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The Theme Of Statment In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
“Of Mice and Men “by John Steinbeck tells of two partners- George and Lennie- with goals to get enough money to obtain a home of their own. The two are put down by those around them. They tell them that too many other people come by with the same dream and it won’t be achieved, but they keep hope. The theme of this tale is that people who are misjudged are often mistreated. Three people in the novella that suffered mistreatment are Crooks, Lennie, and Curley’s wife. Crooks is criticized because he is an African American. At one point in the book Lennie ends up in Crooks small room and Crooks speaks of some of his inconveniences due to being black. Crooks said to Lennie, “S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘cause you was …show more content…
When Lennie and George were younger, George had no knowledge of Lennie’s condition and it almost caused Lennie’s death. Lennie’s problem is mostly not because of his condition, but because people misunderstand his condition and therefore, misjudge him. George had watched over Lennie for an unknown time but still was unsure on how to deal with his condition. This leads to the death of Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife talks to Lennie after he kills the puppy and lets Lennie touch her hair. She sternly tells Lennie to stop, which makes him nervous. Not wanting to get in trouble, Lennie covers her mouth to prevent her from yelling and eventually breaks her neck. While this is going on Lennie says “ Please don’t do that.” referring to her yells, “George’ll be mad.” (page 91) This shows that George made Lennie think that if he misbehaved again he would get into trouble. This upset Lennie and is the reason he panicked when he realized he had displeased Curley’s wife. Therefore, George’s misjudgment lead to the emotional problem Lennie encountered after Curley’s wife’s death, and eventually, Lennie’s

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