In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men the characters in the story are subjected to discrimination and become paranoid and extremely emotional because of it. The book starts off with Lennie and George, two friends who stay together to work on a ranch down in southern California because of a mishap up north, which would come back to haunt them. At the ranch, they encounter several people, such as Candy, Curley’s wife, Lennie and Crooks, each with a distinct personality trait. Throughout Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, we see how Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks each deal with ageism, sexism, and racism and how it affects their lives and the story. Candy is an old man who has worked on the ranch for a long time, but because of his old
…show more content…
In the book, he is often treated as lower than all the other men and is incredibly lonely, as seen when Lennie enters his room, and they talk about how no one has ever bothered to go visit him. The book reads, “ Guys don't come into a colored man’s room very much” (75). This shows how because of his skin color, no one bothers to see how he is and over time, like Curley’s wife, he just wants to have interaction with people. We see how lonely he is when he complains about how he only has books to keep him company and over time, even they aren’t enough. This affects the story because it gives the readers insight on how all of the people on the ranch face loneliness and are led to do certain actions because of it. John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, features a variety of characters, such as Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks, who each face ageism, sexism, and racism. Candy is faced with the fact that one day no one will want him anymore, which leads him to hold onto any scrap of usefulness he has. Curley’s wife faces sexism from the other men at the ranch and is made an outcast. Lastly, Crooks faces racism and is also made an outcast from the other men who view him as lower than them, leading him to sit in his own loneliness up in the barn with only books to keep him from going
In the book, he is often treated as lower than all the other men and is incredibly lonely, as seen when Lennie enters his room, and they talk about how no one has ever bothered to go visit him. The book reads, “ Guys don't come into a colored man’s room very much” (75). This shows how because of his skin color, no one bothers to see how he is and over time, like Curley’s wife, he just wants to have interaction with people. We see how lonely he is when he complains about how he only has books to keep him company and over time, even they aren’t enough. This affects the story because it gives the readers insight on how all of the people on the ranch face loneliness and are led to do certain actions because of it. John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, features a variety of characters, such as Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks, who each face ageism, sexism, and racism. Candy is faced with the fact that one day no one will want him anymore, which leads him to hold onto any scrap of usefulness he has. Curley’s wife faces sexism from the other men at the ranch and is made an outcast. Lastly, Crooks faces racism and is also made an outcast from the other men who view him as lower than them, leading him to sit in his own loneliness up in the barn with only books to keep him from going