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In 1930s America, during the time of The Great Depression, a man called John Steinbeck wrote a novel entitled ‘Of Mice and Men’. This novel was loosely based around the ‘American Dream’ which struck for change within society at that time. The American Dream, is the suggestion that everyone would be treated equally within the community and also around the basis that if you are to work hard enough, you will achieve success. Steinbeck included a character within his novel named ‘Candy’. Candy isn’t…

long list. However, as we take each step towards maturity and adulthood, those dreams are being tampered one by one, leaving us all with one question: “What is it that we truly want to be or have realistically in the future?” In the story, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the author recapitulates an allegory of the main…

In John Steinbeck’s seminal novel Of Mice and Men, the nomadic farmworker George laments about finding work in the Great Depression, saying, “Guys like us…are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don 't belong no place…They ain 't got nothing to look ahead to.” This somber reflection of the era conveys the hopelessness that afflicted millions in this country. Even President Roosevelt, lauded as America’s savior, did little more than put a dent in unemployment numbers that…

we don’t want to do but have to. Some adults don’t want to wake up early for work. Most students never want to go to school. Animals don’t want to be pinned up. But we all have to. One of these situations are present in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. A few themes are present throughout the novel that lead up to this specific example. Through the comparison of characters George and Lennie, they exhibit the themes of loneliness, violence, and friendship which will lead you to the ultimate…

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes Peoples dreams may not always come true, but sometimes a dream is the only thing that keeps you going. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two friends who travel to a farm in hopes of earning money so they can achieve their dream while they meet unique people on the way. Curley's wife is the type of person who yearns attention, throughout the book she goes around showing off her body while wearing an unnecessary amount of makeup. While, Crooks is…

overall theme of loneliness in, Of Mice and Men, is a major key and contributes to all aspects of the novel from setting to the characters. Three major characters in the novel support the theme of loneliness, these characters are Crooks, Curley's wife, and George. All three characters are lonely in their own ways. They contribute to the underlying theme with their actions, their words, and their thoughts. The main character George is one of the loneliest men in the novel. He spends all his…

“A guy needs somebody- to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody…” In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the novella is centered around the idea of loneliness. Two migrant workers - George and Lennie, travel to various farms and work where they’re needed. Lennie, a slow man who’s disability isn’t quite specified accidentally provokes trouble causing George, his caretaker and best friend, and himself to move frequently. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to develop the theme of loneliness…

41). Loneliness, isolation, and dissociation are as beneficial to human life as poison. In the 1930’s men wander the west with only the whisper of the trees as companions; the elderly are forgotten; women are treated as inferiors; and African Americans are treated like animals. During this time people were dehumanized because of their skin color, gender, or age. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men three unlikely individuals reveal to readers the relevance of isolation in society. Notably the…

“The best laid plans of mice and men/ often go awry” (Burns 38). Steinbeck adapted this quote from Robert Burns to write his novel, Of Mice and Men, indicating similar themes such as companionship. Dreams of the characters are also mentioned in both works, along with how they are not achieved at the end. The characters and their personalities also tend to resemble each other between the works. John Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men shows many allusions to the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns…

about the rabbits on the dream farm George and him were going to get after they worked long and hard at farms all over the place. The dream slowly became a method of motivation for George and Lennie to work hard and work well. In the book Of MIce and Men by John Steinbeck this was difficult at sometimes because Lennie didn’t know the difference between right and wrong; he didn’t have a filter between what he should and should not do. On the other hand, George was short tempered and needed Lennie…