Of Mice and Men, a fictional book, written by John Steinbeck, is about two migrant farm workers named George Milton and Lennie Small. George had a small built but he was quick to think, Lennie was big, but he didn’t know his capability or how strong he was. He was also mental in the head. George dreams of having a piece of land where he can start a farm on it, Lennie’s dream was to have an abundance of rabbit where he can tend. Lennie has an addiction where he has to touch something soft, like a puppy, a dress, and a mouse. This is problematic because he grabbed a girl’s dress and wouldn’t let go which lead them to being chased out of Weed Town. After they got chased out of Weed Town they fled to a ranch in Salinas Valley far away …show more content…
“Well, you keep your place then, nigger. I could get you strung you on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.”(Steinbeck 81) This quote was said to Crooks when he asked Curley's wife to go out of his room. Since he was black he couldn’t talk back to that because he had no power. “Cause i’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because i’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, all you stink to me.”(Steinbeck 68) He was isolated from the others because he was black and they all thought that since he was black he smelled …show more content…
“I get lonely.”(Steinbeck 87) She is isolated and lonely in the story because she keeps seeking attention. She kept trying to talk to Lennie when he says he doesn’t want to talk. In the end she was killed because she was being persistent into talking with Lennie and letting him touch her hair. She was also discriminated against because in the story she wasn’t given a name. Candy was discriminated in the story because he was old and handicapped.”But he was reassured by the swampers defense.”(Steinbeck 24) Candy was discriminated against his age because he was old, they even gave him a nickname which is swamper because he was old and smelly. “I ain’t much good with on’y hand.”(steinbeck 59) Since he lost his arm and was handicapped he was discriminated against because he couldn’t do much work. His dog played a huge part too because the dog was like a symbol. Since the dog was too old it was
Another common form of discrimination in the book and at the time was against the elderly and overall those who couldn't provide much help. Candy is a worker on the farm who is both old and disabled, missing a hand and acknowledges his disadvantage by saying, “I ain’t good with on’y one hand...they’ll can me purty soon. Jus’ as soon as I can’t swamp out no bunkhouses they’ll put me on the country.”(59) The people on the farm keep candy around mostly from pity having him do small cleaning jobs but its common fact that once he's completely useless the farm won't want him. To add on to this, Candy is also fairly isolated whether from his age or not it causes him to be an outcast, this is seen when he talks with George, "I gotta think about
Of Mice and Men follows George Milton and Lennie Small in an adventure to get their American Dream. It takes place in 1930’s Soledad, California. The novella, by John Steinbeck, focuses on topics of friendship, masculinity, the American Dream, poverty, loneliness, injustice, and mercy. George and Lennie's’ relationship, has a distinct mentor and protegee dynamic.
The novella Of Mice and Men is a book by John Steinbeck on the lives of migrant farm workers working during the Great Depression, Lennie, who is developmentally delayed and George. The two have a dream of, what every farm worker has a dream of, land. A clearing is one of the prevalent settings. When a bus drops them off 4 miles from their destination, the duo stays there a night and Lennie is instructed, that if anything bad happens he should “hide in the brush”. Working on the ranch the make an enemy, Curly ( who’s hand is crushed by Lenni in the fight, and several friends, Candy who offers to help them buy the land, and Slim who seems to always see all sides of the issue. Later they attempt to make their dream come true but in the
The story “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature. “Of Mice and Men” is about two characters George and Lennie. George is very smart but short. Lennie on the other hand is the complete opposite. He is big and has a mind of a child. In “Of Mice and Men” George and Lennie have a dream to own a piece of land somewhere in California. In this story Lennie is being made sympathetic by Steinbeck so then the story is more relatable. Steinbeck is doing this by showing Lennie to have some mental problems and also to make him act like a child in a manly ranch in California.
