With a character like Lennie the reader couldn’t help but be drawn in by his loveable personality. The characters in the John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men signified the people of the 1930’s during the Great Depression. In the story the characters represented real people in society in the ways that Curley’s wife was ignored by the men, Crooks was discriminated against because of his race, and Lennie was misunderstood because of his intellectual disability. Throughout the novel, Curley’s wife was overlooked and disregarded by the men on the ranch due to her gender, just as women were in American society during the 1930’s. Curley’s wife desperately wanted to be acknowledged by the men when her husband failed to give her the attention she craved.
Of Mice and Men CA Explore the ways the writer presents the relationship between George and Lennie in Steinbeck’s novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ Of Mice and Men is an engaging novella written by John Steinbeck and set in the 1930’s against the backdrop of the Great Depression. In this story of tragedy and propounding friendship, John Steinbeck addresses the themes of seclusion, melancholy and poverty through the protagonists, George and Lennie; two itinerant workers travelling together, using one another’s company as a source of beatitude. Steinbeck presents the relationship between George and Lennie in numerous ways but how? Characterisation One of the devices that Steinbeck uses to present the relationship of George and Lennie in a skillful way is the characterisation. For example, the first engagement that the reader has with a character in the novella is through George, “Lennie… he said sharply…for God’ sakes don’t drink so much” The word “sharply” suggests that he was addressing Lennie in an aggressive manner.
Author John Steinbeck is honored for the deep description in his novels that allow the reader to picture the story in the mind as if they are actually there. This is especially true with his details given about a story’s characters. However, in his novel Of Mice and Men, although he provides substantial detail about her personality and appearance, he leaves Curley’s Wife without of name. In the novel, Curley’s Wife was a possession to her husband, an outcast on the ranch, and a misunderstood victim of her circumstances. In the time era in which Of Mice and Men took place in, woman were considered second class citizens.
Her life on a ranch in the 1930s, during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl is even worse because she is the only woman. Her life is surrounded my men who give her no respect. Throughout the story she is disrespected by them and after a series of events unfold, she ends up caught in a situation that she cannot escape. Curley’s wife is introduced into the book by the men as petty, cruel, and conceited. The men make her seem like she was a bad person, but in reality she was just lonely.
Of Mice and Men 2.14 According to Maya Angelou, “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” However, “Of Mice and Men” displays a different perspective of racial prejudice.” John Steinbeck’s novel, “Of Mice and Men” relates to many human rights issues that occurred in the 1930’s such as a lack of women’s rights, the Great Depression, and issues that continue to take place in modern society such as prejudice, specifically racial discrimination and intolerance for those who had mental disabilities. In “Of Mice and Men,” Crooks is proud and humorous. However, he is set apart from other men because of his complexion. In the novel, he befriends Lennie, a man with a mild mental disability, and asks if he has permission join him and his partner George, in their future farm to tend to the garden.Other men in the story say many harsh statements regarding Crooks. An example of so is, "... go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause he is black."
Jonathan Brima New Dorp Mrs.Casazza 4/6/2015 Many agree with Theodore Roethke's "In a dark time , the eye begins to see." This seems to mean that in times of darkness (tragedy, sadness, loneliness), we finally begin to see things that we perhaps did not take notice of before, you begin to realize things. Two Works Of literature that relates to this quote are science fiction novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The character Charlie Gordon from Flowers for Algernon, George Milton & lennie smalls from Of Mice and Men are people that have seen things clearer when situations becomes tragic.
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, introduces and explores the extent to which compassion can stretch, in the trying times of the Great Depression. Mayella Ewell, a caring character, is reviled for her untruthful and hurtful accusations against an innocent black man. When looking at Mayella’s family life, as the oldest of eight children, caring for her poor, unprivileged family becomes her sole responsibility, a burden she must bear on her own. Mayella’s lonely lifestyle later leads her to kissing, Tom Robinson, an African who took pity on her situation. To Kill a Mockingbird, published during the Civil Right’s Movement, illustrates the pitiful life of Mayella Ewell, a character worthy of compassion, despite her immoral actions.
7. What are George and Lennie’s hopes for the future and how do these reflect the American dream? 8. How can we see evidence of the theme of loyalty and friendship in the opening of the novel? ‘OF MICE AND MEN’- CHAPTER 2 – Revision Homework 2 1.
Of Mice and Men How far would you be willing to go for someone you loved? How much would you be willing to give up? And just how willing would you be to end their life? These questions show the harsh reality that George and Lennie had to face in this novella Of Mice and Men. George and Lennie are two migrant workers in the 1930’s that have nothing but each other, and the hope for the realization of an American dream.
Of Mice and Men Stereotypes Known for the Dustbowl, the Great Depression, prohibition, and the woman’s suffrage movement, the Roaring Twenties’ is a landmark in American History. The book Of Mice and Men gives us a dry, graphic flashback to what this era was all about. It exposes the prejudices that drive so many human interactions still to this day. John Steinbeck uses stereotypes to convey his message of what life was truly like in the twenties for the discriminated: women, mentally challenged, elderly, and African-Americans. Women’s role in society changed significantly, blacks were still suppressed, the mentally challenged were thought worthless and easily manipulated, and the elderly were seen as decrepit and useless souls.