Survival Of The Fittest In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
The Strive For a Dream
“Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche. I think Steinbeck's greater message in Of Mice and Men was to show the lengths people went to to fulfill a dream and how hard ranch life was . I feel Steinbeck highlighted this topic in many ways throughout the book using symbolism. Everything Steinbeck wrote has meaning, from the way Lennie feels about his dead puppy, to the way George and Lennie's farm isn't just about making money. You will now read 3 examples of symbolism from the award winning book Of Mice and Men
My first point is that lulu’s puppies symbolize survival of the fittest. Survival of the fittest means the strongest gets picked over the weakest. In the case of the puppies if you are weak you get killed. On the ranch if you are weak you get fired. This is a quote from the book that is an example of survival of the fittest, “ Nine of ‘em. I drowned four of ‘em right off. She couldn’t feed that many.” “Got five left, huh?” “Yeah, five. I kept the biggest. P.35. In the quote you can see that the weakest got killed of which supports …show more content…
This is an example of striving for a dream. All George and Lennie want is to be on there own farm, not being bossed around by anybody. George wants to be able to do what he wants when he wants and Lennie just wants to tend rabbits. ““We’d just go to he,” said George, “We wouldn't ask nobody if we could.””. All he dreams of is to be on his own with Lennie. All things considered a dream is what Lennie and George strive for.
I think Steinbeck's greater message in Of Mice and Men was to show the lengths people went to to fulfill a dream and how hard ranch life was. As you can see through the use symbolism lennie’s puppy and George and lennie's farm was all about one big dream. The killing of lulu’s puppies shows us how Steinbeck was trying to convey how life was on the
“Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche. I think Steinbeck's greater message in Of Mice and Men was to show the lengths people went to to fulfill a dream and how hard ranch life was . I feel Steinbeck highlighted this topic in many ways throughout the book using symbolism. Everything Steinbeck wrote has meaning, from the way Lennie feels about his dead puppy, to the way George and Lennie's farm isn't just about making money. You will now read 3 examples of symbolism from the award winning book Of Mice and Men
My first point is that lulu’s puppies symbolize survival of the fittest. Survival of the fittest means the strongest gets picked over the weakest. In the case of the puppies if you are weak you get killed. On the ranch if you are weak you get fired. This is a quote from the book that is an example of survival of the fittest, “ Nine of ‘em. I drowned four of ‘em right off. She couldn’t feed that many.” “Got five left, huh?” “Yeah, five. I kept the biggest. P.35. In the quote you can see that the weakest got killed of which supports …show more content…
This is an example of striving for a dream. All George and Lennie want is to be on there own farm, not being bossed around by anybody. George wants to be able to do what he wants when he wants and Lennie just wants to tend rabbits. ““We’d just go to he,” said George, “We wouldn't ask nobody if we could.””. All he dreams of is to be on his own with Lennie. All things considered a dream is what Lennie and George strive for.
I think Steinbeck's greater message in Of Mice and Men was to show the lengths people went to to fulfill a dream and how hard ranch life was. As you can see through the use symbolism lennie’s puppy and George and lennie's farm was all about one big dream. The killing of lulu’s puppies shows us how Steinbeck was trying to convey how life was on the