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are many choices that the characters have made. Resulting in either pleasant or unpleasant circumstances. George chooses to look after Lennie after his Aunt Clara dies. George is often seen getting angry at Lennie as shown in this quote from the novella: “Whatever we ain’t got, that’s what you want. God a’ mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all.” “An’ whatta I got? I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me…

Social Commentaries in Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men, a famous novella written by John Steinbeck partakes in many aspects of social commentaries during the 1930s. Of Mice and Men takes place during the Great Depression, a time where work was difficult to find and when many were left homeless or unemployed. Two migrant workers, George and Lennie, are looking for a job in a ranch near Soledad where their lives are anything but ordinary. From being challenged for more than fifty-four times since…

status. The fact that no main male character ever asks what her name is in the novella is another important concept. Curley’s wife wasn’t even given the common courtesy of a name, because why would she? All that matters is that she is married to the boss’s son. It is shown that Curley’s wife isn’t of any importance to George, aside from the fact that she could get he and Lennie fired. Some may say that throughout the novella Curley’s wife isn’t actually important. However, George took the time…

The short novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ is set in 1930s America, during the Dust Bowl disaster and the Great Depression. Curley’s wife is a lonely misunderstood character in a ranch surrounded by men who discriminate against her and see her as a possession as she does not even have a name. In the novel, Steinbeck’s descriptions of Curley’s wife as a character represents how women were treated, he expresses the pressures and loneliness they faced and their low position in society. Steinbeck confuses…

This quote in Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, emphasizes the bond between George and Lennie, the two protagonists of the novella. From this point on, the two attached their dreams to each other for the sake of a better future. Because they attached their dreams to each other, in the end their goals were not achieved. Just like how you attach an unrealistic dream of living happily and possibly creating a family with Daisy, George and Lennie create an unrealistic dream attaching each…

of loneliness throughout his characters. The loneliest character in Of Mice and Men is Crooks because he is the only African American on the ranch, he is forced to live alone and he has nobody to talk to. Crooks is the loneliest character in the novella Of Mice and Men because he is the only African American on the ranch. The story takes places during the Great Depression a time period when…

Social oppression and greed are common themes shown in novels and or novellas to teach a moral lesson. Common themes in John Steinbeck’s writings include political themes, rebellion, corruption. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the author tries to help us understand that danger exists in placing hope on one thing either being emotional or material. This happened in the novella as a result of Kino’s finding of the pearl which led him to become “closed minded”. The finding of the pearl caused the…

rough draft In the novella Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck readers can see timeless themes and life lessons from the events that will transcribe history. The theme of the novel is mistreatment of minorities is focused too much on the mentally disabled but not those who support them. Another accompanying theme seen in the novel is the one of companionship where you see loss effect of not just a mental disabled person by the caretaker but also his best friend. If the novella had focused more…

In the novella Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck writes about the unlikely pair of travelers, George Milton and Lennie Small. This novella takes place during the Great Depression on a ranch in California. The people that make up the ranch are migrant farm workers, who are poor, desperate, and low in society. Lennie Small and George Milton are two of these ranchers. George Milton becomes a tragic hero in the story. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably…

In john Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, the reader is introduced to many characters, all having their own limitations. Two of those characters, Lennie Small and George…, are both introduced to the readers right away. In this impactful novella, one can learn about how cruel life really is, and how broken the american dream can be. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck crafts his character Lennie in order to demonstrate the dehumanization of the mentally challenged and how the creation of false…