thought provoking book. Discuss this statement. ‘Of mice and Men’ written by john Steinbeck is a clever and thought provoking book in how the author uses the theme of loneliness. Many of the characters including Lennie‚ Crooks‚ George and Curley’s wife admit to once being lonely and isolated. Steinbeck shows very well how each of these characters loves the comfort of a friend but will settle for the odd stranger when they’re desperate for help. The amazing language and style of writing used by the author
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limited because of disability and when the boss thinks he cannot do anything else in the ranch‚ he will be fired and have nowhere to go. The natural authority shows when Candy talks about Crooks‚ “Ya see the stable buck’s a nigger.“ this shows that race in the ranch is important in in the hierarchy of the ranch. Crooks is not allowed into the bunkhouse because of race‚ he sleeps elsewhere‚ he is lower in the hierarchy of the ranch. Some characters on the ranch have to show their authority by the
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Of Mice and Men is a novel written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937‚ it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two displaced migrant ranch workers‚ who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California‚ USA. Based on Steinbeck’s own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath)‚ the title is taken from Robert Burns’ poem
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He’s isolated himself because he must feel like if he’s alone voluntarily then he won’t give people the chance to exclude him themselves. He’s shunned for not just his skin but being disabled. He’s constantly unwelcomed wherever he turns‚ and so he eventually
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They fell into silence. They looked at one another‚ amazed. This thing they had never really believed in was coming true. “Nobody never gets to heaven‚ and nobody never gets no land. It just in their head.” [Crooks] “why I’d come lend a hand” “Well just forget it‚” said crooks. “I didn’t mean it. Just foolin’. Wouldn’ want to go no place like that.” George said softl‚ “- I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much i got
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blacks and the whites had separate facilities for socialising and living. Steinbeck illustrates that Crooks was the loneliest man in the ranch because he was black and he was being discriminated by the white man. Crooks was often being demanded by the white men to do things because he was the only black man in the ranch and was being called nigger because he was the only black man in the ranch. Crooks was being forced to live in the stable because he was not allowed to socialise and live with the white
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elderly swamper‚ Candy‚ whom offers to join them and pitch in his stake towards their farm fantasy. At the ranch‚ George befriends a man of his own mentality‚ Slim‚ who is highly respected and considered a leader. Lennie befriends an unexpected man‚ Crooks‚ whom is a black handicapped stable hand. Lennie and George’s acheival of their dream becomes hindered by the troublesome characters Curley‚ the boss’s son and Curley’s wife‚ Curley’s “tart” of a wife. John Steinbeck’s main purpose of writing this
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she says (the hidden meaning of what she says). One of the ways the reader can learn about a Character is through the other Characters description and their opinion of that character‚ in the case of Curleys’ Wife the first we hear of her is from Crooks‚ the old swamper‚ when he is talking to George during a game of cards. He states‚ “she got the eye” which shows that she is a flirtatious and an immoral woman because she has only been married for two weeks. Candy also describes her as a “tart” (a
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men had to move around a lot looking for work‚ which meant they were never in one place long enough to form any relationships‚ so this was a very lonely existence. Steinbeck shaped the ranch where George Milton and Lennie Small worked in as an isolated and primitive place. Steinbeck uses his personal experience as a ranch worker to describe how the working men at the ranch felt in the novel. George says that "ranch workers are the loneliest people in the world and don’t belong nowhere". Steinbeck
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Lennie‚ Crooks‚ and Curly’s wife are just a few of the main characters in the novel to experience discrimination. Due to his mental disabilities‚ Lennie is treated differently. George treats Lennie as though he is helpless and does not let Lennie talk or do anything
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