Comparing John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The book and the movie Of Mice and Men were similar in many ways. While watching the movie, I would remember many things said that came right out of the book. For example, Lennie went straight to the water and drank right out of it. Another thing that was the same was when Lennie and George were sitting by the fire, George told Lennie that they were going to have beans for supper. Lennie kept saying that he liked his beans with ketchup, but they didn’t have any. I also remember when Carlson was begging Curley to let him shoot his dog. Finally Curley gave in, but he wasn’t very happy about it. The last similarity I’m going to talk about is the time Lennie broke Curley’s hand. I think that this was a very important part in the story because

Living during the Great Depression was very challenging for many people. There was a definite difference in how people lived. Some were struggling to survive during the difficult time of hardship in their lives. Others were forced to survive on their own and often separated from others with feelings of loneliness. In addition many others were afraid of the unknown circumstances revolving around the economic during the depression.

Of Mice and Men recounts the story of two itinerant ranch hands who, despite their apparent differences, are dependent on each other.

George is Lennie’s best friend and his only friend. He looks out for Lennie and takes care of him. George is a much smaller guy than Lennie but is like Lennie’s older brother. He does all the thinking for Lennie; he feeds Lennie, and does what’s best for Lennie. Unlike Lennie, George is all there in the head that is why George watches over Lennie and protects him. George does what’s best for Lennie.

According to to the novel, Nickel and Dimed, “The “working poor,” as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that other homes will be shiny and perfect. Of Mice and Men, shows the same idea, that George and Lenny must work on a low wage farm in order to be able to survive and achieve their goal of owning their own farm. These two literary works display many similar themes that adhere to the economy in the United States, the living conditions of the poor, and to the impossibility of attaining the American dream. John Steinbeck, author of Of Mice and Men, generally argues about the

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the main characters are accused of murder, and reprimanded before they are given a chance to defend themselves. In relation to the world today, many suspected criminals are accused of crime and punished without fair reasoning. The Great Gatsby focuses on wealth, love, social class, and dreams. The main character is a successful and wealthy man who falls in love with a woman who he potentially dies for in the end. Of Mice and Men is about two men, Lennie and George, who travel together to work.

This passage fit with the scene where Casy was killed because he was a “red”. He had a concept he knew that if people united they could achieve more than a single person or family ever could. His only objective was to help the people he had suffer with and was willing to risk his own life for it. He was just a man he had no more power than any other common man but he was brave enough to share his ideals and that scare the companies. It only takes one man to united the people.

Of Mice and Men is a book written by John Steinbeck in the year 1992, transformed into a film. It seems as if the book itself is coming alive while following along with the movie. This movie acts as a front row seat for you to witness and embark on the journey with George and Lennie. These are two men that differ greatly from each other, but both find a common interest in the other. George a well rounded young man, not quick to talk but is always ready to work. While his clueless companion Lennie Small followed close behind.

We as people often interpret ourselves as powerful but yet powerless. In the book Of mice and men and the poem “To a mouse” both demonstrate how not only people are powerless and powerful but how emotions can be too. Both, the book and the poem show these ways through feelings, actions, and their thoughts.

Modern-day people pride themselves for living in a society where “all men are created equal”, but this concept does not come without burdensome string attached. Thomas Scarseth explores an intriguing notion from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men that equality is only attainable because everyone is bound together by the shared experiences of tragedy despite all the other characteristics that divide them. But tragic unity, which is the varied degrees of tragedy that exist in everybody’s life, is caused by these characteristics that separate people. Therefore, equality is indirectly rendered possible because of the contrasting traits of humankind as shown through the various characters in Steinbeck’s acclaimed novel.

We would all put our close ones out of pain or trouble if we had a chance. In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two men are employed on a small working ranch in northern California, sometime during the 1930s, during the great depression. They attempt to raise enough money to get by and to reach their dreams. But Lennie, one of the two men, made a huge mistake. He killed the boss’s son’s wife. Now George, the other man, has to make a choice. He chooses to kill his friend Lennie. But in this dilemma George made the right choice.

In the Novella “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck, the world in which it is set, is a bleak and brutal one, plagued by unemployment and where hope of a better life is almost dead. The story is set during the Great depression and the American Dust Bowl, a time of unemployment, poverty and high suicide rates. Many characters in the narrative have little power over their employment, or their lives. Even the protagonists, George and Lennie, have their dreams of a better life crushed, and an unhappy ending. The desolate and harsh environment presented is historically accurate, where the characters are helpless to control their lives or their fate.

An unknown source once said “People with good intention make promises, people with good character keep them” (https://becauseisaidiwould.com/promisequotes/). Of Mice and Men, is an amazing story, that revolves around the journey of two characters, who are not similar in any way, who go on a wild trek chasing their American Dream. This eye catching story revolves around the two best friends, George and Lenny. George can be classified as someone who knows his way around, he knows how to get around the in’s and out’s of all situations, and is ultimately the only reason Lenny might still be alive and safe. Lenny on the other hand can be described as a giant baby. The ginormous man, topping the charts in both size and strength, could pretty easily

From the start of the film I was not expecting it to be as funny as it was. I had never heard of the film before watching it and seeing the year produced as 1926 I immediately thought it would be uninteresting to me. By far the most amusing aspect is that while Johnnie is in pursuit of the spies, it seems like he can’t catch a break but all his actions indirectly lead him on his adventure and make him into a hero. The limitations of film length became clear in the lack of extended scenes. The scenes seem to jump often and it can be explained through the inability to film for long times on end. I have never seen a silent film start to finish and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Moreover I was impressed by how few words had to be said

Imagine having to shoot your own best friend in their head to stop them from hurting other people. Well, that is what happened in Of Mice and Men. This story takes place on a ranch in California around the year 1930. Two men, George and Lennie, had a dream. A dream that others say is a realistic dream and others don’t. Lennie does not function like everyone else. He is still a good guy with good intentions. George is almost like Lennie’s babysitter and always has his eye on Lennie, making sure he does not get in trouble. Their dream is then corrupted by the wrong doings of Lennie. Their dream was very realistic, but a few things got in the way and ruined the dream. Their dream was to live on a farm and for Lennie to tend his rabbits.