John Hay

Companionship: the good feeling that comes from being with someone else. Many people in the 1930’s longed for companionship. That one person who kept someone going when all they wanted to stop. This concept is carried throughout John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men as it shows friendships coming and going quickly, as people long for, pursue, and achieve the overall goal of companionship. Steinbeck uses conflict, imagery, and syntax to assert how although the essence of companionship was rare, people…

they’ll have a family, a successful career, a nice home, etc. And those dreams are powered by one thing, hope. As one quote puts it, “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible” (Christopher Reeve). However, in the thrilling story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the American Dream is crushed by reality. Making a point that life is hopeless. Showing more that, “hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man’s torments” (Friedrich Nietzsche). But throughout the book Of Mice and Men,…

Euthanasia, or mercy killing, is the practice of intentionally taking a life to relieve pain and suffering. George and Lennie, two friends from the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbach, are migrant workers who are always getting into trouble cause of Lennie. He doesn’t mean to, but he does cause pretty significant damage. That is why George killing Lennie was justified as it was a necessary measure, especially after he murdered Curley, the boss’s sons, wife. The first of many reasons why…

hears the word death, many times they think it's relating to an accident. Maybe it was a car crash, an allergic reaction, or even a house fire. Accidental deaths are caused by random, often unpredictable, occurrences. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie is a big strong guy. He isn't the smartest guy around, so he doesn't know exactly what is right and what is wrong. Throughout the book, Lennie makes many mistakes,…

attention were all gone from her face. She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young. Now her rouged cheeks and her reddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly. The curls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head, and her lips were parted (Of Mice and Men).” Through this description, we can see the girl she might have been underneath her concealed face. On the other hand, her death may be a symbol of freedom from the life she was given which…

These past sixteen months, as member of the Boys & Girls Club, has been a momentous time of my life. One of my key aspect of involvement at the club, is helping the kids with homework. Most of the times when the kids comes to the Boys & Girls Club from school, the chances of them having homework is very high of them having to complete their assignment to turn it in the next day. I utilize the time I have to devote all of my time and energy to assist them with their homework. I personally know…

In his novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck portrays the theme of responsibility through his two main characters George and Lennie. Responsibility is known as the state or fact of having to deal with something or having control over someone. This theme plays a huge role in the development of the story. Steinbeck uses George as a keeper over Lennie. Steinbeck uses the goodness of George’s heart to look after Lennie and seek out a good life with his best friend throughout the story. In, Of…

Constitution’s power and the impact of foreign policy and economic growth on the young United States. The Federalists were the first group to control the government of the United States and the accomplishments of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams defined the party. On the other hand, distinguished men like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison fought to turn over the government into the hands of the Democratic-Republicans. The vast differences between the groups mentioned are…

In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the main characters, George and Lennie, travel to a ranch in Soledad, California, in order to find work during the Great Depression. Running from trouble up north in another place called Weed, they soon find that the new ranch they have arrived at holds just as many opportunities for things to go wrong. There, they meet three morose people who stand apart from the rest and are lonely because of it: Crooks, the crippled, black stable buck; Candy, the old…

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, first published in 1937, is a novel set in the context of the 1929 Great Depression in America. The Nobel Prize-winning author tells the compelling story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two drifters in search of work, with the skilful use of various narrative techniques. Animal imagery is the most important technique successfully employed by Steinbeck to vividly portray the characters’ physical and behavioural traits in the book. Language is another…