The Diverse Society in the Novella “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
The 1930s was the era where in most parts of the world the society was a host of inequality, the novella “Of Mice and Men” takes place in the 1930s as well. The author John Steinbeck has written this novella legitimately based on diversity in the society of 1930s. There are three main aspects of discrimination in the story that are being applied to certain characters in the story. The three aspects of discrimination are Racism, Sexism, and the smart people picking on the less smart people. The certain characters that are being discriminated are those whom are the weakest out of the rest. The society in 1930s is divorced into a few levels, and the more social rank levels there were meant there was more inequality during the time
Probably the most powerful aspect of the inequality that was taking place in the Novella “Of Mice and Men” was the discrimination among skin colour. This kind of discrimination could be summarized by one character that had the odds against him due to his skin color. The character is Crooks and he is a black skin colored man, “Sure ya see that stable buck’s a nigger” (pg.20) this line was spoken by …show more content…
Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Lennie are on the lower ranks of Society in the story. Crooks is at the lowest rank possible, then comes Curley’s wife, and after a few ranks higher comes Lennie. The society of 1930s was divided into many ranks, when there are more levels in society that means the society contains much discrimination. Crooks is discriminated based on his skin colour, Curley’s wife is discriminated by her gender, and Lennie is being taking advantage of by a few characters. In the 1930s the only way a person could live a great life is by having white colored skin, being a male, and be
The 1930s was the era where in most parts of the world the society was a host of inequality, the novella “Of Mice and Men” takes place in the 1930s as well. The author John Steinbeck has written this novella legitimately based on diversity in the society of 1930s. There are three main aspects of discrimination in the story that are being applied to certain characters in the story. The three aspects of discrimination are Racism, Sexism, and the smart people picking on the less smart people. The certain characters that are being discriminated are those whom are the weakest out of the rest. The society in 1930s is divorced into a few levels, and the more social rank levels there were meant there was more inequality during the time
Probably the most powerful aspect of the inequality that was taking place in the Novella “Of Mice and Men” was the discrimination among skin colour. This kind of discrimination could be summarized by one character that had the odds against him due to his skin color. The character is Crooks and he is a black skin colored man, “Sure ya see that stable buck’s a nigger” (pg.20) this line was spoken by …show more content…
Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Lennie are on the lower ranks of Society in the story. Crooks is at the lowest rank possible, then comes Curley’s wife, and after a few ranks higher comes Lennie. The society of 1930s was divided into many ranks, when there are more levels in society that means the society contains much discrimination. Crooks is discriminated based on his skin colour, Curley’s wife is discriminated by her gender, and Lennie is being taking advantage of by a few characters. In the 1930s the only way a person could live a great life is by having white colored skin, being a male, and be