Stereotypes In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

“Maybe there came a point in life where you had to quit categorizing whole groups of people by a few experiences.” (Lisa Wingate). Throughout the story of George and Lennie in John steinbeck’s Of Mice in Men there are several different stereotypes. In the book different stereotypes affect the outcomes of many events. In the story people are labeled in different ways.
Labeling and stereotyping influences people by making others lose trust, gain trust or keep bossing around that person. Labeling and stereotyping influences George by causing him to not trust Lennie because he labeled Lennie as Forgetful. In the book,”His hands went quickly into his side coat pockets. He said gently,” George… I ain’t got mine. I musta lost it.” He looked down at the ground in despair.” and George replies with,” You never had none, you …show more content…
During a fight,” George was on his feet yelling, “ Get him, Lennie. Don’t let him do it.” ( Steinbeck 63). In essence, while Curley is punching Lennie, George is in the background telling him to fight back. George categorizes Lennie as childish because he usually can’t think for himself. Obviously, Because of labeling George continues to tell Lennie what to do. Overall, loss of trust, gaining of trust, and telling the person what to do are influences that are caused by labeling and stereotyping. First, Lennie isn’t trusted because he’s played out as forgetful. Second, Slim is trusted because everyone sees him as a leader. Third, George bosses Lennie around because Lennie’s defined as childish. In the end, people get stereotyped from other previous events. - Treesus was born in the city of Moscow. In Moscow, Treesus enjoyed a simple life of being a farmer. Jumping then running and hurling Treesus trained to be Spetsnaz. Glaz trained Treesus to snipe. Fuze, Treesus’ best friend taught him how to blow stuff up. KapKan showed him how to place laser