Of mice and men, published in 1937 is one of the most important and influential novels of John Steinbeck. The American author was born in 1902 in Salinas, California in the United States. Salinas was a prosperous farming community in 1920’s .Therefore, the geography and demographics of Steinbeck’s place of origin greatly influenced Steinbeck’s novels and development of his characters who have a strong identification with land. Steinbeck developed strong interest in writing in early adolescence in high school and after that, he was enrolled at Stanford University in 1919 which gave him opportunity to sharpen his writing skills majoring in English. The author is widely known for writing novels including award winning The Grapes of Wrath written …show more content…
Lennie is a man of limited mental capacity and depends mostly on George Milton in making decisions, even the most critical ones. This is like a bull who follows the chain which it runs through a hole in his nose or a crab who moves towards its prey. Due to limitation in mental capacity, Lennie finally breaks the neck of Curly’s wife unintentionally which automatically shuttered his dreams of owning a ranch. Lenny love for soft things is also an indication of irrationality since he went to the extent that, he batted the dress of the girl in weed. In the process, the girl screamed and Lennie was accused of attempted rape. This made them flee from their previous employment in Weed, California to Soledad in search of new job .Moreover, George shot Lenny at the back of his head as a peaceful and less painful way of death. This may can be associated with limited mental capacity since that would have not be the most prudent way of solving issues in real …show more content…
We live in a world of dreams and desire to achieve, but sometimes we end up without achieving them. Therefore, Steinbeck brought this clearly as we see Lennie died without actually achieving his dreams. Also friendship has been expressed as the main theme in the novel. Despite the difficult moments they went through, George and Lennie’s friendship is all against the challenges. The two shared well dreams and loved one another so much. This is a great virtue even in modern
This proves to us that George is afraid of losing Lennie because he is his only friend and if he loses him, he will become lonely and isolated. This is the thought that Steinbeck uses to help us engage with the emotion
John Steinbeck's agricultural upbringing in the California area vibrantly shines through in the settings and story lines of the majority of his works. Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, takes place in the Salinas Valley of California. The drama is centered around two itinerant farm workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, with a dream of someday owning a place of their own. Lennie Small is a simple-minded, slow moving, shapeless hulk with pale eyes whose enormous physical strength often causes him to get into trouble. George Milton on the other hand is small in stature, clever, dark of face and eyes, and acts as Lennie's guardian and calming force.
There are many authors, poetry writers, and novelists around this world, but what make them into a famous author or writer? One of the famous American writer was John Steinbeck. He earned a Nobel prize of literature from his American classic novels that he had written in the past. The Nobel prize was not the only award that he had earned for his literature, he earned different awards for his writings also (John Stein..). John Steinbeck is a man who had overcome different obstacles and being successful in life.
Every great writer had their own influences, John Steinbeck was no exception. Steinbeck’s influences cam from family, friends, and his environment to write detailed descriptions to involve or influence the reader. Whenever someone reads one of John Steinbeck’s works they are in immersed in the scene he is describing, he makes you feel as if you are right there experiencing everything there first hand.
Steinbeck’s character, Lennie, is large and strong, but his mind is weak and slow. His companion through the story, George, looks after Lennie and has plans for a good life for
John Steinbeck created Of Mice and Men on his own influences. He used past memories and events to mold the story together. During his childhood years he has observed many poor migrant workers living and traveling from one ranch or farm to another
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck about two men trying to survive the Great Depression. John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California on February 27, 1902. Steinbeck was also born in the location that this novella takes place in. The Poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns, itself was what inspired John Steinbeck to write Of Mice and Men. This novel is based on two important characters named George and Lennie.
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck was a famous author in the 1900s. He wrote many books, and was hidden as being a american communist. He was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, CA. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature. In one of his most known novels ,Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses Candy, Crooks, and Curley's Wife to contribute to the overall theme of how people will go to extreme measures to escape loneliness.
In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie and George have both similarities and differences that are revealed throughout the storyline. These comparisons and contrasts are used to explain their unique friendship and dependency on one another. The story begins with the description of their physical and intellectual differences and establishes their roles of who is the dominant one. The story shares the obstacles that have stood in the way of them obtaining their “American Dream” to own land, even if they if they have different motivations. The story concludes with the difficult choice that George makes to end Lennie’s life himself, out of his love for his friend.
In conclusion, we see that Steinbeck uses various techniques to portray the relationship between George and Lennie. But the main method is the idea of George being like a parent to
This will cause more people to be happier and create more dreams. This novel shows a lot of compassion when George has to shoot Lennie and then never continues their dream of owning a farm. He does not want to carry on that dream without his friend by his side. It is better to have friends different from yourself. Steinbeck shows compassion through the two characters, George and Lennie. George is compassionate towards Lennie, he looks out for him and does not leave him
The author of mice and men was born in Salinas Comma California, and 1902 John Steinbeck dropped out of Stanford University in 1925 without any degree. He worked as a manual laborer. He won a Pulitzer Prize and a national book award for his 1938 novel The Grapes of Wrath. he was also awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962. he died in 1968 due to heart problems. He worked as a manual laborer.
John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902. He studied marine biology at Stanford University and then traveled east on a freighter through the Panama Canal. Steinbeck went to New York to work as a newspaper reporter but soon returned to California and held a variety of jobs while he wrote. Steinbeck published Tortilla Flat in 1935, Of Mice and Men in 1937, and The Red Pony in 1937, which established his reputation as a forceful writer. In 1939 he wrote The Grapes of Wrath, which summoned up the despair and hardship of the early 1930's. John Steinbeck died in 1968. The Grapes of Wrath is a story about one family's hardship during the Depression and the Dust Bowl of the
Lennie is mentally disabled and so always ‘does bad things’, because of this, he constantly depends on George to protect him and get him out of trouble. For example, in Weed, Lennie constantly ‘wants to touch
George’s dream was the only reason that Lennie was with Lennie was because his inspiration for his dream. Lennie asked George to tell about how things were going to be at the farm continuously (Steinbeck 13). George’s dream was to own the farm that the two were going to live on. Lennie was the only motivation