Analysis Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

John Steinbeck’s purpose of writing this book was to entertain us with a story of how hard life was during the great depression. Times were very rough and not many people had an easy time making it through that dilemma. The central theme that was portrayed in my reading was that humans are evil. You can be sitting on the street, starving, and people will just pass you by like you mean nothing to them. Especially in this time era where it was a “all men for themselves” type of situation. The time period in which this story takes place is during the Great Depression (1920-1945). It said in the story that the area in which the story takes place is South of Soledad, CA. The two main characters in the story are Lennie and George. In my opinion, Lennie is not the smartest of people. In the beginning of the story, it becomes quite evident that Lennie is mentally handicapped, but physically is quite …show more content…
These two men are Lennie and George. They begin to walk to the ranch, but they found a spot and decide to call it a night. When they arrive to this place, Lennie pulls out a dead mouse and George quickly tells Lennie to get rid of the mouse. (I picked up on the title of the story here.) The next day they continue walking and finally make it to the ranch, where they meet their boss. In George’s effort to get the job, he tells a white lie, and they are hired. The next day the lie is revealed to a minor character, “Slim”. George explains that they were fired from their old job because Lennie touched a woman’s dress and it was considered rape. The next day most of the men go to the local “brothel”. Lennie is left at the ranch with Curly’s wife, who is a very flirtatious woman. Lennie conversed with her and proceeds to touch her hair, but grabs too tightly. She screams and Lennie tries to make her stop and in that attempt he breaks her neck. Lennie is now