Symbolism In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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In the book “Of Mice of and Men”, by John Steinbeck, the author chose to give the book a country style of format because it shows that they are not very educated. This type of writing is effective in the book because it shows the way that they learned. This effects the way that the story plans out because if they had an intellect language and not the country style of speak, it would make Lennie seem smart. Meanwhile in the book he is portrayed as an idiotic person. The author might have chosen this way to write the book so he can show that they are not the smartest people around and do not have the highest level of education. The way that the characters are portrayed in the story and the how their education level is shown that they are unimportant …show more content…
He represents this because of the way he acts, as shown on page (8), “Lennie lumbered to his feet and disappeared in the brush… There were sounds of splashing’s down the river in the direction Lennie had taken.” Also he represents this because of the way he likes to grab things like mice and puppies just like a child would. He represents a sign of innocence because of the way he acts. He doesn’t mean anything that he does. As shown on page (5) of the book, “Uh-uh. Jus’ a dead mouse, George. I didn’ kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead.” Lennie does not know his own strengths, as in how strong he is. You can see this when he accidentally crushes the mouse in his hand by accident and does not know he actually killed the mouse. The relationship that George and Lennie share is more complicated and deeper than people may think. Lennie is a mentally challenged person and George just tries to deal with it, no matter what the circumstance is. George doesn’t change the way he treats …show more content…
Signs of anger can be shown in the book by just another character named swamper who explains that curly is always getting into scraps with big guys and that he hates tall guys (page 29). Curly has also a masculine approach, because of this you can tell that he is not scared to pick fights with people that are bigger than him, and probably won’t back down from a fight with a tall person because of him not liking them. That’s how curly represents masculinity and how men are portrayed to be tough as rocks. The author makes curly be symbolized like this because he wants to show the connection that all men should be tough and not scared to back down from any challenge. The author could be tying this to the depression of the 1930’s and how men had to fight to survive even though they didn’t like the situation that they were in. This ties up to curly because of how curly does not back down from anything. Kind of how the men couldn’t back down from the challenges that they were facing at the time. This is also another way how curly symbolizes being a man. The book represents a lot of how men are supposed to be represented as manly, tough, courageous and do not fear anything just like how curly acts in the book, which is a perfect representation of how men are represented in the

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