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Of Mice And Men: A Literary Analysis

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Throughout the literary works of Great Gatsby, Death of a Salesman, and Of Mice and Men, each plot has its main character striving to reach a goal, but in the end, they “arrive where [they] started.” In the Great Gatsby, the main character searches for a love which he already had in his past life, but only ends up dead in his search for love. In Death of a Salesman, the main character is searching for success in his son, but only ends up killing himself to that his son will have a successful life. In Of Mice and Men, the main character takes a family member under his wing after he is displaced, but soon realizes that he will not be able to stop a never-ending cycle of fleeing from authority if he does not kill his accomplice. Although these …show more content…

Lennie, who is a strong man with mental issues, causes trouble in a town called Weed. He has a big fetish for soft objects, so when he grabs on to a women’s soft dress, he is accused of rape. When George and Lennie get to their next destination, they are in luck when they find good work on a ranch. The people at the ranch do not know of George and Lennie’s past history and accept them for whom they are and the quality of work that they provide. In the book, there is a character who is called “Curley’s wife” who tends to provoke the people living on the farm. When Curley’s wife gets a moment to see Lennie while he is alone, she provokes him to touch her soft hair. Because of his fetish for soft objects, Lennie can’t resist feeling her hair and gets carried away while doing so. Lennie ends up killing Curley’s wife and goes to hide in a nearby hiding spot. In the beginning of the book, George felt burdened by Lennie when they had to flee town due to Lennie’s actions. When Lennie made a mistake again, George was not going to let Lennie make them flee town again. When George comes to the revelation that he will be on a continuous cycle of fleeing town, he decides to kill Lennie instead of being his partner. Because of this, George stops the never-ending cycle of fleeing and is able to continue on with his

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