National Steinbeck Center

In Of Mice and Men, loneliness is a prominent theme that shows itself in many instances while reading the book. It seems that nearly every character has it in some way, shape, or form, but they don’t all show it in the same manner. Being lonely can cause tragedies to occur similar Curley’s Wife’s, or it can create a cloud over someone, causing their ultimate end. A couple of characters that loneliness is very noticeable in is Curley’s wife and Crooks. They go about life being lonely, but they…

“They left all the weak ones here.” (Steinbeck 77) Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck and was published in 1936. Of Mice and Men is set in the 1930’s in California during the great depression after the stock market crash of 1929. The novel is about two friends, George and Lennie, Lennie has a mental disorder and can not take care of himself and George who is the person that takes care of Lennie. George does not like having to take care of Lennie he wants to be able to off and do his…

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck George Milton kills his best friend Lennie Small. Because Lennie did bad things which he would of been killed for by other characters, but George decided to shoot Lennie in the head when he was not looking so he did not suffer. George also knew that if he did not do it himself Curley would have beaten and killed Lennie for killing his wife in much harsher ways than if George killed him. Lennie did not deserve to die because he ultimately had not…

The moment The Grapes of Wrath was published, Steinbeck created a storm that swept through America. Some viewed the book as propaganda while others saw it as novel written "from the depths of his heart with a sincerity seldom equaled." Despite this controversy, the book developed into a "literary portrait that defined an era." The miserable and destitute living conditions the migrants faced are now the image of the migration to the west. Even now, the book is viewed as the defining authority on…

respect us. But for migrants it was hard because of the situations that they were living would get to the extreme that they stopped caring if they insulted them or let them do what they like with them. They didn’t have the strength to fight no more. Steinbeck, Guthrie, and Murrow address the concept of dignity, they all express the way they experienced it and also it helps us understand the real meaning and importance of dignity in the misfortune of the migrants and poor workers. Also, it helps…

can be difficult to imagine, and even more difficult to actually live. Now imagine having to live with or care for someone with these limitations, these burdens, just like the characters in Of Mice and Men. In the book, John Steinbeck uses the…

“The Chrysanthemum” by John Steinbeck In the short story "The chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck. Elisa the protagonist of the story is a strong and proud woman who owns a garden. This garden fulfills the empty space she feeling at her own house. Plating chrysanthemums is a way to release Elisa’s frustration. This is the only place where she can be herself and portrays what many other women go through during marriage. Flowers are usually associated with a woman because they represent beauty,…

events such as wars or presidential elections and use them as a way to create a character around that specific event. One major event like this and a novel that builds of that event is the Great Depression and the novella “Of Mice and Men” but John Steinbeck. The story takes place just after the Great Depression and it can be clearly seen that there characters have all been affected by it in different ways. When first reading the book I was unaware and not thinking about that historical connect,…

liked me, but later on a grew to make a couple of friends and that changed my perspective on the school. After I made a couple of friends I felt more comfortable walking in through the front doors of that school. this book Of MIce and Men By: John Steinbeck. this book happened in the great depression. The great depression was a hard time on many of the people, and caused to have too many people and not enough jobs. in the book of mice and men a huge piece of this book is the fact that a lot of…

John Steinbeck stressed significant contrast between men and women in society, by providing extensive work on developing protagonist male characters to prove their superior rank. The Grapes of Wrath, taking place during the Great Depression, brings life to a family struggling through a serious drought in Oklahoma, and attempting to find better work and land in California. The novel, written in 1939, at the end of the depression, highlights strong male roles as Tom Joad decides to move his family…