Ranch

A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody—to be near him.” He whined, “A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya. (72-73) Crook describes loneliness affects him more so then other ranch hands. He also emphasizes separation can cause more feeling of loneliness. The other guys get to relax in each other's company and can do what want until they fall asleep whereas Crook only has literature to fill his…

Depression, George and Lennie escape from Weed because they get into trouble. George has to look after Lennie because Lennie’s Aunt, Clara, is dead and no one takes care of Lennie. Then, they go to the Salinas Valley where they are going to work on a ranch. In regards to Lennie’s death, George is morally right to kill Lennie because George wants to protect Lennie from the painful death and save other people from Lennie’s uncontrolled strength. First of all, George is right to kill Lennie…

up in the south Jessy grew up being a wild child, always climbing trees, riding horses, and playing on the ranch her mother worked for. Her mother was a veterinarian that was hired to work soul for the Kingsley ranch. She had a team of people serving under her, all working together to care for the countless livestock that the family owned. Jessy grew up happy and well looked after. The ranch hands and Kingsley family pretty much all seeing her as their little runt of a sister running about.…

An outcast is a person who has been rejected by society or a social group. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck every character is portrayed as an outcast. The story is based in a small town during the 1930’s on a ranch. Most of the workers are men who travel around individually trying to find work for a short amount of time. All are considered outcasts especially those with a physical or mental disability. All these men are considered outcasts whether they have a disability or not.…

desire to feel the soft things put him in a situation where he loses his temper and ends up killing a human. As a result, he loses his dream of a farm and tending rabbits. Similarly to the Eve, who brings sin and death, Curly’s wife tempts the men at ranch, and she is also the cause of Lennie’s demise. The beauty of brush and river also symbolizes the beauty of the…

Crooks is the only African American in the ranch and suffered from inequality. He is the most isolated persona in the book, he is segregated from the rest of the guys. Being prohibited from the bunkhouse, force to live alone in a barn gave him some time to feel alone. He indicates his need of being…

Three characters are established as being disadvantaged or disabled in some way, which results in an immense amount of social pressure pushed upon them. Lennie is an extremely capable individual that can excel in work around the ranch, but the major factor that holds him back from living like everyone else is that he has a mental handicap that hinders his ability to follow rules, listen and to fit in. Without the company of George, Lennie as a human being would cease to function…

him. Really, the way Lennie gets discriminated is because of his strength, size, and handicap. His handicap prevents him from talking with the other guys and associating with them because George told him not to speak so they could keep the job as ranch hands. In addition, his size and strength separates him from the rest of the guys so he is thought of as more of a workhorse than a human being. Lennie 's differences cause others to think of him as more of an animal than an actual person, which…

workers talk to each other, they usually talk about how no one ever gets the dreams they have to be a reality. In the beginning of the book, George and Lennie were talking about how everyone fails at it and how they were going to be different. On the ranch, the workers would talk about how everyone who comes to work fails and they never get what they want. Crooks says, “I seen hundreds of men come by… with their bindles on their back an’ that same dream… An’ never a god damn one of ’em ever gets…

Lennie nearly sacrifices his and George’s freedom after he is accused of rape on the ranch that he and Lennie were employed on, but get away without being caught. The ranch, referred to as “Weed” in the novel, plays an important role in showing George’s companionship toward Lennie. A major moment in the novel that portrays George’s kindheartedness toward Lennie’s life is during George’s conversation with a ranch hand that he entrusts: “I ain’t got no people,” George said. “I seen the guys that…