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Friendship is one of the most important things in a person’s life. Lennie and George, the main characters in the novella Of Mice and Men, demonstrate friendship through the way they treat one another like a brother, and the fact that they do everything together. George and Lennie will do nearly anything for each other and they are so protective over each other because the only want the best. The novella demonstrates how George and Lennie benefit from each others friendship through their shared…

Companionship and loneliness can affect anyone’s life to be better or worse. A great example of how companionship and loneliness are to different people is John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men novella. The characters in this story live in a time where companionship is rare but envied. The main characters, George and Lennie, are the two new workers on a ranch and they have to try not to lose their jobs once again because of Lennie’s mistakes. Throughout the novella, loneliness is shown again and…

Quotation number one from John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men shows the human need for companionship, especially during the era of the Great Depression. Crooks is talking to Lennie after Lennie makes his way into Crooks’s room, significant in the fact that Crooks is African-American and usually turns any caucasians who try to enter his room away. Crooks is initially wary but ultimately allows Lennie to sit down in his room and reveals to him his exasperation over his loneliness and lack of…

Of Mice and Men is remembered as one of Steinbeck's most important and influential novels. Of Mice and Men shows the devastating impact that the Great Depression had on many American's ability to succeed financially. The characters in Of Mice and Men also show a difficult truth about loneliness and an unreachable dream (something that most people, no matter their nationality or social status can understand). What I found most of the book revolving around was this idea of the “American dream,”…

Those who do not have anyone can begin to change into vile and heartless people. The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells the story of two migrant workers who travel to a ranch. On this ranch, they find many people that have been brutalized due to their solitary way of life. Through this story, the changes caused by isolation are seen first hand through many characters and their cruel treatment of others. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd also deals with the idea of…

Struggles of Lennie Small California in the 1930’s, the book, Of Mice and Men was published. There are two main characters, but I’m focusing only on one of them: Lennie Small. Lennie is a character who has a mental disability, who is an outcast, and is bullied. Lennie is a big man (ironic, right?) with big, broad shoulders, shapeless of face, and with large, pale eyes. There is one noticeable characteristic about Lennie. He has a mental disability, which was mental retardation. Even though this…

Over 43 million Americans suffer from a mental illness of some kind. In the novel Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is it evident that one of the main characters, Lennie suffers from some kind of a mental illness. In the book Lennie seems to have the intelligence and behavior of a child, even though he has the brain of a child he is a very large and strong man. Despite Lennie having the mind of a child, and strength higher than most men he is very caring in the novel. In the beginning of the novel…

Everybody has dreams. Dreams are what keep us ‘alive’. They keep us striving for better, and always thinking of a better place and time. Without dreams, we wouldn’t want to achieve anything, and therefore we wouldn’t. John Steinbeck sent this message in his novel “Of Mice And Men”. “Of Mice And Men”l is about two men working together for a single goal, or dream. It takes place in California during the 1930s. George and Lennie end up getting run out of their job after Lennie accidentally kills a…

Life is a lot better with friends and establishing good relationships between each other is what eliminates loneliness. This situation can be explored in the excerpt “The Little Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupery, “Of Mice and Men“ by John Steinbeck and my own personal experience. It is absolutely true that establishing ties can eliminate loneliness and make life more meaningful. Through the expert “The Little Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupery, the prince and fox identify how having a…

Gary Sinise, the director of the film, Of Mice and Men, produced a tragic masterpiece based off of John Steinbeck’s novel which was published in 1937, but Sinise’s film was not released until October 2, 1992. According to Roger Ebert, “The most sincere compliment I can pay them is to say that all of them - writer and actors - have taken every unnecessary gesture, every possible gratuitous note, out of these characters. The story is as pure and lean as the original fable which formed in…