Discrimination in Of Mice and Men Essay

Jessica Mulero Mrs. LeBlanc Ap Lang & Comp- Period 2 11 January 2016 Personal Response of OMAM The second time reading the novella, “Of Mice and Men,” I interpreted Steinbeck’s commentary on relationships between employees and bosses and men and women, the rationalization of killing, and the potency of the American Dream. Moreover, as I am older and wiser, I clearly understand Steinbeck’s virtue of companionship as I realized how fascinating George and Lennie shared their lives together…

In Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, Curley’s wife is a significant character that many may overlook. At a glance, she is a tart—a trouble maker trying to attract men. She may even seem malicious based on some interactions with other men. However, as the novella progresses, and more sides are revealed about her. Curley’s wife is a victim of isolation, and loneliness, and she has learned to take on a new persona. Overall, Curley’s wife represents the treatment of women in the 1930’s, and her…

First Draft Human rights is the universal ideology consisting of equality to every human; validating to every individual regardless of gender, skin color, religion, and other characteristics. Steinbeck’s novel, “Of Mice and Men” took place during the Great Depression of the United States. The characters Steinbeck introduce portray a humane inequality; each prominent to the real life events that take place in the plot sequence. Human rights remained not yet acknowledged at the time; however, fast…

The theme of adversity and how it affects characters discussed in class can be seen clearly within the novels Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. The fictional novella Of Mice and Men - based in 1930’s California during the Depression - demonstrates the struggles of adversity through the characters Curley’s Wife and Crooks, and the non-fictional story of Persepolis – a story narrating the author’s childhood during the Islamic Revolution during the 1980’s in Iran…

Survival of the fittest rules out who is weak and allows the strong to prevail. John Steinbeck introduces this idea in his powerful novella Of Mice and Men. This book is set in the tragic times of the Great Depression in the 1930’s and centers around the migrant workers of a ranch. These men are hardworking and rugged although, there are a few who stand out from the others on the ranch. Crooks, the African American stable buck with a crooked back, Lennie, the monstrous worker who has a childlike…

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…

In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses symbolism in settings such as the Salinas Riverbank, Crooks’ room and the barn to foreshadow major conflicts in the story as well as to convey loneliness, isolation, dreams and discrimination. Through the Salinas Riverbank, Steinbeck questions the viability of George and Lennie’s dream and shows how the Salinas Riverbank is free from loneliness in three key moments. The first key moment occurs when the Salinas Riverbank is first introduced. In this moment,…

Of Mice and Men was written in 1937 during the Great Depression. This time period marked when the stock market crashed in 1929, leaving everyone with little food, and no money. Author John Steinbeck, writes about the lives of migrant farm workers who had to constantly travel from place to place in order to feed themselves during the Great Depression. Migrant farm workers usually traveled on their own, granted it was much easier. In his novella, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses Candy, Curley’s…

Kindness or Cruelty Throughout the story in Of Mice and Men the author, John Steinbeck, shows a comparison of two characters of how they can be kind or cruel. These characters are Crooks and Candy. They are both distant from the other men because of artificial barriers put on them by society. For Crooks, it is because of his colored skin and for Candy, he is old and crippled. Both of these characters show a mixture of kindness and cruelty. Crooks is a black stable worker who cares for horses. He…

The significance of Candy in of Mice and Men Candy is a significant character in the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’, written by John Steinbeck in many different ways. Candy is "a tall, stoop-shouldered old man... . He was dressed in blue jeans and carried a big push-broom in his left hand." He is a good example of many themes that are expressed throughout the book such as loneliness, friendship and powerlessness; he also gives us an insight from a different perspective. The main relationship that…