In Of Mice and Men, there are many prime examples of characters struggling because of forces they can't control. One of which is in the third chapter when Carlson decides to shoot Candy's dog. Because Slim didn't step in, Candy couldn't stop Carlson, even when he insisted that Carlson leave his dog alone. "No," he said softly. "No, I couldn' [kill him]. I had 'im too long (page 44)." This event portrays Candy's difficulty against Carlson, a force that Candy couldn't win against.
Because of the social environment on the ranch, Crooks didn't want Lenny to go inside his room. "Crooks said sharply, "You got no right to come in my room. Nobody got any right in here but me. [...] I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room (page 66)." He said this because his life was governed by racism. This influence taught him that he couldn't be around white people, because he was black. …show more content…
"Seems like they ain't none of them who cares how I gotta live. I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made somethin' of myself (page 85)." But of course she never could. Nature doesn't wait until people achieve everything they want to. This statement illustrates that attempts at being independent will always be condemned by society.
Steinbeck emphasized that humans were animal like through Lenny's actions. Especially when he says to Curley's Wife's corpse "George'll be mad if you yell (page 89)." To Lenny, it mattered more that he didn't make George mad than if Curley's Wife lived. So, he acted on instinct and did what he could to make her stop yelling. After that, he didn't want to face consequences for his actions, so he left. Because he did face a consequence, it's easy to see that these animalistic tendencies can cause people to not think things through. Thus causing them to end up dead
Because of the social environment on the ranch, Crooks didn't want Lenny to go inside his room. "Crooks said sharply, "You got no right to come in my room. Nobody got any right in here but me. [...] I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room (page 66)." He said this because his life was governed by racism. This influence taught him that he couldn't be around white people, because he was black. …show more content…
"Seems like they ain't none of them who cares how I gotta live. I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made somethin' of myself (page 85)." But of course she never could. Nature doesn't wait until people achieve everything they want to. This statement illustrates that attempts at being independent will always be condemned by society.
Steinbeck emphasized that humans were animal like through Lenny's actions. Especially when he says to Curley's Wife's corpse "George'll be mad if you yell (page 89)." To Lenny, it mattered more that he didn't make George mad than if Curley's Wife lived. So, he acted on instinct and did what he could to make her stop yelling. After that, he didn't want to face consequences for his actions, so he left. Because he did face a consequence, it's easy to see that these animalistic tendencies can cause people to not think things through. Thus causing them to end up dead