The Great Depression was a difficult time for many people living in the United States . Work was very hard to find and a drought only made things worse as it ravished many people's farms in the midwest. Those kind of conditions would have made it hard for anyone to live in, especially people dealing with limitations whether
Those were the kind of conditions that the characters in Of Mice and Men had to deal with. In John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, many characters were limited in what kind of lives they could live because of their limitations. The character by the name of Crooks had to deal with his limitation of being African-American during the early 1900’s when racism was accepted. If a caucasian were to say he did a bad thing …show more content…
He’s an old man that works on the ranch, and he has no hand. Candy stated, “When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have any place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs,”(Steinback 60). Candy is trying to plan ahead in his life because of his limitation. If he hadn’t got his hand cut off, or if he lived in a different time period, then he would have a lot more options than he has in the story. For example, if Candy lived in today’s world instead of during the Great Depression, then he could get a job that wasn’t as physically demanding. This would greatly benefit Candy because of his crippled hand. Perhaps the person with the most influential limitation in Of Mice and Men is Lennie. Lennie is one of the lead characters in the story, and his limitation was his mental disability. Because of his disability Lennie had trouble with remembering, rage, and decision …show more content…
I got both of ‘em here. Think I’d let you carry your own work card?”(Steinback 5). This quote shows that George has to do a lot for Lennie because of Lennie’s limitation. Lennie tried and tried to remember, but he just couldn’t. If it hadn’t been for George, then Lennie would most likely be in jail or dead. Lennie was also treated poorly because of his mental disability. During the early 1900s not many people knew what a mental disability was. If someone had a disability, then most people would just consider them crazy or disrespectful. This was evident in the book as George always called him crazy, and Curley always thought Lennie was disrespecting him. Lennie never met any harm, he just couldn’t control himself. In the end his limitation eventually resulted in his demise. In Steinbeck's story Of Mice and Men, Lennie, Candy, and Crooks all had trouble having good lives because of their limitations. Crooks was African American in a time period that was filled with racism. Candy was very old and he lost his hand in an accident when he was on the job. Candy, and old man who was a cripple, lived during a time period when if you couldn’t do physical labor, then you most likely wouldn’t get a job. Lennie suffered from a mental disability when most people didn’t even know that mental disabilities existed. Others character in the story had limitations as well, but not as severe as the ones that are mentioned. Certain
Those were the kind of conditions that the characters in Of Mice and Men had to deal with. In John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, many characters were limited in what kind of lives they could live because of their limitations. The character by the name of Crooks had to deal with his limitation of being African-American during the early 1900’s when racism was accepted. If a caucasian were to say he did a bad thing …show more content…
He’s an old man that works on the ranch, and he has no hand. Candy stated, “When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have any place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs,”(Steinback 60). Candy is trying to plan ahead in his life because of his limitation. If he hadn’t got his hand cut off, or if he lived in a different time period, then he would have a lot more options than he has in the story. For example, if Candy lived in today’s world instead of during the Great Depression, then he could get a job that wasn’t as physically demanding. This would greatly benefit Candy because of his crippled hand. Perhaps the person with the most influential limitation in Of Mice and Men is Lennie. Lennie is one of the lead characters in the story, and his limitation was his mental disability. Because of his disability Lennie had trouble with remembering, rage, and decision …show more content…
I got both of ‘em here. Think I’d let you carry your own work card?”(Steinback 5). This quote shows that George has to do a lot for Lennie because of Lennie’s limitation. Lennie tried and tried to remember, but he just couldn’t. If it hadn’t been for George, then Lennie would most likely be in jail or dead. Lennie was also treated poorly because of his mental disability. During the early 1900s not many people knew what a mental disability was. If someone had a disability, then most people would just consider them crazy or disrespectful. This was evident in the book as George always called him crazy, and Curley always thought Lennie was disrespecting him. Lennie never met any harm, he just couldn’t control himself. In the end his limitation eventually resulted in his demise. In Steinbeck's story Of Mice and Men, Lennie, Candy, and Crooks all had trouble having good lives because of their limitations. Crooks was African American in a time period that was filled with racism. Candy was very old and he lost his hand in an accident when he was on the job. Candy, and old man who was a cripple, lived during a time period when if you couldn’t do physical labor, then you most likely wouldn’t get a job. Lennie suffered from a mental disability when most people didn’t even know that mental disabilities existed. Others character in the story had limitations as well, but not as severe as the ones that are mentioned. Certain