The human issues come up in the first chapter of the book because when George tells the story about getting run out of the weed because Lennie does not understand right from wrong so he don’t understood also accused of attempting rape when really he just wanted to touch the girl’s dress because he thought it was so pretty but instead of listening to his explanation and being given a fair trial a lynch mob forms to capture Lennie. This was good example of a person being understanding and treated wrong because he have a mental handicap with is human right issues…
The opening scene is very significant. Steinbeck wrote it with a lot of descriptive words, mainly showcasing the different colors, "yellow sands" and "white, recumbent limbs. " The first page centralized on the natural, untainted allure surrounding them, without mentioning anything man-made. The genesis of the story was serene and peaceful, much different from the more vicious and distressing finale. The introducing segment is crucial and emphasized because it is cyclical.…
We can never truly see what our fellow man is going through Nobody can teach someone else how to grow up. Every person experiences different things and handles certain situations their own way. It isn't fair for someone to tell a person how to handle something they know nothing about.…
Chapter Three - Shocked and Miserable In this chapter, we see two big things that happen. One, Lennie is told to defend himself from Curly. Lennie accidentally crushes Curly's hand. And two, Carlson shoots Old Candy's weak, miserable dog.…
It all had started when we went to the bar after the incident with Lennie, George was semi drunk but he told us the story of how George and Lennie came to us. “It all started when we were on the road and the bus driver left us behind,” he said as I listened in. “We were walking on the road and the sun was setting, we stopped up for camp,” George said as I thought about George’s unstable emotions. What I thought was that if Lennie was with George all those years, even when they were young children, did George ever think of this kind of reckless and sad future? “Lennie stupidly dipped his fingers into some strange lake, luckily it was running,” George said laughing.…
Curley believes that Lennie was laughing at him when in fact, Lennie was thinking about the ranch. This makes Curley angry so he starts verbally and physically attacking Lennie who is torn between doing what he wants to do, and what George is telling him to do. In the first step of the decision making process, Lennie faces a stressful situation. One instance is when Lennie is taking hits from Curley at the start of their fight. The author describes, “Lennie covered his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror.…
The real Characters Have you ever felt a weight on your back, felt as if you're carrying another person? Well, this story is for you. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George, the main character, is placed with the burden of taking care of his large friend with a mental disability, who seems to find trouble everywhere they go. During their adventure George gets in trouble on their first job and then they are forced to move to another farm to work and get money. Lastly in the book Lennie kills the boss's wife and he is searched for and george mercy killed him because the boss would have made him suffer.…
Chapter 3 Cruelty & Isolation Q: “At last Carlson said, ‘’If you want to, I’ll put the old devil out of his misery right now and get it over with.’…. Candy said, ‘Maybe tomorra. Le’s wait till tomorra.’ …. ‘Let’s get it over with,’ Carlson said. ‘We can’t sleep with him stinkin’ around in here.’”…
In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck’s main theme is loneliness. Every character in the book is lonely. Through the loneliness, there is one character who understands more than others: Slim. Slim fits the archetype of a wise man, or a sage. Archetypes are made to show common traits in characters.…
John Steinbeck is an influential writer that is considered the author of the 1930s. His most famous works are all inspired by the struggles in the Great Depression. All of these works illustrate the importance of relationships. One theme that he depicts is the theme of how opposites do not attract. This is certainly the case in Steinbeck’s short novel, Of Mice and Men.…
Throughout the story Of Mice and Men George is verbally abusive to Lennie. Lennie and George are walking to the ranch where they will soon work. Lennie then realized he could not find…
People and society is slow to change because they don’t understand certain people .Society and people treat people differently because don’t understand the mentally challenged. People treat or neglect challenged people because they are not normal, And when society does not see normal they are very misunderstanding of their circumstances. In my family I have a cousin who has a mental disability and he has a lot of opportunities to get help unlike Lennie. He goes to a special schooling system where people don 't judge him in anyway.…
Rejected and misunderstood John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California. Even in high school English was his strong suite. He worked at various jobs and one in particular as a ranch hand on some of the local ranches. Later this took him to use the settings, people, and images used in Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck graduated from high school and went on to Stanford University.…
Do you ever feel helpless, like you do not have choice? Instead the choice was already made for you and you cannot do anything about it? In some situations you encounter a time where you do not have a choice, which can be in a positive or negative way. The choices you make now can affect the choices you make in the future. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two characters Lennie and George, get a job on the ranch in Salinas Valley.…
The book Of Mice and Men is full of puzzling examples of the human condition, from Lennie and his mental disability to Curley’s wife messing with all of the men’s heads. With characters like these two, the book exploits the human condition that concerns circumstances life has gives you. John Steinbeck brings to life what being a laborer in the American depression meant to the men and one woman who had enough personality to stand out. George, Slim, Curley, and Lennie are all very different people with lives that make them have different views and priorities.…