How are hopelessness and the failure of the American Dream presented in 'Death of a Salesman ' and 'In of Mice and Men?
In of Mice of Men, Steinbeck establishes the theme of hopelessness through the character Lennie. This is shown in the quote “I dol’ you… But you never take no care. You do bad things… you never give a thought about George…” When Aunt Clara says “you do bad things” in Lennie’s hallucination, Steinbeck wrote this dialogue to show the feelings Lennie is hiding inside. Lennie is emotionally thoughtless, scared and sometimes guilty. Steinbeck expresses Lennie’s fears through his hallucination which he reflects his thoughts just before he died. It also shows that Lennie questions his value within their relationship. This happens …show more content…
Miller shows hopelessness through the character Biff Loman. This is because he is confined of his father’s expectations of him to work in the business but Biff does not want to and is being ignored. This is shown is the quote "and I never got anywhere because you blew me so full of hot air I could never stand taking orders from anybody! That’s whose fault it is!" This shows hopelessness as his like is being shaped by his father’s expectations just like Crooks’ life is being shaped by political decisions made by law. Another quote that shows hopelessness is "you 're going to stop waiting for me to bring them home." This shows hopelessness as his father is expecting him to bring money home when Biff knows he cannot please his father. Steinbeck shows the theme of Hopelessness through the character Crooks. The quote "Crooks, the negro stable buck" shows hopelessness as his name 'Crooks ' is a disability. In the 1930 's, if you had a disability you had no chance of achieving the American dream which makes Crooks hopeless. They also referred him as a 'negro ' as there was segregation which meant Crooks had no rights, political and social life which shows hopelessness is "a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn." The word little shows that Crooks is unimportant, successful, unnoticeable, not respected and his life is dependent on the job which shows hopelessness. This happened because of his skin colour and does not have enough space as he was an African American living in the 1930
In of Mice of Men, Steinbeck establishes the theme of hopelessness through the character Lennie. This is shown in the quote “I dol’ you… But you never take no care. You do bad things… you never give a thought about George…” When Aunt Clara says “you do bad things” in Lennie’s hallucination, Steinbeck wrote this dialogue to show the feelings Lennie is hiding inside. Lennie is emotionally thoughtless, scared and sometimes guilty. Steinbeck expresses Lennie’s fears through his hallucination which he reflects his thoughts just before he died. It also shows that Lennie questions his value within their relationship. This happens …show more content…
Miller shows hopelessness through the character Biff Loman. This is because he is confined of his father’s expectations of him to work in the business but Biff does not want to and is being ignored. This is shown is the quote "and I never got anywhere because you blew me so full of hot air I could never stand taking orders from anybody! That’s whose fault it is!" This shows hopelessness as his like is being shaped by his father’s expectations just like Crooks’ life is being shaped by political decisions made by law. Another quote that shows hopelessness is "you 're going to stop waiting for me to bring them home." This shows hopelessness as his father is expecting him to bring money home when Biff knows he cannot please his father. Steinbeck shows the theme of Hopelessness through the character Crooks. The quote "Crooks, the negro stable buck" shows hopelessness as his name 'Crooks ' is a disability. In the 1930 's, if you had a disability you had no chance of achieving the American dream which makes Crooks hopeless. They also referred him as a 'negro ' as there was segregation which meant Crooks had no rights, political and social life which shows hopelessness is "a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn." The word little shows that Crooks is unimportant, successful, unnoticeable, not respected and his life is dependent on the job which shows hopelessness. This happened because of his skin colour and does not have enough space as he was an African American living in the 1930