Steinbeck Essay

“Let the big guy talk.” (Steinbeck, 25) This is how the character Curley is first introduced in John Steinbeck’s 1937 novel Of Mice and Men. The statement is spoken by Curley to the two main characters, George and Lennie. The line poses a challenge towards Lennie, and by using this sentence only, we can tell what kind of character Curley will be and what he will represent. In this society Steinbeck has created, Curley will ultimately symbolize oppression and the encumbrances many people faced at…

Depression was a time when there was one of the greatest economic downfalls in the history of the United States. The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck shows the life of a few migrant workers who worked for months to achieve the American Dream.The American dream was The opportunity to earn and make life delightful, regardless of your race or ethnicity. John Steinbeck shows the American dream as an Unachievable dream that people had in the 1930’s. As many Migrant workers, The main…

John Steinbeck was and is one of history’s greatest American writers because of his great writing works. Since Steinbeck was a naturalist, many of his works had a main theme of nature, the human attempts to compromise with nature, and human connections. For example, in Of Mice and Men, his book of the two migrant workers and their endeavors portray how hard it was to get a job during the Great Depression and keep it. It also showed how people who had a job, struggled to make a living. It showed…

Lennie’s main goal is to attain their version of the American Dream. They work in arduous circumstances in hopes to eventually “live off the fatta the lan”. However, an ominous feeling is portrayed throughout the novel, as Steinbeck insinuates that things may not be as they seem. Steinbeck utilizes foreshadowing to emphasize the fated fallacy of Lennie and George’s American dream. The novella starts off with George and Lennie camping by a bank after Lennie got in trouble. Due to his affinity…

The Pearl Can wealth be more important than your family? John Steinbeck, the famous american author, wrote the novella, The Pearl. Kino and his family find the pearl of the world, but the pearl gives him greed and anger. They resolve that by throwing the pearl back into the sea. Throughout the novel Kino changes what is important in life as he copes with resolving his internal conflicts. In the beginning of the book, the things that are important to Kino are his family and his boat. A boat is…

used to describe George’s tone or demeanor is “sharply.” When George sees Lennie take something out of his pocket, he “[looks] sharply at him” (Steinbeck 5). George constantly reminds Lennie how troublesome he is and how “[he] could get along so easy and so nice if [he] didn’t have [Lennie] on [his] tail. [He] could live so easy and maybe have a girl” (Steinbeck 7). Already it looks like George considers Lennie a burden due to how he treats him, but every once in awhile there will be an instance…

In the “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, we follow the Joads as they migrate from Oklahoma to California with family and friends in three stages. I believe that Steinbeck used unsophisticated protagonists and language for the sake of the general public. John Steinbeck wanted this book to be relatable to the public and for people to understand and relate to and feel compassion for the people who felt the hardships of the dust bowl the most. Steinbeck uses a lot of repetition making it easy…

The definition of loneliness is “sadness because one has no friends or company”. In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck makes it clear to the audience that nobody should be alone and that people need the love and support of others. The novel illustrates that people need the love and friendship of others in order to survive and not be lonely. Of Mice and Men illustrates that if a person becomes lonely, they will attempt to deal with it in forms of anger. Crooks lashes out at Lennie when he…

Mice and Men, John Steinbeck presents the idea that everyone has a dream but they ultimately go unfilled through the interactions and experiences of George, Crooks,…

As John Steinbeck said, “There’s more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.” In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George proves to be a good friend to Lennie as he makes logical decisions for him even though he is not compelled to. Since Lennie isn’t as bright as others, George is there to guide him. As George says, “‘Him and me was both born in Auburn. I knowed his Aunt Clara. She took him when he was a baby and raised him up. When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just…