Many people have power or are overpowered by others. This applies both in real life and the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Many of the characters in John Steinbeck's book excel or are limited in power. But all characters have certain aspects about their personality and physique that gives them power or shows why people have power over them. Many details and aspects make characters the way they are and their abilities and limits display their dominance.…
d the cream.They are like brothers they work together and provide food for each other.George provided both of them food and shelter he got lennie a job George is like the big brother. Lennie thinks they both could make there dreams come true.George tells a story to Lennie that is about them and that Lennie knows the story by heart and George stops telling the story to lennie because he told lennie he doesn't need to keep telling the story if lennie knows it by heart.George says that lennie should tell the story but lennie said that George tells it better.They camped outside the farm for the night they only had a campfire and sleeping bags They kill the rabbits when its winter and they tend.They live in a ranch so they big vegetable patch and…
[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.…
“‘I can still tend the rabbits, George?’ ‘Sure. You ain't done nothing wrong.’ ‘I di'n't mean no harm, George.’” (Steinbeck) Throughout John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Lennie childishly obsesses over his and George’s plan to have their own piece of land, on which he could tend the rabbits. However, this never came to pass as Lennie was put down like an animal, by George. By writing about the lives of this unfortunate pair, Steinbeck addresses many thematic ideas such as having power and being powerless, the difference between right and wrong, and dreams and reality that help the reader better understand the human condition.…
The Salinas River stood stock-still, and the Gabilan Mountains were almost invisible, as they were sheathed by layers of fog. Songbirds did not chirp to their melodies, plants did not sway in the wind, and rabbits did not split from their burrows. Pondering the massive punishment he would receive for the crimes he had just committed, Lennie rushed through the foggy forest to the thick brush, where George would hopefully rendezvous. However, Lennie was oblivious of who or what was after him.…
Even though the story ends with heartache, it still doesn’t remove the fact that Lennie and George knew that their friendship kept them going. John Steinbeck brings the time period of the 1930s to life in Of Mice and Men. The story captures the tale of two men, George and Lennie, use friendship and a dream to overcome challenges. Piece by piece as challenges add, it ends with serious consequences. Steinbeck displays that weakness leads to cruelty through the characters in Of Mice and Men by Crooks trying to acquire a position over Lennie, Candy’s dog dying, and Curley’s wife speaking to Crooks.…
the whole story was about these two farmers called Benny and Lenny and these two farmers are always saying that they are lonely and that nobody loves them and they will never find someone who will care about them and they live in a bunker and the bunker is all beat up like the walls are brought down and the floors are unpainted and they talk about a dog that is old and they want to kill him because he is all old and not good to use and so the reason they want to shoot him is because he is all old and h can barley walk and take care of it self and they want kill him but they dont want to because they fell bad for him and had the dog for so long since it was a pup ans it work around the farm and the guy who is goimg to kill him stoped by the…
In the 1930s, 1.3 million people migrated to California looking for any work to make a better life. In John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, he specifically shows the different reactions to the 1930s conflicts: racism, The Great Depression, and itinerant jobs. Steinbeck shows the many contrasting reactions of people in the face of adversity and hardships.…
‘Of Mice and Men’ is well know for the usage of Animals within the books and without the animals, the book would no nearly be as descriptive as it is, but also it would not have the underlying meaning within the book which is so hard to put into books. Nothing within the book is just ‘ a filler’- everything in the book is there for a reason and links up with other points within the story, all leading up to the one main point at the end of the book. Which, one has to fully understand the book to finally see all of the signs and warnings that Steinbeck gives the reader using animals.…
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.…
The way the book’s literature was just a manner to express how people in the 1930's lived. It’s a way to learn about a part of history. Foul words were used ,and the author showed the setting during the time period in that way. People wouldn't be learning the truth if parts and details were left out. Everyone needs to learn to face the fact that our country wasn’t and isn’t perfect. That everything that occurred was wrong. Every type of speech can be used in the right and correct situation. Others can understand how terrible it was for women at the time. While also seeing how advanced the world has become with the knowledge there is today. It teaches important lessons that should be followed in our lives.…
In "A Teachable Good Book: Of Mice and Men", Thomas Scarseth, presents examples to explain why John Steinbeck’s book, Of Mice and Men, is a good book to learn from. Even though people enjoy a light, carefree story with a happy ending, Scarseth explains why the vulgar content of OMAM, that would turn some readers away, is needed for the story to have meaning.…
“‘I ain’t a southern negro,’ he said. ‘I was born right here in California’” (Steinbeck 70).…
Many people perceive monsters as anything grotesque or not looking like the norm. In the book On Monsters, written by Asma, he mentions an array of monsters. He states, “One aspect of the monster concept seems to be the breakdown of intelligibility. An action or a person or a thing is monstrous when it can’t be processed by our rationality, and also when we cannot readily relate to the emotional range involved” (Asma 10). Because our perception is blinded by appearance, we fail to see the truth behind a monster –their actions. Although people define a monster by their appearance, it’s their actions that give them their identity.…
Jeffery Jerome Cohen writes in his essay Monster Culture (Seven Theses) that cultures can be understood by the monsters they have. Through seven theses, he argues for the importance of monsters and reaches a conclusion that monsters can define a culture. These creatures of the imagination are born from fears of the unknown and desires of the forbidden. They are the vampires and zombies, ghosts and goblins, dragons and demons that invade fantasy and fiction, dominating novels, films, and video games. They have grown to be an integral part of the media and common consciousness. Everyone has heard of and seen monsters in the media. Cohen’s first thesis, “The Monster’s Body is a Cultural Body,” argues that monsters are born out of a particular “time, a feeling, and a place” and exists as “pure culture” (Cohen). The monsters, being a product of its time, represent the views of the people of those times but they can also challenge the public view. So, they serve to reinterpret parts of the culture. People learn to see themselves differently through a monster’s eye. The monsters and what the views they represent linger in the mind of their creators and audience; the monsters become legend.…