Novellas

The form of addiction presented in Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde presents the reader with a theme of addiction to enhance the more straightforward good versus evil motif in the novella. Dr. Jekyll’s addiction presents a lure to the elixir which changes his previous Victorian gentleman status and seems to isolate him from this previous being. The alteration of him is explored throughout the story as the nature of Dr. Jekyll changes once Mr. Hyde begins to…

the destructive imbalance of social power structures in American Society are vital to the novella “Of Mice and Men” because of how people persecuted Lennie without recognizing his illness, how George told Lennie he should hide in the brush if trouble arrives, and how George was there to save Lennie when he was in need like when Lennie felt the girl's dress and George got them out of harm's way. In the novella “Of Mice and Men” the theme destructive imbalance of social power structures in…

The underlying central theme of Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men is that often what we want is different from what we end up doing, which Steinbeck develops through the misfortunes of the novella’s characters. George and Lennie, the main characters of the book, fit perfectly in the theme, because from the very beginning the pair have wanted to own a farm yet deep down George knows it’s impossible and ends up never succeeding in buying/owning land for them. George tells Candy, “...I think I…

techniques in the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’. An example of a commonly used technique is the use of foreshadowing where he uses different scenes to hint or create an idea of a character's involvement in the future of the story. One character that Steinbeck constantly foreshadows is Lennie Small who is a tall, childlike man with an intellectual disability. He creates different scenes to paint a picture of Lennie’s future and the troubles to come. Using these three scenes from the novella Steinbeck…

Kino and as an archetype due to later on in the story trying to deceive Kino and go against him once again. Steinbeck uses archetypes differently but still has the same concept that no matter what the protagonist still keeps going on. Although the novella had a not so American dream ending, Kino pushed through getting chased, deceived, and fighting his own inner greed to try and fight for his chance at the American dream. Steinbeck uses archetypes to set the theme of striving for the American…

has a mind of a child, Crooks an african american man who got kicked in the back by a horse and now has a Crooked back, and finally Curley 's wife, a woman who tries to looks like an actress. All these characters and more are discriminated in the novella Of Mice and Men. Discrimination affects the characters of Of Mice and Men through,…

“No man ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness” (Brainyquote) In the words of George Bernanos, when people are left alone with their thoughts, it’s enough to drive the unsuspecting victim to the brink of madness. In the novella Of Mice and Men by the infamous author John Steinbeck, the main duo George and Lennie to encounter many characters who have seemed to have suffered the long term effects from the plaguing disease that is loneliness. A few of those characters being Crooks, the…

Americans at this time. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, two characters fight an everlasting battle with the inequities that separate them from those surrounding them. Curley’s wife, a flirtatious woman whose frivolous name is not mentioned in the novella, encounters the struggles of being a married woman on a ranch full of men; Crooks is a black man that experiences seclusion from the other workers due to his race. Ultimately, though both characters live an involuntarily reclusive life from…

example of moral choice. He could do the right thing and feel guilt or not do anything but know Lennie would suffer. His moral choice reflects greatly on his character because George chose the right thing even though it was hard. A theme in this novella is dreams. George and Lennie’s dream was to own their own farm. George’s last conversation with Lennie was, “ We’ll have a cow. And we’ll have maybe a pig and chickens... an down the flat we 'll have a... little piece alpha for the rabbits” (…

“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” a gothic novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, published in 1886, is a glimpse back in time to the Victorian era. The novella highlights the Victorian morality and the Victorian model of life. The key features of Victorian morality include a set of moral values pillared in sexual restraints, low tolerance policies on crimes and a strict social code of conduct. Dr. Jekyll is a respected member living in the Victorian society, who abides to all the…