"No, Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know"(Steinbeck 106) -George…
John Steinbeck wrote a book called “Of Mice and Men.” Of Mice and Men is an engaging novel about two migrant workers, Lennie and George, who are trying to obtain their dreams of having their own home together. George is small and quick and is the alpha. The other is Lennie, who is big and strong, but has a mental disability, making him slow and in constant need of help and guidance. Throughout the book, trouble becomes increasingly worse, and George ends up having to kill Lennie. Most people believe that is was George’s responsibility to look after Lennie, making his killing unjustified. However, George was justified in killing Lennie because Lennie had previously hurt people, Lennie is not going to get a trial, and George cannot always be there for Lennie.…
Published in 1937, John Steinbeck wrote a moving and powerful novel titled, Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck’s reliance on textual description makes the work accessible to young readers, as does his use of foreshadowing and reoccurring images. Equally important is the way Steinebeck intertwines loneliness, friendship, and sadness. A professor at the University of San Jose stated, “The near impossibility of attaining the American Dream in the face of the huge and random challenges, like natural and economic disasters became the central theme of Steinbeck’s novel” (“Of Mice and Men – Critical Reception” 1). Marxist and New Criticism were the two approaches applied to the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.…
The novel, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is an extraordinary story of two men who travel together through tough situations and remain loyal to one another. They develop a strong friendship and share many qualities. My best friend, Alla, and I have known each other for over seven years and we have a strong bond. What binds us together are our differences and loyalty, just like Lennie and George, but unlike them, we have different dreams.…
Of Mice and Men was a considerable interesting read. The characters were astonishing every time you turned around. Something new occurred back to back. I do think the characters deserve some sympathy but if they do it is very little compare to Lennie. Many of the characters were cold hearted by nature but never meant any harm. The others were just cruel and cared about no body but themselves. So not all characters deserve sympathy but some do at times. You just have to look at it from their point f…
[Candy] said miserably, "You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn't no good to himself nor nobody else”(Steinbeck 60). Candy is introduced in the start of chapter two, he is described indirectly by the narrator as a “Stoop shouldered old man”(Steinbeck 18). He is said to have a round stump on his right arm, but no hand. His dog enters later in chapter two, whom is described as a “dragfooted sheepdog, gray of a muzzle, and with pale, old eyes”(Steinbeck 26). Through these characters, Steinbeck helps the reader understand the stereotype of the uselessness of the elderly and disabled. Along with this, Candy and his dog create a parallel with George and Lennie.…
Violence takes a major role in most famous works of writing. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Lennie took the life of Curley’s wife away without realizing it. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor’s creation controlled him to the point of willing to make another, but he soon changed his mind. Quick decisions can change the course of a character’s life as seen through the choices of Lennie and Victor.…
In John Steinbeck’s classic novel Of Mice and Men we are left with a question, “Now what do you suppose is eatin’ them two?” At the time Carlson did not understand the pain that George was going through after shooting his best friend. Many people also aren’t aware that John Steinbeck wasn’t just trying to tell a story but he was also trying to focus on the many injustices that surrounded him. Monumental topics like racism, sexism ageism, and discrimination towards the mentally slow. Constantly we see he comes back to these themes. John not only wanted to tell us a great story but he wanted to make us aware of the injustices that are very present in our everyday lives. One of the many themes he constantly comes back to in his novel is sexism, he tells us about Curley’s wife and how she is constantly pegged as a flirt when all she wanted is a friend, he also pointed out that women are discriminated because she never had a name and was looked at like property, then finally at the end of the novel after she dies no one mourns for her. Throughout his novel John was trying to help us realize how we treat people in our society, and the price we have to pay for it in the end.…
In of mice and men, characters are cruel when they have power to control others of lower status. Many characters display a disregard for ones feeling or emotions through physical and verbal actions. On the ranch, hierarchy is extremely prominent and cruelty is a side effect of it. The characters that are lower of status are not cruel to those above. The character Curley’s wife, is an impeccable example of this. Even though she is of lower status on the ranch, she still has power over those below her. Crooks is one of those character, he is a coloured man and she uses this against him. During section 4, crooks is discusses plans with Lennie and candy, he forgets his circumstances in the ‘white man’s world’. He tells Curley’s wife that she has…
This research essay is about what puppy mills are and what they do, what a dog knows in its mind, and what it’s like when you first meet a dog and what it’s like for the dog when they first meet you.…
Unfortunately there are people that are only in for themselves. The character George is one of the most selfless or sensitive people from the book. He takes the initiative to nurture Lennie over all these years. Partners in crime would describe their relationship. One being the brains, who would be George in this sense, and then Lennie being the muscle. Sometimes people who seem stingy, can be the most caring, which is exactly how George is perceived to be. Not many people are considered close to George, but he did feel comfortable with Slim, who as well, is a caring guy. Slim is well respected and admired on the ranch and is not a judgmental kind of man. After Lennie had smashed Curley’s hand, Slim conciliates Curley to not fire George and Lennie. When George first met Slim, he sensed good in him. George knew he was a guy of empathy and intelligence who wouldn’t make fun of Lennie, or take advantage of him. Slim is the only one who appreciates George’s…
Capturing the curiosity being produced by the reader, George grasps most of the attention starting as soon as his name is mentioned for the first time in the novel. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck, the author of the novel, vividly shows the development in George’s character. Both George’s compassion for the world and people around him and the way in which he controls himself change rapidly as he progresses over the three days in which the novel takes place. From dealing with Lennie’s disability to simply hold himself together on the ranch, George demonstrates how people can change and mature quickly. By tracing George’s journey throughout the novel, readers can better appreciate George as a character and Steinbeck’s overall message.…
Finally, the main difference in raising a puppy and an older dog is the older dog can be left on her own without being destructive whereas the puppy if left to her own devices goes crazy and into destruction mode. I know that it is the puppy’s curiosity that makes her that way, and her playfulness but it’s much easier to leave the older dog home alone than it is the puppy. To leave the puppy, I have to get the crate ready and put her in it and then hope when I come home that she isn’t covered in her own excrement.…
Molly is a three-year-old miniature Pomeranian that has been rescued from a puppy mill. She lived her whole life in a wire cage with others stacked on top of her. When she was rescued, she weighed four pounds and was covered in feces from the dogs that lived above her. Her hair was matted, her teeth were rotten, and her nails were over grown. She had never felt grass on her feet or experienced the feeling of running free. Her feet were split from walking on the wire floor, and the only human contact she ever experienced was bad, which made her scared to death of people. Molly now weighs six and a half pounds, has a beautiful coat, clean teeth, and trimmed nails. She comes when called instead of running from people and loves playing in the snow. She was one of the lucky ones, rescued in time. Thousands of dogs of all types and ages live in these horrible conditions their whole lives, being abused, neglected, and even killed in puppy mills each day.…
When I was just four years old, my family decided it was time to get our first dog. We arrived to scene in a hurry because we heard someone’s dog just had puppies and we wanted to pick out a good one. Once we got there, the backyard was filled with bouncing 1-2 month old puppies. Since I was four, I wasn’t picky of which dog I wanted I just wanted a dog. So my mom saw one puppy that had a white face but a perfect black circle on the top of her head.…