Discrimination in Of Mice and Men Essay

Artur Trela A central problem in The Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, was discrimination. In the story George and Lennie are searching for a job. George takes care of Lennie most of the time. “We kinda look after each other”(Steinbeck, 34) Whenever Lennie gets in trouble George always has to fix it. George and Lennie, end up taking a bus but the bus driver drops them off early and then end up having to walk to where they are working. When they get there they see people doing their job. During…

most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves” (Salbi). Discrimination can change a person in many ways, it can make them feel at a lower point than someone and it can also affect the way they do things and create a big change in their perspective on life. In the book Of Mice and Men a lot of discrimination occurred in this time period. This was normal to their times, but it also changed the way some of the characters thought and changed their actions. Discrimination affected…

people are victimized each day. A major theme of mice and men by John Steinbeck, is an intolerance and discrimination. Lennie is a grown man that thinks like a child, dreaming of having a rabbit farm feeding feeding them alfalfa no one takes me seriously because he acts like a child. Curley's wife a woman who is belittled and ignored and isn't even given a name. Craig that crippled stable back. One of the major things is intolerance and discrimination against Lennie curley's wife and Crooks.…

accepted in the society we live in and that people do not like change.There are many types of discrimination and a lot of people have a hard time overcoming it and in the story Of Mice and Men, discrimination affects the characters Lennie by being treated inhumanly, Crooks being separated from the other guys on the ranch and by Curley’s Wife being given a bad reputation. The way Lennie is affected by discrimination is by society treating him like he is an animal because he is mentally ill.…

different from what people call the norm. Discrimination is something that affects the many different types of characters in Of Mice and Men because all the characters are different, all of whom are judged based on their appearances. This affects some characters lives because they start to become lonely, for nobody wants to be with them, and hardly any of the characters take this discrimination positively. Just some of the ways the characters in Of Mice and Men are judged is by their actions,…

Discrimination is all around us. It happened in the past and is still happening to this day. Could it be because of someone's race or gender? Of Mice and Men heavily focuses on the struggles of Crooks and Curley's wife as Crooks is not white and Curley's wife is a woman. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. John reveals through dialogue, characterization of characters, and conflicts that loneliness is the result of discrimination. John Steinbeck uses dialogue to prove his theme…

Steinbeck uses many characters in the book “Of Mice and Men” to express certain discriminations. Some examples are discrimination of other races besides whites, people with disabilities, and many other ones. One of the characters he uses for the discriminations is Curley’s wife. Steinbeck uses Curley’s wife to show us how gender discrimination effects women. One of the most famous quotes that Curley’s wife says is, “I tell you I ain’t used to livin’ like this I coulda made Somethin’ of myself”…

Discrimination is a plague that can completely change how people may act. This action is tossed around at many of the characters in John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men. Curley’s Wife, ignored by everyone around her just wants a friend to talk to, instead the workers and her husband tell her to go where she belongs. Crooks, the old stable buck is left out of anything he may want to do solely because he is African American. Troubled, Candis is left out of work, and told unfriendly things…

that people can be discriminated against for many reasons including age, gender, race, and disabilities this can make their lives lonely and isolated. In the 1930s people were discriminated against for all of those reasons a lot. In the book Of Mice and Men Steinbeck suggests that age, gender, and race can cause isolation and loneliness. My first genre is a interview of the character Crooks. I chose to pick an interview because I felt like it would connect to the topic of loneliness and…

Discrimination The theme of discrimination runs throughout the novella, Of Mice and Men. Many people in the story experience discrimination for their race, sex, and mental disabilities. The three main characters that struggle with intolerance are Crooks, Curley's wife, and Lennie. Crooks is discriminated by race, Curley’s wife by sex, and Lennie by mental disability. All three have to deal with this throughout the book and even outside of the book in discussions of the characters. Crooks is a…