Impairments In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Disabilities can be mental : everything is in your head; and one of the characters that has mental disabilities is Lennie, society treats him in a harsh ways. When Curley comes into the bunkhouse, and sees that only George answers his questions, he screams to Lennie : “Curley stared levelly at him. ‘Well, nex’ time you answer when you’re spoke to.’ He turned toward the door and walked out, and his elbows were still bent out a little.” Lennie can’t answer Curley because of his mental conditions. Curley doesn’t seem to get it so he treats Lennie very poorly by screaming at him. George is talking about Lennie to Slim : “One day a bunch of guys was standin’ around up on the Sacramento River. I was feelin’ pretty smart. I turns to Lennie and says, ‘Jump in.’ An’ he jumps. Couldn’t swim a stroke. He damn near drowned before we could get him.” This quotation shows that people take advantage of Lennie’s disabilities just to have fun and watch him suffer. It’s not Lennie’s fault if he jumped in the river and people know that, but they still choose to treat him carelessly, and wrongly. In conclusion, we know that Lennie suffers from mental

Crooks was marginalized because of his race; this symbolized the marginalization of the black community during this era. Firstly,he couldn’t play cards with the other men or go into the bunkhouse because he was black. Secondly, he sleeps in the barn with all of the horses. Even though he is injured and it is hard for him to walk, he still had to work everyday. Since he was always by himself, Crooks was probably always lonely and that was also a struggle for most of the characters."Well, you keep your place then, nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny."(p120) Curley’s wife threatened to have him hung and she would never have said that to any of the other workers. She had just said that because he was black and she needed to feel control over someone. Out of all the men on the ranch, Lennie was the only one that ever talked to him or tried to talk to him. When Curley's wife talked to him, it was always rudely or to call him

Lenny is on track to an early death as a result of his lifestyle decisions. If he continues his habits on a regular basis, he will most likely develop preventable diseases. These are some of unhealthy things which affect his chances: smoking, obesity, stress, environment, having high blood pressure, and his diet (containing high-salt). There are major health problem that all are linked to these choices; cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer are several key ones. Without changing, Lenny will probably live a shorter life—as a result of his own decisions and way of life.

In John Steinbeck's classic novella “Of Mice and Men” is set in the late 1920’s in Soledad, California. Throughout the book, Lennie Smalls and Curley's Wife are two characters who struggle the most. Lennie is a mentally handicapped man who is too strong for his own good, while Curley's wife is a woman who is barred to any interaction with others, besides her husband Curley. She is often looked over and treated like she is worthless and not worthy of anyone's time. Steinbeck developed many different themes throughout the book by portraying characters differently.

”Wha’s the matter with me?’ she cried. ‘Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways?” (Steinbeck 87) In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Curley’s wife is discriminated against because she is a woman living in the 1930s when few females could live economically independent of men. By choosing not to name her, Steinbeck reinforces her insignificance on the ranch and her dependence on Curley. While a misfortunate victim of isolation, Curley’s wife exerts unexpected power attempting to mask her pain.

The story Of Mice and Men takes place about eighty years ago where black men weren’t treated equally. The members of the ranch constantly outcast Crooks due to his skin color. He isn’t allowed to play horseshoes or play cards with the rest of the ranch hands because society wouldn’t allow that. Crooks is one of the loneliest people on the ranch because he wasn’t ever accepted by anyone. Since he isn’t allowed to do the things everyone else does, he decides to go with the flow of society. He accepts that no one will ever try to be there for him and excludes himself before anyone else can do the damage. He also has his back disability that

Crooks got his name from an old back injury, hence his back was crooked. Crooks was also the only man of color in the book. All of the other men were white and this segregated Crooks. Crooks was a very intellectual man, yet no one really gave him a chance due to the fact that he was of another race. Crooks said, “‘ And now there ain’t a colored man on this ranch,’” to show that he was aware that he was in the minority(70).

Crooks experiences discrimination on the ranch. Crooks sleeps in a barn instead of the bunkhouse where all of the other men sleep. When Lennie first walks into Crooks’ room, Crooks gets defensive and announces, “‘You go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunk house, and you ain’t wanted in my room’” (65). Crooks alienates himself from society, because he thinks that society has alienated him. He desires to be included. Crooks wants to punish the men for not allowing him in the bunk house. Crooks feels rejected. Crooks describes to Lennie why the ranch workers do not want him near them: “‘Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink’” (65). Since the workers do not include him, Crooks thinks that he does not belong at the ranch. His self esteem diminishes when the men isolate him for something he can not change. Finally, Lennie reveals his dreams of owning a farm to Crooks. Crooks acts skeptical of the idea when he explains, “‘I seen hunderds of

In Of Mice and Men the character Crooks is a stable hand who works with the ranch horses. He is also the only black man on the ranch because of this he lives by himself. Crooks is seen as an outcast because of his skin color and because he has been injured and that has afected his ability to perform the duties expected of him.

During the Great Depression, migrant farmers sought out work to stay alive. When they finally found a job to sustain them, workers were mistreated, starved, paid poor wages, and, worst of all, robbed of necessary human companionship. John Steinbeck captures the hopelessness of Depression-era farm life in his novella Of Mice and Men. Throughout the novella, most characters have a disability crippling them and pushing them away from other workers on the farm. Their disabilities are a physical embodiment of their isolation. Steinbeck uses his disabled characters to illustrate the depth of their loneliness, as well as to exemplify different types of loneliness.

“I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail”(Steinbeck 7). If a person has a mental or physical challenge, it will have a major effect on how that person is capable of living the rest of their life. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck illustrates how the mental and physical challenges and state of mind of the characters makes them incapable of achieving their American Dreams. Individuals with mental challenges in the 1930’s and now a days, were and still may be considered to be worthless and not good for much. Having a physical challenge, like a missing hand, will affect the type of work someone can do, and could limit someone job opportunities. Usually when a person is told something as a child, they will believe

Crooks is the only black man on the ranch, and is often discriminated against by all the other workers at the ranch. He is usually excluded from many activities that all the other men participate in, and is ignored by most of the workers. “I ain’t wanted in the bunk house…cause I’m black…” This quote shows how the other men who work at the ranch reject and isolate Crooks, and how he is forced to have his own bunk house, since he isn’t allowed to reside in the same bunk house as the other workers. Crooks leads a harsh, lonely life, only because the

In John Steinbeck’s novella “Of Mice and Men” set in 1930’s in Salinas Valley, California, we meet the static character, Lennie Small and his best friend George. while it is obvious to the reader that Lennie has a mental disability because of his actions, it is never directly stated.

Mental disabilities are struggles that many have to face. In the novel, Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, Lennie is illustrated as mentally challenged man with a dense, shapeless body. He and his minder and also friend, George are wanderers. Together they travel around California in search of work as they wish to earn money so that they can follow their dreams. The pair long to buy a little house along with a couple of acres and farm animals but Lennie’s disability causes difficulties that not even George expected. This novel lets the reader into the mind of Lennie, to give us an understanding of his mentality, interests and emotions.

In the novella, Of Mice and Men, there is a character named Curley’s Wife. Curley’s Wife is first shown in the novella as a character who is provocative and represented as darkness. Throughout the story she is dehumanized, objectified, and sexualized. Therefore, Steinbeck crafts the character, Curley’s Wife, in order to convey how the american dream is unattainable through him showing sexism and discrimination towards women.