Men

Having hopes and dreams in an area that’s dying both in an economic and social way will have one common outcome. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is set in Salinas, California, during the 1930s and centers around two men, George, the leader, and Lennie, the follower with a mental disability. During the 1930s, The Great Depression was occurring which caused many Americans to move from place to place, seeking for an occupation. George and Lennie are on a mission to accomplish their dream which is…

vision or desire that some have always wanted. In the book Of Mice And Men Steinbeck constantly talks about George and Lennie’s dream to always live on a farm. With the struggle they had to endure in the story they were forced to take alternate routes. Because of the great depression George and Lennie had a very complicated time trying to find the funds to buy their dream farm. Dream are significant in the story of Mice And Men because they are used as motivation, focus and protection. Because…

Working and Wondering California's plains consist of various farm lands and have contained some of the most nameless men, they are only driven by what could be, not by what they have in the present. In the novella Of Mice and Men, John steinbeck uses the literary devices of symbolism, imagery, tone, and characterization to illustrate the message that for people to remain motivated, they need to stay true to their dreams. Without dreams, the meaning of life is lost because nothing is left to look…

star, or you could be the water boy on the sidelines; everybody feels lonely sometimes. In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, loneliness is illustrated by the way all of the characters drive to build bonds in order to escape the lonely atmosphere that they are surrounded by. The story takes place on a ranch during the early 1930s. It expresses the difficult lifestyle men had moving from ranch to ranch. Their homes and jobs were only temporary which greatly adds to their loneliness. When on…

Thousands of innocent people are victimized each day. A major theme of mice and men by John Steinbeck, is an intolerance and discrimination. Lennie is a grown man that thinks like a child, dreaming of having a rabbit farm feeding feeding them alfalfa no one takes me seriously because he acts like a child. Curley's wife a woman who is belittled and ignored and isn't even given a name. Craig that crippled stable back. One of the major things is intolerance and discrimination against Lennie…

‘alive’. They keep us striving for better, and always thinking of a better place and time. Without dreams, we wouldn’t want to achieve anything, and therefore we wouldn’t. John Steinbeck sent this message in his novel “Of Mice And Men”. “Of Mice And Men”l is about two men working together for a single goal, or dream. It takes place in California during the 1930s. George and Lennie end up getting run out of their job after Lennie accidentally kills a woman, and George is forced to kill Lennie.…

loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place.” Loyalty and devotion both play a very big role in Of Mice and Men due to the amount of friendships in the book. True Loyalty can help you thrive through the toughest times, and this theme is shown through the characters of George, Lennie, and Candy & His Dog. In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck shows George and Lennie's loyalty to one another when george says "... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look…

In 1937, when the author John Steinbeck wrote the novella “Of Mice and Men”, he didn’t just whip out a tale of two men, George and Lennie, struggling to reach their dream during the Great Depression, he crafted a story about the hardships and loyalty of friendship. During the Great Depression, many people struggled to find work, and George and Lennie were some of the lucky ones.In the beginning of the story George warns Lennie that if he gets in trouble, and he will (if he didn’t Steinbeck…

we don’t want to do but have to. Some adults don’t want to wake up early for work. Most students never want to go to school. Animals don’t want to be pinned up. But we all have to. One of these situations are present in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. A few themes are present throughout the novel that lead up to this specific example. Through the comparison of characters George and Lennie, they exhibit the themes of loneliness, violence, and friendship which will lead you to the ultimate…

the good within others. The good that they can see can be as simple as helping clean up a spill or it can be volunteering at the local food pantry. Well created fictional characters also represent this dimensionality as well. In the book, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses his characters to show that all people have a good and evil side to them. Candy is the perfect idea of a sweet, quiet, knowledgeable old man always looking for the value in others.…