has to be around Lennie to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t do any stupid things. For example when George had to ask Lennie to stop drinking water from the river multiple times. (Steinbeck, 3).

Memory, symbol and pattern affect the reading of literature by helping to connect different ideas, that the reader may come up with, to the main story and they help the readers mind try to decipher the conflict in the story. For example, with symbolism, colors are not just colors anymore, blue becomes sorrow and red becomes anger. The recognition of patterns makes it easier to read complicated literature by seeing a reoccurring behavior or theme and tying it to the conflict or resolution of the story and setting the characters into certain categories. “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is a novel filled with all kinds of symbolism, patterns and even memories. The symbolism along with the memories in that novel

John Steinbeck Uses Symbolism to show how the main characters have hope in there american dream.  Hope is symbolised as light and hopelessness is symbolised as dark, in the book the characters notice “When Curleys wife first apears in the bunkhouse, both lennie and george notice the rectange of sunshine in the doorway is cut off.”  When they first arrive full of hope with the sunshine(light) coming in through the door than Curleys wife blocks it, it symbolsis that Curelys wife is blocking off there hope for there american dream.  This qoute is also foreshadowing that Curelys wife will also will ruin there american dream and cut of all of the little hope they have left.  He also uses the of the sun in the seanory of each paragraph “The sun came

One major theme of the classic novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was, life would be tough without friends. One event that shows this theme was when George stuck up for Lennie (A mentally challenged person) when their boss was being very rude and offensive to Lennie (24). This shows theme because George was being very friendly to Lenne showing that George cares for Lennie. Life would have been much harder for Lennie if he did not have a friend like George.This theme carries on later in the book when George said, “Lennie, this journey ain't so bad after all with you” (18).This shows theme because George literally stated that the journey that they are on is much easier with a friend. As can see be seen, the theme of my classic novel Of

Literary Elements in Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men is a passionate story about a pair of best friends who go on journeys together and getting into trouble. In this book John Steinbeck, the author, put together a book with symbolism, point of view, and characterization which are three of the elements of literary. Symbolism is the use of ideas and giving them a symbolic meaning that are different from their literal state. Point of view describes the role the narrator plays in the story based on his or knowledge of what is happening.