John Steinbeck

As John Steinbeck said, “There’s more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.” In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George proves to be a good friend to Lennie as he makes logical decisions for him even though he is not compelled to. Since Lennie isn’t as bright as others, George is there to guide him. As George says, “‘Him and me was both born in Auburn. I knowed his Aunt Clara. She took him when he was a baby and raised him up. When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just…

Social Commentaries in Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men, a famous novella written by John Steinbeck partakes in many aspects of social commentaries during the 1930s. Of Mice and Men takes place during the Great Depression, a time where work was difficult to find and when many were left homeless or unemployed. Two migrant workers, George and Lennie, are looking for a job in a ranch near Soledad where their lives are anything but ordinary. From being challenged for more than fifty-four times since…

The great depression struck and damaged the lives of many, and in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two characters have experienced just that. These characters go by the names of Lennie Small and George Milton; they seek refuge from the situation that had gone on in their original town of Weed. They obtain a job on a ranch and seek to gain a stake as hefty enough to purchase land to start their dream of forming a ranch to work and live on. But Lennie's strength and unpredictable…

John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing throughout the entire novel. He uses it from the beginning when they are running from Weed to later in the novel with Candy and his dog, and Lennie kills anything soft. These key events grant the readers a deeper insight into the lives of the character and how they react to daily affairs. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in *Of Mice and Men* to demonstrate to the reader how past events can predict what will happen and maybe repeat in the future accentuating…

Of Psychology and Men Mankind exists by accident. Yet, with our superior intelligence over other species on earth, we strive to find meaning in our every action. Without the search, our lives remain meaningless. John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men tells the stories of his ranch working characters slaving away at the fields to one day find their meaning. Viktor Frankl, the psychologist claims that, “… the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What…

exceptionally well. Besides Lennie’s disability, another character on the ranch, Candy’s dog is also disabled, he is blind and can no longer work. Even though Candy’s dog is extremely frail and disabled, Steinbeck portrays him as loyal to his master and particularly selfless. This would show the reader that Steinbeck does not disregard people because of their disability, but rather gives Lennie and Candy’s dog especially likable demeanors in order to display that…

In the novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, he purposely exercises the use of color schemes to foreshadow future events. He also uses dialogue, body language, and the setting to express Curley’s wife in many different aspects. The overall first impression of Curley’s wife’s character shows her in an unflattering deposition. Curley’s wife has labels as a “tart” even a “bitch” by all the men working on the ranch (Steinbeck 28 32). A main reason behind the brutality of these words to…

their powerful feelings trapped inside a sea of bottled emotions. However, through inference, it is possible to see past the veneer that coats an individual, and see what is inside his or her heart. In the tragic novella, Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck heavily dabbles with concepts of loneliness, using the characters in his story to transmit his thoughts to the reader. In the book, George and Lennie,…

John Steinbeck is an influential writer that is considered the author of the 1930s. His most famous works are all inspired by the struggles in the Great Depression. All of these works illustrate the importance of relationships. One theme that he depicts is the theme of how opposites do not attract. This is certainly the case in Steinbeck’s short novel, Of Mice and Men. In Of Mice and Men, the two main characters, George and Lennie, experience and see many opposites that do not attract, whether…

`Of Mice and Men` is a novella written by John Steinbeck that is set during the era of the Great Depression in 1930’s America. The novella portrays the way in which - despite the consequences of depressed circumstances - human spirit still survives. During the aftermath of the Great Depression, which was a poverty-stricken era, men hoped to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives. Steinbeck illustrates how people, with the help of friends and dreams, can prevail in the face of all difficult…