Varied Emotions In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

‘Yeah that’s the way’” (25). This demonstrates one occurrence where George let his short temper get the best of him, as he began an unliking towards an important character for no reason. Also, when George was speaking to Lennie confidentially, he got intrusive towards Candy, saying, “‘You was pokin’ your big ears into our business,’ George said. ‘I don’t like nobody to get nosey’” (24). This situation shows how George, once again, got unnecessarily protective over the conversation when Candy had done nothing wrong.

In the late 1930 unemployment rates were dropping at exponential rates, people were traveling west looking for jobs, hoping to gain even the smallest amounts of money. They were struggling to survive, fighting for jobs and living in horrible conditions. The Dust Bowl had wiped out most of their homes and many were desperate, people referred to them as migrant workers. The story Of Mice and Men revolves around the adventure of two migrant workers, George and Lennie. The book begins with a scene of nature, calm and beautiful yet cruel and complex. Much like nature, John Steinbeck's book tells the dark side of our nation and it’s people. Because of this, Steinbeck's book is still valuable to teach students. His simple yet complex story characterizes

George is a diligent man who cares for others. During a scene, George and Lennie have just arrived at the ranch, where their new job will take place. After speaking with a fellow worker, the boss comes in. He begins asking questions any new boss would want to know, of course George being the only one speaking as Lennie had promised not to say a word. The boss begins getting suspicious as of why Lennie had not said anything, but George just keeps assuring him of how good of a worker Lennie really is. George informs the boss of how good of a worker Lennie is: “Oh!

Barbara Sher once said, “‘Isolation is a dream killer’” (qtd. in Wishcraft). In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck scrutinizes the effects that alienation can have on society. Many characters experience loneliness throughout the novel. He illustrates the results of individuals becoming isolated from their peers. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck portrays characters alienated from society in order to illustrate the harmful effects of loneliness caused by discrimination.

Sympathy means feeling, showing, or expressing pity. Words don’t always have the power to hurt you, unless the person who said it, means the world to you. In Of Mice and Men there are three characters that showed sympathy throughout the book. As the reader begins to read a few chapters of the book, the reader will realize that Lennie was one of the characters that deserved the most sympathy. A reasoning for that is because as the reader reads a few pages of the first chapter, the reader will get to know a lot about him. He was described as a giant men, with a mind of a child. For an example ; He carries a dead mouse and begins petting it. If the reader thinks about it, no mature people would do such a thing. Another example I found in the book would be when George and Lennie were walking, George says “In a single file down the path,stay behind the other.” (pg 2) Which tells that he isn’t mature enough yet to look after himself. In the book Lennie’s known as a mentally disabled guy, that can’t live independent, or be on his own.

George and Lennie found it difficult to find a well-paying job to achieve their dream. They had a rough past with their old job, which got them on a kill list. “He just scared her. I’d be scared too if he grabbed me. But he never hurt her.

Lennie loves how George talks to him about the rabbits and the ranch, always saying, “tell me please George. Like you done before,” (Steinbeck 13). With the thought of rabbits and owning a stake, George makes Lennie giggle, and that allows Lennie to be happier and less morose. George allows Lennie to follow his dream of owning a ranch with rabbits, seeing how enjoyable it would be with to fulfill that dream in a non monotonous way. Similarly, George’s ability to believe in Lennie can push him forward to success.

George: George thought that he and Lennie would someday own a farm together but because of the continuous trouble Lennie kept causing their plan did not work out.

The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is the tale of two men, George and Lennie, who are friends and laborers in the fields of California. They are recovering from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl and struggling to find work and money. George is small and smart; quite the opposite of Lennie, who is large in size and infantile in his thoughts. Lennie, once left alone by his late Aunt Clara,has been under George’s care since. He looks up to George, acting as a forgetful, but obedient child; always trying to please George and never wanting to upset him.

Even though Lennie is always with George and does everything he says, he is still discriminated in the aspect that george uses Lennie at the interview in order to get the job. Lennie has an obsession with the rabbits that he would get to tend because of George’s American dream to own a ranch and have lots of animals. Lennie thinks about tending the rabbits to divert his thoughts from being mentally disabled. “I wasn’t kicked in the head was I george(23)?” “Be a good damn thing if you was save ever’body a hell of a lot of trouble’”(23).

The Entity of Sadness Humans are interdependent beings, in constant need of companionship for life unfolds with others around. In times where the world was held by loneliness and all lived tractable lives, there was no compassionate human interaction. America was suffocating within the walls of the Great Depression and humanity yearned for a simple source of communication. The times possessed a lack of enlightenment, humans were forced into a world of pure labor. Men traveled from one menial employment to the next, the facade of hope was fissured.

"George is going to give me hell" or "George won 't let me tend the rabbits." He is devoted to George like a dog is devoted to its master, and he tries to follow George 's commands. There is a childlike wonder

For example, in the first section Lennie says to George, "I remember about the rabbits, George.' ' The hell with the rabbits. That’s all you can ever remember is them rabbits" (14). Shown in the text, Lennie has a lot of ambition as he is optimistic as he speaks to George about raising rabbits on their future ranch one day. He never thought of the negatives or what it would require to reach his goal, all he knows is he wants to have a big ranch filled with rabbits in the future. "

Attitudes can make one small situation a big situation but all depends on your attitude.Not having control over everything can make a positive and negative affect on a person.But as a society if we try to make everybody have a positive attitude then no one would be feeling lonely.But there will always be people that will be in bummed mood for personal reasons. John steinbeck's novel, of mice and men, claims that everyone has it and people who feel isolated do it to protect their self.So,this makes people make bad chooses and then they get in trouble.Also they might do things to get attention or just ignore everybody that tries to talk to them

He would yell at Lennie and tell him if he didnt have him he could go and do as he pleased. When in reality George did not want these things. He was greatful to have a friend in Lennie, so he would not have to be alone. With Lennie's simple mind, he could not comprehend what George was talking about most of the time. He believed that George got upset over simple things such as ketchup. He too was very thankful to have George to go along with. Although he did not understand the complexity of things sometimes, he knew that he had a true friend who he trusted wouldnt leave him.