The American Dream has been a beacon of hope for generations. It’s always been something we strive to obtain, but few of us have actually achieved this ideal. Two stories, “Of Mice and Men” and “Grapes of Wrath” were both written by Steinbeck with the theme that the American Dream was only attainable for certain people. The issues that Steinbeck writes about in his historical fictional book called, “Of Mice and Men” such as race, gender, and social economic disadvantages are still relevant today. According to Steinbeck, the circumstances of birth affect your ability to achieve the American Dream which is still prevalent today.
Steinbeck makes a point of how the social class you’re born into affects your ability to get a better education, which …show more content…
They are some of the many characters who work for a character known as, “the boss” and Curley, the boss’s son. In contrast to the migrant workers, Curley will never lose his job. The reason is not because he’s a good worker, but because of the position of power that he was born into. Curley’s social class affects his quality of education and likely-hood to succeed. The social economically discouraged are at a disadvantage because of the social rank that they were born into. The one thing that separates George and Lennie from the others is that they have each other. George puts in simple terms for Lennie by explaining, “Guys like us, that work on ranches, they are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. They come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and then they go inta town, and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they’re poundin’ their tail on some other ranch. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to…Got nobody. But not us. We’re different.” Some guys who are working, they work merely to survive. It’s a domino effect, they were born into a lower class family with no hope for the …show more content…
Great advances have been made in the past decades to establish equality between races. Examples such as Barak Obama becoming the first black President and Sonia Sotomayor becoming the first Latino member of the Supreme Court Justice have shown that equality regardless of race is possible. While we have made improvements on a large scale in the public eye, still many cases have not been recognized. Recently a women was fired from Red Robin on the grounds that she openly spoke out against racism. According to a Washington Times Article, Stacie Ward had a job as the lead Bartender and certified trainer of a Red Robin in Post Falls. A young black man applied for the job of busser. It was Ward’s job to screening and interview the potential workers, but it was the manager’s final decision whether a person was hired or not. Upon deciding that the young man was fit to be interviewed, Ward reveals the outcome that when, “the assistant manager at the time saw the man and realized he was black, the manager pulled Ward aside and told her that they don’t hire people of color in the store.” The situation grew stickier when he referred to the young man with a racial slur, and when Ward protested the decision, “that as a result the managers began making up complaints about her and fired her a short time later. She contends that as a result of the firing, she lost
Steinbeck makes a point of how the social class you’re born into affects your ability to get a better education, which …show more content…
They are some of the many characters who work for a character known as, “the boss” and Curley, the boss’s son. In contrast to the migrant workers, Curley will never lose his job. The reason is not because he’s a good worker, but because of the position of power that he was born into. Curley’s social class affects his quality of education and likely-hood to succeed. The social economically discouraged are at a disadvantage because of the social rank that they were born into. The one thing that separates George and Lennie from the others is that they have each other. George puts in simple terms for Lennie by explaining, “Guys like us, that work on ranches, they are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. They come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and then they go inta town, and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they’re poundin’ their tail on some other ranch. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to…Got nobody. But not us. We’re different.” Some guys who are working, they work merely to survive. It’s a domino effect, they were born into a lower class family with no hope for the …show more content…
Great advances have been made in the past decades to establish equality between races. Examples such as Barak Obama becoming the first black President and Sonia Sotomayor becoming the first Latino member of the Supreme Court Justice have shown that equality regardless of race is possible. While we have made improvements on a large scale in the public eye, still many cases have not been recognized. Recently a women was fired from Red Robin on the grounds that she openly spoke out against racism. According to a Washington Times Article, Stacie Ward had a job as the lead Bartender and certified trainer of a Red Robin in Post Falls. A young black man applied for the job of busser. It was Ward’s job to screening and interview the potential workers, but it was the manager’s final decision whether a person was hired or not. Upon deciding that the young man was fit to be interviewed, Ward reveals the outcome that when, “the assistant manager at the time saw the man and realized he was black, the manager pulled Ward aside and told her that they don’t hire people of color in the store.” The situation grew stickier when he referred to the young man with a racial slur, and when Ward protested the decision, “that as a result the managers began making up complaints about her and fired her a short time later. She contends that as a result of the firing, she lost