Disappointment is to feel sadness because of nonfulfillment of a person’s hopes or dreams. In the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, many characters have disappointment in their lives. Three main characters this essay will talk about are Crooks, Curley’s wife and Candy because they have experienced a lot of disappointment in their life. Many of the characters feel disappointment due to loneliness, broken dreams, and racism and discrimination.
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Crooks experiences disappointment through racism and discrimination. The reader sees this when Crooks says “They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black.” Crooks is disappointed through discrimination in that he isn't given the opportunities to do things he loves. Another example of racism towards Crooks is “Well keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't funny.” A white women could claimed to be raped by a black man and they would be put into jail even if they obviously didn't rape her. Crooks …show more content…
We realise that they are such good friends when Lennie’s says “But not us! An’ why? Because … because I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you.” This quote reveals to us that George and Lennie have always been there for each other and have stopped each other from being lonely. When George has to kill Lennie out of mercy it was so difficult because he was his friend who he had looked after for so long and had grown to love so much. We see that it is difficult when it says “the hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied.” The imagery used here shows the reader that George found it so hard to let go of his friend but he knew that it would be more loving and humane to kill lennie there and then rather than to let Lennie be kill in a hurtful and merciless way by Curley. George experienced disappointment through the loss of his companion and best
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Crooks experiences disappointment through racism and discrimination. The reader sees this when Crooks says “They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black.” Crooks is disappointed through discrimination in that he isn't given the opportunities to do things he loves. Another example of racism towards Crooks is “Well keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't funny.” A white women could claimed to be raped by a black man and they would be put into jail even if they obviously didn't rape her. Crooks …show more content…
We realise that they are such good friends when Lennie’s says “But not us! An’ why? Because … because I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you.” This quote reveals to us that George and Lennie have always been there for each other and have stopped each other from being lonely. When George has to kill Lennie out of mercy it was so difficult because he was his friend who he had looked after for so long and had grown to love so much. We see that it is difficult when it says “the hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied.” The imagery used here shows the reader that George found it so hard to let go of his friend but he knew that it would be more loving and humane to kill lennie there and then rather than to let Lennie be kill in a hurtful and merciless way by Curley. George experienced disappointment through the loss of his companion and best