In her last few moments of life she says, “I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” (Steinbeck 86). Because of her vindictive husband, she was treated as a possession proving how even though she didn’t always show it, loneliness ultimately controlled her life. The rest of the characters were hurt by their
looking for a place to live and work. They get both of these as the
Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck about the life of two men named Lennie and George. In the novel, a main overarching theme is the brotherhood and friendship between George and Lennie, and how they will do anything to protect each other. To start at the beginning, Lennie and George find themselves running from their old town weed after Lennie scares a little girl, “They run us outta weed, he explodes triumphantly. Run us out, hell, said George disgustingly. We ran.
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 written by John Steinbeck in 1937 and was published also in 1937. The novella is set in 1940’s America a time when the rights of women were very different to what they are now. Of Mice and Men is a story about George Milton and Lennie Small, two itinerant farm labourers. They are travelling from a ranch in Weed to another ranch in Soledad. They had to leave the ranch in Weed because Lennie, who isn’t the sharpest knife in the draw, went to feel a women’s red dress and she went screaming to the ranch owner that Lennie was trying to rape her. Once the protagonists George and Lennie arrive at the ranch in Soledad they meet Curley, the boss’s son, Candy, the swamper, and lots of other male ranch workers. They also meet
The Novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck is about two men named George and Lennie who are trying to make a living. George and Lennie are working on a ranch in the Salinas Valley during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Their dream is to own their own ranch together. While on the ranch, George and Lennie are interacted with a women named Curley’s wife , who is very flirtatious, but her biggest dream is to not be alone. Another person is a man named Crooks, who is a black man on the ranch, and his dream is to be treated fairly.
Caroline Mahler Ela Period 1 4/8/2024. Of Mice and Men “For a moment she stood over him as though waiting for him to move so that she could whip at him again; but Crooks sat perfectly still, his eyes averted, everything that might be hurt drawn in.’’ The novella, Of Mice And Men, written by John Steinbeck is about 2 migrant workers named George and Lennie during The Great Depression. They both dream of getting their own ranch to work on and Lennie to tend rabbits at, but they don't have enough money and Lennie acts very childish. So they have to work on a ranch owned by someone else with many other workers.
‘Of mice and men’ is a tale of loneliness and hardship felt by the people living in America during the 1930 's. Written by John Steinbeck and published in 1937, it tells the heartbreaking story of two ranch workers during the depression; George Milton and Lennie Small. At the time America was very poor, with a shortage of jobs so people had to travel in search of new jobs. As many people were constantly moving, lasting friendships or relationships were hard to come across. People became scared to have friendships, scared of each other making them lonely and isolated. Most of the characters lived by ‘every man for himself’; only having to care for themselves, not having to worry about others and therefore
“‘I got hurt four years ago,” he said. “They’ll can me purty soon.’” Although age discrimination is not directly mentioned, a reader can portray the fact that Candy is being discriminated against with the right evidence. One can say that Candy’s fate is parallel with his dog, “‘You seen what they don't to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that.” Just like how Candy’s dog could always be replaced with a new, younger one, Candy could also be substituted by a younger, healthier man. Also, seeing how Candy couldn’t protect his dog from its fate, it foreshadows how weak Candy is, and someone can infer that Candy would not be able to stand up for himself either. Due to all this discrimination, the story portrays Candy as a frail and overpowered
The novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck is set in America in the 1930’s and it describes the lives of migrant farmers as they go from farm to farm looking for jobs. It also shows the loneliness of the characters and the hard work that they put in. The main characters of the book are Lennie, a man-child, and George, a small man but very powerful character that takes care of Lennie in their journey. Also when they get to the farm they meet the bosses wife who is very lonely and looks for company in the workers. Steinbeck uses characterization to bring his characters to life using various techniques.
In the novella Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, the relationship between Lennie Small and George Milton is complex. Lennie and George are two companions who look for work and brave the hardships of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression together. Although Lennie and George are both grown men, their relationship resembles more of a child and a single parent, or a boy and his dog. Lennie is portrayed as animalistic and childish through his behavior and Steinbeck’s comparisons. This reveals the crucial power dynamic in George and Lennie’s relationship.