Of Mice and Men

Of mice and men The novel Of mice and men is a simple, elegant story at first glance but nonetheless is a very deep, meaningful book if you know where to look. Honestly i’d recommend this book to anyone of all ages. Its simple enough to entertain young readers yet , sorrowful and interesting to older more intelligent readers. The story also has its comedic relief when needed the most. I know i had a few laughs along the way. In this short writing i’m going to explain to you what I believe are some of the main themes in the story. While also showing the point that the horrid things Lennie does are not in fact his fault at all but societies. The story Of mice and men is about two best friends George (A middle aged man with wits, cunning, and passion) and Lennie (a strong, goodwilled, retard) On one of life's adventures to get a place of their own and live happily ever after tending rabbits and being self sufficient. The story starts out with George and Lennie being ran out of weed due to Lennie's mistake of scaring a young women into thinking he's gonna rape her. Of…

The American Dream: Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck's work, Of Mice and Men, is a vivid depiction of The American Dream, where the desire for an unknown fate lies within a harsh reality. The use of striking imagery in Of Mice and Men contributes to the thematic focus around the American Dream. Steinbeck utilizes symbolism and motifs to convey the reality the characters face while on their journey to an unsettling future...their American Dream. Of Mice and Men takes place in a powerful,…

“Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I 'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me” (Hathaway). Loneliness is one of the main problems that affects all characters in the story of Mice and Men. The problem was a reality due to fact that the setting of the story takes place during the time of the great depression in California. Because of this, loneliness affects characters in of Mice and Men through Crooks…

it deals with themes of grief and particularly how boys deal with it (and how they should), breaking stereotypes (the footy jock is gay and likes singing) friendships and identity Of mice and Men by John Steinback and Will by Maria Boyd are two novels that have very different storylines but both share simliar ideas and thoughs about friendship and streotypes. These are shown through the way the write and how they are percived to the reader. Steinback choosing a method that is very upfront and…

exemplified through the relationship between George and Lennie in the classic American novel Of Mice and Men. In summation, Of Mice and Men applies to the all-too-real…

Every truly great book has not only a good plot, but also a symbolic significance, and Of Mice and Men has both. John Steinbeck must have spent more time thinking about the message he wanted to get across than writing the book itself. Of Mice and Men, entirely deserving of the Nobel Prize that it has won, has a significant and powerful import that is about so much more than just a unique pair of migrant workers looking for a better life. I learned from this book that friendships and partnerships…

The novella, Of Mice and Men wrote by John Steinbeck, was first published in 1937. This novella is about two men who are travelling around California in search of a job during the Great Depression, in the United States. George Milton and Lennie Small are ranch workers who travel together. The novella ends tragically, as Lennie 's intellectual disability causes George to take up Lennie 's life. To a large extent, the novella 's ending is inevitable. In order for Steinbeck to convey his message…

motivated John Steinbeck to write the novella, Of Mice and Men. As shown in the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, he writes many cultural references to African Americans in the 1930's. There is one character called Crooks who is an African American. In the book Crooks is referred to as a Nigger, in the 1930's this word was considered to be not offensive but in modern times this word is very offensive. In this book, John Steinbeck tries to portray what is said throughout a migrant…

Loneliness in Of Mice and Men Even in a crowded room, the loneliest people could be found. In John Steinbeck’s n Of Mice and Men, he shows how loneliness can be found in the most crowded places, and how it inevitably leads to bad events. The workers on the rach in the book all face loneliness in their own ways for different reasons. Crooks, who faces discrimination, Curley’s wife who is misunderstood, and Candy who simply doesn’t fit in. They are all surrounded by people almost all the time,…

Of Mice and Men: Foreshadowing A shot rings out. The dog has died, but later, so has Lennie. A foretold event of Lennie’s eventual demise. Curley’s wife’s foreshadowed death. A hiding place decided between George and Lennie, that Lennie, in the end, uses. Foreshadowing is illustrated in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. To begin with, a foreshadowed event was Curley’s wife’s demise. There had been several inclinations of some sort of trouble that something would happen to her. Whit and…