Essay On Prejudice In Of Mice And Men And South Park
It’s Black and White “Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts,” stated author E.B. White. If someone is prejudice towards another, they view them as if they are a dirty animal, they belittle them and do not believe they are on equal grounds. The story “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck and Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s television series, “South Park” share similar messages about prejudice. First off, the messages that each of these pieces portray both relate to the inequality of races: racism. Steinbeck enabled the reader to see how people discriminated against others for anything- even if the one being discriminated did nothing to deserve it. During this scene, Curley’s wife is in the barn in Crooks’ room stirring up trouble and Crooks has had enough. “...Now you jus’ get out, an’ get out
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In Steinbeck’s story, Curly is constantly losing and looking for his wife. “Why’n’t you tell her to stay at home where she belongs?” (Steinbeck 31). Carlson responds after Curly, yet again, asks where his wife is. Carlson is suggesting that women belong in the house and that’s where she should always be when Curly is looking for her, but Curly just lets her roam around the bunkhouse as if she is a free animal. In the series by Parker and Stone, they show a very similar act to inferior women. In this scene, four boys are talking about how a girl was picking on one of them and what they should to do end this problem. “... get back in the kitchen and make me some pie,” was the response of one of the boys if they were in the same situation. Similar to the quote in “Of Mice and Men,” in this series the characters are suggesting that women should not be out of the house to cause trouble with boys; women belong in the kitchen and should serve to the man and make him meals. In both of these pieces the men manifest very stereotypical, sexist remarks toward
In Steinbeck’s story, Curly is constantly losing and looking for his wife. “Why’n’t you tell her to stay at home where she belongs?” (Steinbeck 31). Carlson responds after Curly, yet again, asks where his wife is. Carlson is suggesting that women belong in the house and that’s where she should always be when Curly is looking for her, but Curly just lets her roam around the bunkhouse as if she is a free animal. In the series by Parker and Stone, they show a very similar act to inferior women. In this scene, four boys are talking about how a girl was picking on one of them and what they should to do end this problem. “... get back in the kitchen and make me some pie,” was the response of one of the boys if they were in the same situation. Similar to the quote in “Of Mice and Men,” in this series the characters are suggesting that women should not be out of the house to cause trouble with boys; women belong in the kitchen and should serve to the man and make him meals. In both of these pieces the men manifest very stereotypical, sexist remarks toward