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English III AP
30 October 2013
Of Mice and Men and The Scarlet Letter
Of Mice and Men’s George and The Scarlet Letter’s Hester Prynne the main characters in these two novels. Both are misunderstood by the people around them. Of Mice and Men was written in 1937 by John Steinbeck to show the most vulnerable people in society at that time. The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 to illustrate the way of life for the Puritan society and the way some were punished or misunderstood due to not following the Puritan ways. In Of Mice and Men and The Scarlet Letter Steinbeck and Hawthorne share a common theme between the two novels. By comparing and contrasting the characters, setting, and conflicts it is illustrated that people are being out casted by society because they have committed crimes throughout the novels.
While comparing and contrasting George from Of Mice and Men and Hester from The Scarlet Letter, one will discover they have many similarities and differences. This proves why and or how these characters are mistreated and out casted by the society they live in. For examples of similarities George and Hester both had burdens to deal with as well as being out casted by the people they love and they protect. George and Hester also both planned ways to escape their lives. George tells Lennie countless time in the first chapters in Of Mice and Men how “[he] could get along so easy and so nice if he didn’t have [him] on [his] tail” stating that George knows his life would be much easier if he did not have Lennie to take care of (Steinbeck 7). George is out casted by Lennie in many ways such as, George being run “outta Weed” due to the bad things Lennie did (Steinbeck 7). Although, George could have turned Lennie in for what he did in weed he wanted to protect him so, George had no choice but to leave with Lennie and hide in the woods until they ran far enough to find another job and place to stay. George was forced to shoot Lennie at the
30 October 2013
Of Mice and Men and The Scarlet Letter
Of Mice and Men’s George and The Scarlet Letter’s Hester Prynne the main characters in these two novels. Both are misunderstood by the people around them. Of Mice and Men was written in 1937 by John Steinbeck to show the most vulnerable people in society at that time. The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 to illustrate the way of life for the Puritan society and the way some were punished or misunderstood due to not following the Puritan ways. In Of Mice and Men and The Scarlet Letter Steinbeck and Hawthorne share a common theme between the two novels. By comparing and contrasting the characters, setting, and conflicts it is illustrated that people are being out casted by society because they have committed crimes throughout the novels.
While comparing and contrasting George from Of Mice and Men and Hester from The Scarlet Letter, one will discover they have many similarities and differences. This proves why and or how these characters are mistreated and out casted by the society they live in. For examples of similarities George and Hester both had burdens to deal with as well as being out casted by the people they love and they protect. George and Hester also both planned ways to escape their lives. George tells Lennie countless time in the first chapters in Of Mice and Men how “[he] could get along so easy and so nice if he didn’t have [him] on [his] tail” stating that George knows his life would be much easier if he did not have Lennie to take care of (Steinbeck 7). George is out casted by Lennie in many ways such as, George being run “outta Weed” due to the bad things Lennie did (Steinbeck 7). Although, George could have turned Lennie in for what he did in weed he wanted to protect him so, George had no choice but to leave with Lennie and hide in the woods until they ran far enough to find another job and place to stay. George was forced to shoot Lennie at the
Cited: Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Columbus, Ohio: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2000. Print. Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Penguin, 1993. Print.