How Is Lonliness Presnted in of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men Controlled Assessment
Explore the ways Steinbeck presents the theme of ‘loneliness’ in ‘Of Mice and Men’.
The book ‘Of Mice and Men’, written by John Steinbeck is set in the 1930’s America. This was the time of the great depression, segregation, racism and sexism. In the 1930’s unemployment was high and a lot of men had hardly any money, so they moved from town to town to find new places to work. The men never stayed in one place to form any relationships or had much financial support to have a family of their own; hence the loneliness existence. Steinbeck shaped the ranch where George and Lennie worked as an isolated and empty place. In the first line of the novel Steinbeck wrote, “A few miles south of Soledad.” This was a very clever sentence to add since ‘Soledad’ means loneliness in Spanish. Steinbeck also characterises his characters into different themes (Sexism, racism, ageism) to represent why they are lonely. The theme loneliness is carried on throughout the book. It is incorporated in all the pages. ..
When George meets Candy, he tells him about the "black" man called Crooks, "Give the Stable Buck hell. Ya see the stable buck's a nigger". This was typical of 1930's America as black people were thought of as a lower class to white people.It also was suggested that Crooks was friendless as he was isolated from the others and worked alone. He has his "own bunk in a separate nigger room" and "he scattered personal possessions around the floor; for being alone he could leave things about". Crooks suffered from racial discrimination, which makes him feel lower that the rest on the ranch. Crooks also doesn’t get the same human rights as the white people.
During the book, Crooks is always very distant and suspicious throughput the book. When Lennie enters Crooks room, Crooks immediately becomes rude and cold towards him. “Well, I got a right to have a light. You go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunk house, and you ain’t
Explore the ways Steinbeck presents the theme of ‘loneliness’ in ‘Of Mice and Men’.
The book ‘Of Mice and Men’, written by John Steinbeck is set in the 1930’s America. This was the time of the great depression, segregation, racism and sexism. In the 1930’s unemployment was high and a lot of men had hardly any money, so they moved from town to town to find new places to work. The men never stayed in one place to form any relationships or had much financial support to have a family of their own; hence the loneliness existence. Steinbeck shaped the ranch where George and Lennie worked as an isolated and empty place. In the first line of the novel Steinbeck wrote, “A few miles south of Soledad.” This was a very clever sentence to add since ‘Soledad’ means loneliness in Spanish. Steinbeck also characterises his characters into different themes (Sexism, racism, ageism) to represent why they are lonely. The theme loneliness is carried on throughout the book. It is incorporated in all the pages. ..
When George meets Candy, he tells him about the "black" man called Crooks, "Give the Stable Buck hell. Ya see the stable buck's a nigger". This was typical of 1930's America as black people were thought of as a lower class to white people.It also was suggested that Crooks was friendless as he was isolated from the others and worked alone. He has his "own bunk in a separate nigger room" and "he scattered personal possessions around the floor; for being alone he could leave things about". Crooks suffered from racial discrimination, which makes him feel lower that the rest on the ranch. Crooks also doesn’t get the same human rights as the white people.
During the book, Crooks is always very distant and suspicious throughput the book. When Lennie enters Crooks room, Crooks immediately becomes rude and cold towards him. “Well, I got a right to have a light. You go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunk house, and you ain’t