John Steinbeck author of the book, “Of Mice and Men”. John Steinbeck uses his characters in the novel as an interpretation of American society at that time. He shows how the characters in the book were treated during that time period. He makes us ask ourselves why some people are treated this way. He also makes us ask ourselves why some people act the way we do.
Allegory is a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation.
Curley’s wife is a representation of the superficial women. She shows us the rejection of women a how some women died of their dreams. This relates to real life in the 1920’s because women then were treated poorly. Women had no say on what happened in their own lives. Women were just objects of beauty and were just supposed to look nice and that is it. Like Curley’s wife she had no say on who she was allowed to talk to or were she was allowed to go. She had to stay in the house and if she talked to other men they thought of her as a tart …show more content…
This character shows us how elderly suffer from abuse or discrimination due to their age and because they aren’t able to do anything anymore. They often end their lives in poverty and misery just like crooks will. This happens in real life all the time the elderly are sought of people who should die and just take up space in life. People think of them of nothing but useless skin and bones. They are no longer part of our society once they reach a certain age. They all think that candy is too old and he doesn’t need to be on the farm anymore and he can’t even work because of his age. This shows how old candy is and how long he has been around with his dog. The old man [Candy] squirmed uncomfortably. "Well-hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him." He said proudly, "You wouldn't think it to look at him now, but he was the best damn sheep dog I ever
Allegory is a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation.
Curley’s wife is a representation of the superficial women. She shows us the rejection of women a how some women died of their dreams. This relates to real life in the 1920’s because women then were treated poorly. Women had no say on what happened in their own lives. Women were just objects of beauty and were just supposed to look nice and that is it. Like Curley’s wife she had no say on who she was allowed to talk to or were she was allowed to go. She had to stay in the house and if she talked to other men they thought of her as a tart …show more content…
This character shows us how elderly suffer from abuse or discrimination due to their age and because they aren’t able to do anything anymore. They often end their lives in poverty and misery just like crooks will. This happens in real life all the time the elderly are sought of people who should die and just take up space in life. People think of them of nothing but useless skin and bones. They are no longer part of our society once they reach a certain age. They all think that candy is too old and he doesn’t need to be on the farm anymore and he can’t even work because of his age. This shows how old candy is and how long he has been around with his dog. The old man [Candy] squirmed uncomfortably. "Well-hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him." He said proudly, "You wouldn't think it to look at him now, but he was the best damn sheep dog I ever