Mens rea

They "display the basest elements of nature... and lack all sensitivity, all compassion for those more helpless and weaker in mind and body than they are" (Johnson 16). Curley is extremely competitive, a trait that is evident in his desire to prove himself in a fight with Lennie and in his constantly asking where his wife is, as if he is competing with the other workers for her or demonstrating his "ownership" of her. Jealousy consumes him, and he lives as if he is subject to Darwin's theory of…

Steinbeck uses the short sentences to the book’s advantage. The syntax flows well with the time period and education level of the men and women that are depicted in the book. The descriptive sentences of scene settings contrast the short, mostly choppy sentences of dialogue, yet they balance one another out. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses figurative language on countless occasions. This is used to aid the reader in visualizing what is occurring by comparing the characters…

others keep all 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,…

displayed to the public. By the time that John Steinbeck published the novella Of Mice and Men, he was already a well-known author and writer. Before he published Of Mice and Men he published a series of short comedies entitled Tortilla Flat published in 1935. The seriousness and vulgarity of Of Mice and Men was quite a shock to the fans and frequent readers of Steinbeck’s work. Steinbeck’s work Of Mice and Men is one of the most commonly read books in high schools across America; it also…

grasping any dream. With all the hardships and loneliness associated with the Great Depression, what was there left to dream for? During the Great Depression, John Steinbeck took the dream for a better life that many people needed and wrote Of Mice and Men. Though the book ends in a failure to achieve this dream, it shows that having something to work for can drive you through any difficulty. Throughout Steinbeck’s…

When writing Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck directly connected his work to his life by providing the same jobs he usually did as a child/teenager. Mr. Steinbeck worked many years as a farmhand part time to help with high school. While taking on full time hours as a farmhand hours, Steinbeck attempted to go to college where he would drop out without gaining a degree. Likewise, George and Lennie, Of Mice and Men, worked on farms for a while before having to run and kill…

is interrupted by Curley walking in. This quote provides slight foreshadowing that George was going to kill Lennie himself instead of letting the other men get to Lennie. The reader knows that the George thinks about what Candy says before he kills Lennie. George realizes that the he would rather put Lennie down himself rather than let the other men kill Lennie. The logic behind this was that George knew that if he didn’t put down Lennie himself then he would constantly wonder “what if”, like…

type who have realized that there are bad friendships too. But in reality are their really bad friendships? To me there are no bad friendships, just two people who haven 't realized that they just aren 't meant to be friends. In a novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, we get to see a very unique friendship between two ranchers, George and Lennie. George takes in Lennie when his aunt Clara…

a human will display joy with a smile on his or her face. Another emotion animals and humans experience but express in unlike ways is the feeling of loneliness. A prime example presenting how humans react to the feeling of loneliness is Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the 1992 film release directed by Gary Sinise. The two main characters, George…

the TV or slaps her daughter, it isn 't part of the writer 's effort to demonize her. It is an accurate reflection of 1960s parenting (Coontz). Women did not want to be reminded of those days of submissiveness. In fact, it was precisely because "Mad Men" portrayed the sexism of that era, so unflinchingly, that women could not bear to watch (Coontz). Those who had worked had experienced the same discrimination and sexual harassment as the female employees at the show 's ad agency and didn’t want…