The Struggle In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

During the Great Depression, there were many migrant workers who had to deal with trauma. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, two migrant workers named Lennie and George travel from ranch to ranch in Calafornia in search of employment, but when they arrive to a ranch near Solidad, Califonia, the duo have to deal with the suffering of human existence. The dire economic and social norms contributed to Lennie and George’ s personality and their dreams. Therefore, in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, he illustrates through Lennie’s childishness, innocence and helplessness that modern day society needs people to be “socially fit”, while George’s paternalistic yet controlling and irresponsible personality reveals the nature of people’s dreams, and what obstacles that stands in their way. Lennie is “a huge man” (2) who can work like a horse when …show more content…
Society often defeats those dreams because of temptation of short-term happiness, like games, and how hard it is to achieve those dreams. Everything has to line up for dreams to happen, and most of the time, that does not occur because they are not “socially fit” and therefore, they are disposed of. In Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, he illustrates through Lennie’s helplessness, innocence and childishness that people need to be able to match society demands, while George’s paternalistic yet controlling and irresponsible personality shows that not everyone can achieve their dreams because of obstacles. Steinbeck is showing that society is not fair. It does not care if you are muscular or smart; it only cares if you can do what it dictates you to do. It unkindly throws whatever it can at you and some people survive and some don’t. Every adult should be aware of what society throws at you and they need to be cognizant of what they need to do in order to achieve their dreams; otherwise, the dream will never be