John Steinbeck

Loneliness and Isolation “Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I’m most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.” (Anne Hathaway) In the story Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck in the 1930’s, the book is about what life was like back then working on a ranch during the Great Depression. The story shows what it was like to be lonely/isolated from the rest of the world. Since it was during the Great…

stay loyal to their significant other, but if that person stays loyal to an abusive relationship they will end up getting hurt both physically and emotionally. Loyalty, most often seen as a positive, can ruin someone 's life. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, takes place in the Great Depression. Along with the Great Depression came a lack of well-paying jobs which caused a great number of people to become itinerant workers. George and Lennie strive to gain money for their wanted ranch while…

friend, even more make up a good friend. Is being verbally abusive and embarrassing a person make you a good friend? Or is ending their life make you a good friend? What if this ‘friend’ of yours has special needs does that make everything alright? In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George is a bad friend to Lennie because, he does not understand the true meaning behind friendship. Throughout the story Of Mice and Men George is verbally abusive to Lennie. Lennie and George are walking to…

people traveled from the midwest to California in the hopes of finding a better life but they faced many obstacles, but in order to survive they can’t lose hope in what they were trying to achieve. In the novel “The Grapes Of Wrath” written by John Steinbeck the effects of fear causes people to believe that there is no way of successfulness in their work of farming. The ragged man’s experiences of California make the men fear that they will end up in situations such as his own. While sitting…

The movie Of Mice and Men is one of a classic American Literature, written by John Steinbeck during The Great Depression. The story contains a plot that traces a journey of two characters, George and Lennie, who migrates around to look for a job. I personally have read this book few years ago, and I was really interested to read because it involves realism in it. The character George and his friend Lennie had nothing in the world except each other and lived with a dream that one day they will…

The Purpose of Life In today’s world it is difficult to achieve a life dream, but even more challenging during the 1930’s, a time when many people are unemployed and very poor. Life dreams have a significant part in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, particularly the American Dream is brought up often. This refers to the desire in life to own a house and land, be financially stable, have a family, and live an overall happy life. While the American Dream is different for every person,…

“Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is set in Northern California during the Great Depression, around 1930’s. The main characters, George and Lennie, illustrate the American struggles throughout the great Depression, financially, socially but mostly discrimination. While focusing on the struggles of these times, the theme of this book consists from an exaggeration of total inequality of power between race, with Crooks being segregated and being treated differently because of his skin color, age,…

The Novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is a great demonstration of how life was in America during the 1930’s. This novella is based around the time of the great depression, many people were lonely, and people did not trust each other. Workers would travel to find any work possible just to keep food on the table. However, the American dream was still alive for most workers in that time except for African Americans, women, people of old age and people with disabilities. They were…

A parable or fable is a simple story that tells a spiritual lesson. The parable in “The Pearl” is that money can't buy happiness. Before they found the great pearl they were poor but they had basic needs of life, like they had food,water, and shelter. Kino and his family were happy before the pearl came. The pearl can come of great treasure but also comes with evil. When Kino found the pearl he had dreamed that his son and family would have a good life with wealth. As Kino learns that the pearl…

Although both The Pearl and Of Mice and Men are both written by John Steinbeck and have many similarities, such as the destruction of the main character’s dreams, their resolutions are extremely different. Although both books have a character who was extremely close to the main character die at the end, the manner of death of these characters are very different. Unlike how Lennie was very peacefully shot and was happy right before he died, Coyotito was killed in a much more depressing way. The…