John Farrar

Purpose of Life People’s hopes and dreams are able to keep life focused on achieving a desired outcome; however, many people fail to reach their lifelong goals for various reasons. Dreams have a significant part in the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, especially for the main characters George and Lennie. These characters have a dream to quit their job as migrant workers and own a farm. Unfortunately by the end of the story George and Lennie fail to reach the dream they have been…

Loneliness is destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship.In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is a nonfiction book about two men who are ranch workers during the The Great Depression and the Dust bowl.The men were Lennie and George.George was the man who had led the group and had the smarts and Lennie was substantial and strong and took him time to process emotions.They meet new friends and start problems with people and they take a wrong turn on someone.The author wants us…

Kai Shah Have you ever heard the saying “don't judge a book by its cover”? Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men has shown how that saying applies to people as well. The Characters in Of Mice and Men represent different types of people. When different types of people are put into different situations, they will react differently; however, Steinbeck has shown me that people will sometimes make the same decisions, and other times make different decisions. The three main factors that cause people to react…

George Orwell’s scathing dystopian novel, Animal Farm, is a poignant warning to all people who desire to live in an inherently free society. Through this novel, Orwell warns about the inherently selfish nature of man and the responsibility of the individual in government. He juxtaposes that, although dictatorial rulers are not inherently corrupt, they will become so if they are not monitored by the people. He also enunciates on the duty of free citizens to take responsibility in government.…

Ethical Egoist: Ethical Egoists tend to divide the world into two categories: oneself and everyone else; emphasizing the interests of the first group over the second. However, Ethical Egoists don’t simply act on desire, but rather on what kind of desire one wishes to pursue. In the passage provided we accepted the responsibility of delivering the contents of the case to her nephew living in another state not because it is in our best interest to do so, but because doing so promotes the…

Often times, authors include themes in their works in which they convey their opinions on certain topics. John Steinbeck, author Of Mice and Men, and John Knowles, author of A Separate Peace, include a number of themes in their written works. The realistic fiction novels give the reader similar portrayals of the same theme. In both, A Separate Peace and Of Mice and Men, the theme of friendship is similarly portrayed. Knowles has illustrated the tensions that can arise in a friendship, because…

Throughout Nawal El Saadawi’s God Dies by the Nile, women are preyed upon by the elder men of the village. Being mostly made up of poor peasant workers within the Egyptian village of Kafr El Teen, the mayor along with his group of men are able to exploit the poor peasants to their advantage. The value of the men is determined by their wealth and the value of the women is determined by their virtue. Powerful men in the novel control the social and political spheres of Kafr El Teen and do what…

Loneliness in Of Mice and Men Loneliness is a feeling that everyone experiences at some point in their lives. In John Steinbeck’s book Of MIce and Men, loneliness serves as an underlying theme that is portrayed by most of the characters. In fact, there are a very limited number characters who are not continually lonely and who have someone to call their friend. Lennie and George (the main characters) may serve as the exception, but many other characters, such as Curley’s wife and Crooks, are…

We’re taught to believe what is morally wrong and right to lead our lives. And in doing so, it should allow us to live life based on our morals free from the constrictions of ethical laws brutally enforced upon us. Although James Dillard, a medical resident, acted selflessly to save a drunk man’s life, looking back on it, he regrets risking his future as a doctor to save the man, a selfish act. Dillard’s moral standards as an almost qualified doctor to save the drunk man’s life were morally…

“Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it” is a quote by British naturalist and politician, John Lubbock. I strongly agree with his quote for several reasons. I believe Lubbock’s meaning behind his quote is that no person can allow society to determine the mental characteristics he or she contains. In all seven billion people in the world, not a single one of them carries the same characteristics as any other person. If society is in control of how we act then it is impossible…