Analysis Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

John Steinbeck, author of the book: Of Mice and Men, has a straightforward, detailed and honest writing style. He blatantly speaks his mind, as if to say to the reader, here are my thoughts take them as they are. Steinbeck also makes a point to entrust you with his immense philosophies disguised in characters and settings. Themes such as loneliness, pride and friendship are deeply and clearly embedded in the novel, we know this because he stresses that people need friendship and love from others to thrive. Although emphasizing in a rather simple fashion, Steinbeck gets the job done. He depicts the “American Dream,” for the characters, and we start to get the feeling that we know the author/narrator better and better throughout the story development. We can start to infer on what he is going to say… so why does his harshly honest …show more content…
Steinbeck shows characters’ dreams/actions of each individual play important roles in their overall defeat, he latches the reader by connecting them to his characters, infecting them with pure sincerity for both their misfortunes and accomplishments.

The main character who suffers more misfortunes than good is prominently Crooks, the stable buck. He portrays a symbol of discrimination based on race. His hands are not white, his eyes are not filled with the same neighboring company and his voice is too small to make a break in the silence. All the stable buck dreams about is having someone to talk to, someone to listen. He desperately seeks acceptance among the ranch hands, but falls miserably into a pit with no escape. The longer he envies Lennie and George's friendship or Slim’s natural ability to attract followers, the more sour he becomes. Friendship is a