John Steinbeck

Angela Sibley Lozano Mrs. Luttrell English 31 January 2018 Curley's wife In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck, two men George and Lennie, have many limitations in life. George and Lennie end up on a farm where they meet people who also have limitations, one of those people happens to be a character known as “Curley's wife”. Steinbeck crafts Curley's wife as a sexualized object in order to reveal that women are dehumanized and thus excluded from the American Dream. Not only does…

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…

In the novels The Pearl, The Red Pony, and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck takes you through three different worlds. Although, Steinbeck’s writing contains some questionable portrayals of race and gender. Steinbeck portrays race and class in The Pearl. In The Pearl Kino is a fisherman in lower class because he is a native with darker skin. When Kino finds a pearl his race didn’t matter anymore he was moved to upper class. As Kino moved to upper class it started opening up new opportunities…

Throughout the novel of Cannery Row written by John Steinbeck, the theme of community becomes prevalent in the little town of Cannery Row. The book takes place in coastal California during depression era. Each individual character faces many challenges, some which were the result of the depression, others are personal fears that consume the character. The community as a whole learns to accept one another’s peculiarities and relies greatly on one another. Friendships in Cannery Row are essential…

The book I chose was Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I chose this book because I have heard it was a good book and I thought it would be a good book to analyze. In this book the author developed several themes around brotherhood and friendship during the great depression some were intentional and some were created on accident. I am analyzing the book and determining whether Steinbeck intended to make certain points or not. Also I have found what he assumed that the reader already knew…

Throughout the novel written by John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, social injustice is illuminated. The human person is programmed at birth with certain necessities. The material programmed into the bodies of humans consist of rights and responsibilities. Catholic teachings teach us to be kind to others even when it is nearly impossible. The quote “treat others as you want to be treated” is a core value in the Catholic religion. Steinbeck revolves his whole book on these main points. When…

Loneliness and isolation are both factors of depression, ironically with this story in The Great Depression. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, set in The Great Depression, George and Lennie get a job at a ranch after previous failed attempts at other jobs due to Lennie’s childlike disorder. They start to get used to their jobs alongside with Crooks, Candy, and Curley and his wife. Lennie’s childlike disorder, however, caused him to accidentally murder Curley’s wife, which ultimately led to…

ton of friends and I felt like I belonged. I lost most of my friends when I moved back to Chicago because I was not respected due to my accent. During the first year of my move, I was really lonely just like some characters in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck are. Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Lennie try to find friends or someone to talk to to heal their feelings of loneliness. Characters experience isolation throughout the story because of race, mental problems, and gender. Crooks, Curley’s…

anyone. The pain, hurt and sadness feelings can be directly linked to the loneliness, and how being lonely is the reason for so much pain. As the story goes, the indistinct description of the alienation of characters in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is consistent throughout. Appropriately, Soledad is the location of the ranch, as this is a place steeped in loneliness. They say that some things get better with age. However, to his dismay, old Candy’s life just seems to…

"The poison of loneliness and the gnawing envy of the unlonely" grips him (Steinbeck 1952: 457). Steinbeck opines that inherent loneliness leads to the emotional imbalance. "They's a time of change, an' when that comes, dyin' is a piece of all dyin', and bearin' is a piece of all bearin', an' bearin' an' dyin' is two pieces of the same thing. An' then things ain't so lonely anymore. An' then a hurt don't hurt so bad" (Steinbeck 1939: 268). He vividly captures some sort of perpetual gloom which…