Use Of Characterization In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The second chapter of the novella begins in contrast to the vivid setting of the first. Where Chapter 1’s ​setting is captured in colorful ​and​ ​vivid imagery​, the setting of Chapter 2 is described in short sentences and dull colors. For example, the phrases ​"​runs​ ​deep​ ​and green",​ ​"twinkling​ ​over​ ​the​ ​yellow​ ​sands",​ ​and "​golden​ ​foothill​ ​slopes" in juxtaposition to the phrases “long rectangular building”, “walls were whitewashed”, and “floor unpainted” are clearly different in terms of color and syntax. The transition from a captivating forest to a sad room for workers represents the beginning of a uniformed life.

The long, hard war of human equality in society, has been a war since the beginning of civilization. The Great Depression, a tragic time in America’s history, reflects American determination, but also social inequality. In the fiction novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses symbolism and characterization to address ableism and sexism in society. Steinbeck addresses these flaws in society in an attempt to ultimately bring awareness these riffs before society falls.

“The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In the book, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck there is many examples of stereotyping and labeling. George and Lennie are the two main characters of the book and they both are stereotyped. George watches and takes care of lennie, so he is labeled as a parent figure. On the other hand, Lennie is dependant on George so he is labeled as immature. However, there's much more to the characters than what they are labeled as. Even though the other characters in the book will learn more about George and Lennie throughout the story, they will forever be known for their stereotypes. Steinbeck shows that with stereotyping people look at the world with more judgement.

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.

“Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the water and the stove, and how thick the cream is in the milk like you can hardly cut it.” (Steinbeck, 14). Of Mice and Men was written by author John Steinbeck. In this novel they explain Lennie as a innocent and a little slow. Lennie has someone who cares for him and his name is George. In the book Of Mice and Men lennie symbolizes innocence.

Biases and inequality towards women have been a problem in society since men foolishly decided to give women the stereotype of being housewives and only good for breeding children. Those who refuse to follow the stereotype are considered promiscuous, or unfaithful towards their significant other. This stereotype was highly expected of women during the early twentieth century, and was also exhibited in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men towards Curley’s wife. Of Mice and Men took place in the 1930s, and the plot follows two best friends trying to achieve their dreams, which lands them in a ranch that will do them nothing but harm. In this ranch, only the strongest may survive, and those who do not follow the usual stereotype were considered weak, and will most likely die. Steinbeck’s theme of death is always feared, but to some it is a way to leave the misery that is the world reveals the social injustices in society causes gender discrimination towards Curley’s wife. The hostility and bitterness towards Curley’s wife did not just lead to her death, but also saved her from the loneliness and isolation she had to go through on the ranch.

How can we justify and condemn George’s actions at the end of the story. In the story of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters George had both condemned and understandable actions at the end of the story. I think George had a hard time shooting Lennie, but at the same time he had a semi-reasonable reason to shoot him. It was hard for him to shoot Lennie because the two of them had traveled everywhere together ever since they were young.

In January of 1936, John Steinbeck began writing Of Mice and Men in the middle of the largest economic downturn the United States has ever seen and later referred to as, The Great Depression. “Throughout the country the fall off in international trade had closed thousands of small business enterprises, forced small and large farmers off their properties and brought hundreds of little rural communities to the edge of poverty and beyond”. (O 'Connor, 2014) Attempting to bring the world into a fictional panorama, Steinbeck achieved this goal by following the accounts that have unfortunately taken place in the world with a shocking, yet slightly satisfying twist. Although this story is only fiction, it certainly contains the presentiment and agony that most U.S citizens were facing during this incredibly restless era. Nonetheless, the book itself is still fictional. The historical accounts in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and the verisimilitude in the real world are extremely accurate.

Now matter how big your dream is people might think it’s not going to happen. George and Lennie wanted to own a ranch and have animals George says “ok someday we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and--” (Steinbeck 14). “An’ live off the fatta the lan’,” (Steinbeck 14). Lennie shouted. (Steinbeck 14). George is telling Lennie how their going to live lavish one day. Crooks was alone in his room when Lennie comes in and accidently says his and George's dream, Crooks says are you “Jus’ nuts,” (Steinbeck 69). Lennie refuses that it's not a lie. It shows that it was easy to dream about the American dream even if they were going through the great depression where the majority

all of the bad that was being stirred up accidentally by him., to whomever. It is common amongst civilians in the 1930’s to have a deeper motive in life, considering living through an era of The Great Depression. On the contrary, a sense of animosity can be generated because of events, self-image, or external issues throughout life and can be a detriment to those American goals. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, psychological analysis remains to be a consistent key attribute to the story. Steinbeck demonstrates through two nomadic workers a vivid depiction of psychological struggles that are internal and external. Those struggles, if fully understood, can formulate a deeper meaning, as well as grasp the psychoanalytic struggles that people

Prior, to the excerpt Steinbeck was describing the scenery of the numerous migrant families moving across the country. Subsequently, Steinbeck elucidated how the families met, and how they started relationships with each other, and soon became a single group, which treated each other as family, and respect. Furthermore, as time went on the enormous group of families moved together, and as they stopped when needed to in order to rest, everyone had a role which they had to accomplish in order to ensure a tranquil society. Lastly, leading on to the excerpt, the families established regulations to maintain peace, and

The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about two characters, George and Lennie, who are migrant farmers during the Great Depression. Lennie is extremely strong, but he is mentally disabled. George takes care of Lennie, but often looks at his companion more as a burden then a friend. In the book George and Lennie have just begun working on a farm and they are trying to make money to obtain their dream which is to own a farm. Thomas Scarseth wrote a review of the book, in his review he stated that the novel is a great piece of literature. He supported this with reasons such as Steinbeck's writing reveals that all men are created equal in their ability to suffer, which means it's not just kings and great people who suffer, everyone does. Another point Scarseth makes is that all characters are very complex, but not simple minded. One more idea Scarseth says makes the book great is that all pieces of literature don't end happily, but those that do are the ones that stick with us the most. Thomas Scarseth's analysis of the book Of Mice and Men is accurate that the book stands out from all others because of it's characters, theme, plot, and symbols

Michael Schaub covered the attempted ban of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men in 2015 for the LA Times in John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ survives censorship attempt in Idaho.’ Schaub explained that the book was initially challenged because community members of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho felt that Steinbeck’s book was too mature because of explicit language and a sad setting. The book was finally voted on by the school board and with a vote of 4 to 1 the book was preserved. Personally I feel like they made the correct choice and agree with the school board trustee Tom Hearn. Hearn was reported saying “We need to trust the judgement of our English teachers to use this book wisely, as we have since 2002.” Teachers are more than qualified to judge

About the Author: John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27th, 1902. He died on December 20th, 1968. He was an American author of 27 books, one of them is “Of Mice and Men.” (Which was published in 1937) Most of Steinbeck’s work is set in southern, and central California. He was the winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in LIterature.

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