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    Discrimination is not just based on skin color, but also on age and gender. In Of Mice and Men many characters were discriminated like Crooks. Crooks is an old black man who lives in the stable bunk, while all the other ranch hands were together. Also, Curley’s wife is discriminated because she is the only woman on the ranch and her husband cheats on her. At the beginning of the story Candy gets discriminated because of his dog smelling the place up and his dogs age. Candy also, is…

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    There is a bunch of discrimination in mice and men. There is not only just discrimination between races but also between different genders and then also between the smart people and the stupid people. There is discrimination between Curley being mean to Lennie because Lennie is not as smart as him. There is also discrimination between all of the farm workers and the stable hand. Lastly there is discrimination between all the men that work on the farm and Curley’s wife. I think the characters…

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    Discrimination separates one soul from another, inspiring failure to live out dreams as long as negative stereotypes and poor beliefs exist in society. This concept is showcased in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. In this novel, characters are segregated for their race and mental ability. Lennie’s dream of tending to the rabbits on the farm, along with Crook’s dream of equality and freedom, displays that dreams, no matter how hard one may try, do not work out. Lennie has a dream to own a…

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    Discrimination has been an issue for a very long time. People today still discriminate against people based on their gender, age, race, and abilities. In 1937, when John Steinbeck wrote Of MIce and Men, discrimination was very real. The story takes place during the Great Depression, which many people were poor and had to look for work. A lot of the workers were often discriminated against. At the farm, when all of the workhands left to go to Susy's place, they left the most discriminated people…

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    Discrimination, or exclusion from a society or group based on race, age, or sex, is a feeling no human wants to endure or experience. On a cellular level, humans are social beings who thrive when in contact with others, and suffer when left out because of something unchangeable, such as a person's skin color. In the 1930’s black men had not yet earned their rights to be seen as equals to white men, so many black men were excluded from white male groups. A character in the novel, Of Mice and Men…

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    More likely than not, acting towards a different ethnicity or gender results in a level of discrimination or cruelty. The inhumane acts of oppression and abuse are regarded with repulse and punishable by death. Furthermore, when oppression and abuse is ignored and encouraged, it becomes a threatening abandonment of human nature, as seen during the era of the Great Depression. In the 1937 novel Of Mice and Men, the author, John Steinbeck argues and explores the concept of the evil of oppression…

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    equal rights as men. Also, there was a lot of discrimination. In Of Mice and Men, discrimination is portrayed many times. People mistreated people who looked “different” from them. They often put themselves above the people who were “different.” In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows readers that people who are deemed “different” face mistreatment and discrimination through his portrayal of Curley’s wife’s isolation due to her gender. Steinbeck shows us the inequality between men and…

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    Discrimination is something that happens all over the world no matter if its race, gender anything. A Lot of people have longed to stop discrimination. Discrimination isn't as bad as it was back in the days now. But it is still around. In john steinbeck's of mice and men there are many acts of discrimination. A few of the different types of discrimination inthe book is discrimination against curley's wife as to whenever she walks outside faking like shes looking for her husband but in all…

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    Despite the ongoing efforts to end discrimination, this topic is being used lightly because our society is becoming more accustomed to this term. However, in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, discrimination is a recurring theme that highlights the negative effects of the unjust treatment of people outside the ‘norm’. The novel features two migrant workers, George and Lennie, who yearn for a new life and promising opportunities to achieve their dream during the Great Depression. When…

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    growing urban centers. Racial discrimination often relegated them to low-paying service jobs, such as the men in Anaheim's street corner shoeshine business or the chauffeur standing behind Edith Story and her automobile. In the book Of Mice and Men a family came to be by two men that were very different from each other. George and Lennie, the main characters of the book.George is a small men who took care of Lennie, a big guy that has a mind of a little kid. When these two men started working at…

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