Theme Of Injustice In Of Mice And Men

Basic moral principles state ideas such as “what goes around comes around” and that good deeds are rewarded, while bad deeds are punished. No matter how much we wish to believe it, this is not very often the case. Life is unfair. In the book Of Mice and Men, a realistic fiction play-novelette by John Steinbeck, injustice is defined as a clearly developed theme. The poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns that the book is named after is about how even “the best laid schemes of mice and men often go askew” (Burns). There is no other explanation for good plans failing except for life being unfair. Why should some people have bad luck, and other people should have good luck? A feeling of injustice in Of Mice and Men is shown most clearly through …show more content…
Many of the ranchers think that she is a tramp, but she reveals to us that she is just lonely and wants attention. When Curley’s wife intrudes on Lennie, Candy, and Crooks in the harness room, she says, “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” (Steinbeck 77). She spends all of her time with Curley, a man she dislikes, and she’s never allowed to hang out with anyone else. While other people on the ranch get to be friends and talk with each other, Curley’s wife does not generally have the chance to talk to others, and even when she does, people talk to her with disgust and dislike. The part of her life that truly shows how life is unfair is her past, and how nothing turned out the way she wanted. She describes this to Lennie in the barn while everyone is out playing …show more content…
Lennie gets into trouble even though he tries to behave. Because he can’t control his strenThey spend all their time chasing an impossible dream that most other people would laugh at. In the end, Lennie gets shot and killed by the only person left who would take care of him. There is really nothing about Lennie 's entire life that could be justified as fair. While most people like us have loving parents, real friends, and a great education leading us to a hopeful future, Lennie has no parents, no education, and in the end, he lived a pointless life. Good people deserve good lives. After realizing he was being selfish to complain about not having ketchup, Lennie expresses his gratitude to George for all he does to take care of Lennie: “I wouln 't eat none, George. I 'd leave it all for you. You could cover your beans with it and I wouldn 't touch none of it... George, you want I should go away and leave you alone? ... I could go off in the hills there" (Steinbeck 12). Lennie was good, but good people do not always get what they