Where there is so much as a speculation of an abomination, there is a society desperately scrambling to reinstate dominance. Society’s fight for supremacy is prevalent in both books, Frankenstein by Marie Shelley and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The creature from Frankenstein and Lenny from Of Mice and Men are both mortally wounded from the agonizing blows of society. They share the same cuts and bruises, but neither of the characters receives the necessary stitches to help heal the wounds. Due to the mental distress, Lennie and the creature share the same feeling of rejection that contributes to the overall theme of loneliness.
Rejection is a feeling the creature and Lennie spend almost all of their lives in. By reason …show more content…
Being secluded from everything caused the creature for example to be bitter and desolate. The creator of the creature, Victor Frankenstein, has also denied the creature one glimmer of hope for the feeling of worth. A mate was never made for the creature and the creature does not have a single person willing to stand by his side. Between not having a mate and being hated by society because of his appearance, the creature is pushed into a wall of rejection and unhappiness.
Lennie seems to have hope throughout his entire life span of the book, his hope is a farm he will one day own. But that hope can only stand by itself for so long. The strength that Lennie possess is so great but his mental disability gets the best of him. In the first instance of strength getting the best of himself, Lennie is accused of rape. In the second instance, he is a murderer, both of these situations have a society that is clawing at him. The society does not understand Lennie and his mental disability and punishes him with a wrongful death.
The creature and Lennie are the epitome of loneliness. They are a fine representation of society gaining dominance and pushing them into the ground. In both cases, the men are left alone, the creature from practically birth and Lennie in his moment of death. These men make a pessimistic statement about life and how a person ends up alone. They contribute