Of Mice and Men Literary Analysis
Of Mice and Men Literary Analysis
Of Mice and Men is a novel about two men and their struggle to reach their dreams of owning their own ranch. George Milton and Lennie Small are best friends, who despite of all their extremely difference personalities, but still manage to work together, travel together and get rid of anything that gets in their way. The friendship between George and Lennie is prevalent throughout the book, but it is shown most explicitly in their plan to live on a farm together in the future. The way in which this dream is articulated to represent the idealized friendship they share. The author Steinbeck uses nearly all of the characters in this novel to express the importance of having a real and true friendship. However, a large part in the novel Of Mice and Men expresses the loneliness suffered by many of the characters and their longing for companionship. Each of these characters searches for friends who truly care about each other throughout the story. The main theme that the author attempts to convey through various dialogues between characters is basically the brother kind of love between Lennie and George: the theme of an idealized male friendship.
In section one, George directly points out that how important is the role of Lennie in his life. Despite George 's impatience and annoyance with Lennie, and his remarks about how easy his life would be without him, he still believes that: “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don 't belong no place... With us it ain 't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us (Steinbeck, 14)". And Lennie finishes his sentence by saying, "An ' why? Because... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that 's why (Steinbeck, 14)”. From these two quotes, we can see that although George always has tons of complains to make towards Lennie, he still considers him as his most
Of Mice and Men is a novel about two men and their struggle to reach their dreams of owning their own ranch. George Milton and Lennie Small are best friends, who despite of all their extremely difference personalities, but still manage to work together, travel together and get rid of anything that gets in their way. The friendship between George and Lennie is prevalent throughout the book, but it is shown most explicitly in their plan to live on a farm together in the future. The way in which this dream is articulated to represent the idealized friendship they share. The author Steinbeck uses nearly all of the characters in this novel to express the importance of having a real and true friendship. However, a large part in the novel Of Mice and Men expresses the loneliness suffered by many of the characters and their longing for companionship. Each of these characters searches for friends who truly care about each other throughout the story. The main theme that the author attempts to convey through various dialogues between characters is basically the brother kind of love between Lennie and George: the theme of an idealized male friendship.
In section one, George directly points out that how important is the role of Lennie in his life. Despite George 's impatience and annoyance with Lennie, and his remarks about how easy his life would be without him, he still believes that: “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don 't belong no place... With us it ain 't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us (Steinbeck, 14)". And Lennie finishes his sentence by saying, "An ' why? Because... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that 's why (Steinbeck, 14)”. From these two quotes, we can see that although George always has tons of complains to make towards Lennie, he still considers him as his most