Symbolism In John Stienbeck's Of Mice And Men
Symbolism in “Of Mice and Men”
In John Stienbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” he tells the story of a dream gone horribly wrong. The story focuses on two friends George and Lennie. Lennie is a mentally handicapped man which George takes care of. They travel from farm to farm, working to raise money to buy their own place. At their last fateful stop they meet a variety of interesting, but very lonely people.
Curley’s wife is very lonely. She is surrounded by men, but she can’t talk to any of them because Curley gets jealous. Although she is a tart, she is a very kind young woman. She tries to give George the eye but he doesn’t give in, he knows his morals. In the end she tries to let Lennie feel her soft hair but instead she scares him. Lennie holds
In John Stienbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” he tells the story of a dream gone horribly wrong. The story focuses on two friends George and Lennie. Lennie is a mentally handicapped man which George takes care of. They travel from farm to farm, working to raise money to buy their own place. At their last fateful stop they meet a variety of interesting, but very lonely people.
Curley’s wife is very lonely. She is surrounded by men, but she can’t talk to any of them because Curley gets jealous. Although she is a tart, she is a very kind young woman. She tries to give George the eye but he doesn’t give in, he knows his morals. In the end she tries to let Lennie feel her soft hair but instead she scares him. Lennie holds