Similarities Between John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Imagine this, you’re friend (who you can’t say no to) forced you to company them to a party. Knowing that the whole school was going, you couldn’t dare to miss it in fear of being left out. You step inside and is immediately bombarded by the contagious loud atmosphere. Even though everyone seems to be having a good time you can’t help but notice how everyone occasionally glances at the door leaving there smiles for just a moment. As if no one feels that they're really supposed to be there, that they're all just like you. Alone. It’s realizations like these that help write out unique stories that stand out from others. If a book is written in an understanding of what the true world is like, without it sounding cliche, by addressing in it’s own original way makes a far more valuable book than the typical rehash stories. In this case, Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck is vitally recommended that high school students are to understand because of the book’s capability of being able to process each character through a physiological …show more content…
In comparison to the protagonist big ol’ Lenny, the “harmless” innocent large man whom we are obligated to feel sympathetic towards, to the antagonist “ruthless” young man Curley. It’s destined that the reader can only first describe the characters as opposites, but when looking into deeper meaning, I came to the conclusion that despite their description they can still be classifieds as similar. In fact, every character can fit into only one category that could encapsulate one of the many themes. Everyone is lonely. Loneliness, as the medics would describe, is “being sad or unhappy about being socially isolated” which each character ends up confessing to feeling. Some more obvious than others. The only difference would be the way the characters copes/resolves these feelings and reasoning behind the