Mice

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…

shouting, "You Crazy Bastard," and ,"You crazy fool." (Steinbeck 3, 8, and 9) Throughout "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, the phrase " give me hell" is constantly being used by Lennie. It is mainly used after Lennie knows he has done something terrible like, George is going to give me hell." (Steinbeck 4,5,10,100) Lennie's favorite pastimes is to pet anything that's is soft like rabbit's fur and mice. "What mouse, George?" I ain't got no mouse," and," I wasn't doin' anything bad with it,…

difficult thing a person can undergo. In the book Of Mice and Men, almost all the characters have some sort of marginalisation with them which leads to loneliness. In this novel age, race, and employment status are used to marginalise the characters. The themes of the novel are important because they depict human life in a remarkable and comprehensive way relating to the dreams and constant struggles faced in life. All characters played in the novel Of Mice and Men are lonesome, living an empty…

If one theme can be thought of as defining the symbolism Of Mice and Men, that theme is loneliness. In many ways, from the honest to the subtle the presence of loneliness defines the actions of the various characters in the book. The itinerant farm worker found it nearly impossible to establish a fixed home. These men were forced to wander from ranch to ranch seeking temporary employment, to live in bunk houses with strangers, and to suffer the abuses of random bosses. George sums up the sadness…

John Steinbeck uses the character Crooks in Of Mice and Men to show how black people were treated As an example, Crooks is introduced by Candy telling George and Lennie “An’ he give the the stable buck hell, too.” (Steinbeck 19). Crooks is discriminated against because he has to live in the stable with the horses whereas everyone else on the farm to whom are white get to live in the bunkhouse. John Steinbeck did an excellent job of showing how bad black people had it in life by using Crooks as…

Cruelty comes in many different shapes and sizes—much like humans. John Steinbeck's book Of Mice and Men tells the story of two men who try to create their dream in a world of loneliness and malice. The two main characters, George and Lennie, enter a ranch at the start of the story and meet several people; some of which who cause trouble and some who help very much. While on this farm, it becomes apparent that life is brutal and may corrupt people. John Steinbeck presents the fact that life is…

Of Mice and Men Rhetorical Analysis John Steinbeck uses imagery to compensate for the terrible events in the book. He describes these Beautiful calming scenes, so we can stop thinking about the tragic previous or future events. You can see examples of this all throughout the book. One would be in the beginning when George finds out Lennie killed a mouse, another would be when they shoot Candy's dog and finally, when Lennie killed Curley's wife. The first example of this imagery takes place in…

The opportunity of having a friend in such hard times is a privilege and something to be valued. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, George, a migrant worker, and Lennie, a migrant worker, have been given the privilege of traveling around together and having somebody to talk to. Based on the 1930s during the Great Depression migrant workers were caught in an era of extreme loneliness, but George and Lennie were not. They were friends with dreams of becoming partners in owning a farm together…

Hopes and dreams play a role of great importance in the novel Of Mice and Men. The author, John Steinbeck, uses the motivation provided by the dreams of characters to keep the novel progressing. In many ways, the individual dreams of the characters and the so-called “American Dream” provides the basis for the novel. Towards the end of the novel, many dreams are crushed when the characters were actually finding real hope. George and Lennie are two men who dream of having their own land with a…

America is known as the country full and abundant of opportunity and freedom, where anybody can come and have a fair chance at achieving the desired goal commonly referred to as “The American Dream.” James Truslow Adams describes The American Dream as a “Dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” Certain people however, more easily achieve this Dream over others even though America prides…