Of Mice and Men
Is discrimination still as big of a problem today as it was when this book took place? The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a story that takes place in the 1930’s. The two main characters are George and Lennie. In the book Of Mice and Men George takes care of his mentally challenged friend Lennie and they travel around together working on ranches. But Lennie always ends up doing something bad so they have to get out of town really fast. John Steinbeck shows us discrimination throughout the book through different characters.
Crooks is a man of color that works on the farm and lives in the barn. Steinbeck shows us that Crooks gets discriminated because of his race. Crooks tells Lennie how he feels about being the only black man on the ranch after Lennie goes into his room and they sit down to talk.“S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘cause you was black” Steinbeck (72) This shows that Crooks doesn’t get to go to the bunkhouse and play cards with the rest of the guys because he is black. This shows that discrimination of colored people back then was pretty bad. Crooks has to sleep out in the barn and he can’t …show more content…
In the time this book took place many people were not fond of women. Curley’s wife explains how she feels when she starts talking to the boys while she is looking for Curley in the barn. “Well, I ain’t giving you no trouble. Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in awhile? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” Steinbeck (77) Lennie and the guys don’t want to talk to Curley’s wife because they don’t want any trouble. So the guys try and get rid of her because they don’t want Curley to come in and see her talking to them. Curley’s wife tells Lennie that she can’t ever talk to anyone but Curley and she feels left out. Steinbeck shows us how women were seen and discriminated in the time that this book takes
Is discrimination still as big of a problem today as it was when this book took place? The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a story that takes place in the 1930’s. The two main characters are George and Lennie. In the book Of Mice and Men George takes care of his mentally challenged friend Lennie and they travel around together working on ranches. But Lennie always ends up doing something bad so they have to get out of town really fast. John Steinbeck shows us discrimination throughout the book through different characters.
Crooks is a man of color that works on the farm and lives in the barn. Steinbeck shows us that Crooks gets discriminated because of his race. Crooks tells Lennie how he feels about being the only black man on the ranch after Lennie goes into his room and they sit down to talk.“S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘cause you was black” Steinbeck (72) This shows that Crooks doesn’t get to go to the bunkhouse and play cards with the rest of the guys because he is black. This shows that discrimination of colored people back then was pretty bad. Crooks has to sleep out in the barn and he can’t …show more content…
In the time this book took place many people were not fond of women. Curley’s wife explains how she feels when she starts talking to the boys while she is looking for Curley in the barn. “Well, I ain’t giving you no trouble. Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in awhile? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” Steinbeck (77) Lennie and the guys don’t want to talk to Curley’s wife because they don’t want any trouble. So the guys try and get rid of her because they don’t want Curley to come in and see her talking to them. Curley’s wife tells Lennie that she can’t ever talk to anyone but Curley and she feels left out. Steinbeck shows us how women were seen and discriminated in the time that this book takes