Shoes In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

“You just need to put yourself in someone else's shoes and then see how they feel and then you will understand why they are reacting or why they are behaving the way that they are behaving. We need to be fair.”-Navid Negahban. Have you ever literally walked in someone else’s shoes? For most of us, you probably haven’t. The shoes can be minuscule, enormous, and, to be perfectly honest, uncomfortable and weird. To put it into better words, you’d rather stay nice and cozy in your own. Of Mice and Men casts the idea that not everyone fits into their shoes. John Steinbeck exquisitely conducts the different individuals that live throughout The Great Depression. From African Americans to the disabled, we can acquire, even with the slightest information, the difficulties of not being the norm. The socialistic judgements of the world have affected the poor, weak, and hurt. And although the shoes may not fit, we mustn’t forget that a tight fit can turn into a delightful just-right shoe. The road is twisted and our shoes may not glisten in the end, however, the life we are given is the shoes we must grow into. …show more content…
“God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want… “An’ whatta I got,” George went on furiously. “I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get.” (Steinbeck