Prejudice In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Theme of Of Mice and Men

Prejudice has clouded people’s judgment for millennials, and because of prejudice people couldn’t live the lives they truly wanted to. People would wake up everyday looking for a better life, but in the end getting nowhere. This is one of the themes of Of Mice and Men; prejudice can prevent people from getting support from others. John Steinbeck demonstrates this through the characters Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy.

First of all, Curley’s wife throughout the book is denied any respect. From the moment she is first introduced, she is insulted immediately by George saying,”what a tramp.” Everybody treats her like an outcast when all she wanted to do was talk to someone, as she demonstrated when she made Lennie

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