The boss gives him hell when he’s mad.” (Steinbeck 20). The color of Crooks skin is different form people on the farm. So they show racial discrimination. They often make fun of Crooks. For instance, they let Crooks come in the night.
Steinbeck carries this theme throughout Of Mice and Men, the Great Depression what a dark and lonely time in America’s history and Steinbeck was trying to tell us it did not have to be this way. People can always reach out and develop relationships in order to stave of the “meanness” of isolation. Prejudices in the 1930’s kept people isolated itinerant worker life harsh and kept people on move and on their own.Tired of constantly reminding Lennie of things he should remember, George gets quickly angry when Lennie forgets to get the firewood, for example, and instead goes after the dead mouse. On the other hand, George's anger is quickly under control, and he blames himself for scolding Lennie. In fact, Steinbeck makes clear that, despite his complaining and frustration, George looks out for Lennie and genuinely cares for him.
When Curly first saw Lennie, he already had a bad impression towards him because Curly hated people that are bigger than him. What made it worse is that George was talking for Lennie because he didn't want him to say anything that could compromise their jobs. Curly got suspicious at Lennie because he didn't talk much, so George told Curly that Lennie is is cousin and that when he was young he got kicked in the head by a horse which caused his mental disablity. As Curley left, George told Lennie that he should avoid Curly before anything happens, but if Curly wanted a fight just give it to him and teach him a lesson. Minutes later, 2 of the handymen around the farm returned to the bunkhouse that they were in.
In the novel Of Mice and Men, the theme prejudice is depicted throughout the story. The story takes place during the Great Depression Era, which opened the door for many different forms of prejudices. Each character experienced prejudice in different manners. Crook, Lennie, and Curley’s wife were discriminated against because of race, disabilities, and sexism. The character Crook was discriminated against because of race and his physical disability.
“Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard. The death of the puppy is an accident since Lennie is not able to measure or control his strength, killing the puppy unintentionally. Lennie being unable to measure his strength is one reason to why other deaths throughout the story occur.
Lennie faced a lot of dilemmas in “Of Mice and Men” and Cosmo has faced some dilemmas in his show. Lennie was faced with the choice of doing right or wrong, the tricky thing is he doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong. He just remembers (sometimes) what George tells him. Lennie doesn’t know what is right and what is wrong so when a woman yells because he is pulling her hair too hard he covers her mouth and suffocated her. The reason he did this was because George told him not to mess with her and if he does he could get them in a lot of trouble and possibly ruin their dream of having a farm together.
Of Mice and Men-Expository Essay Throughout the course of the novella, “Of Mice and Men” composed by John Steinbeck it is apparent that there are certain characters with social disability. In our modern day society discrimination is a common aspect of people’s lives and has a major affect on the way they are perceived. It is apparent that the same discrimination occurred in the 1930’s in which the novella was set. Some of the factors causing exclusion may be the colour of their skin such as Crooks, or even being overly big like Lennie. These characters struggle to gain acceptance in the community and become outcasts in which they are forced to live alone.
The life of a dog and the life of a person are two very different things, but in certain circumstances, a person’s life can be belittled to that of a dog. Lennie’s animal like behavior diminishes his life value as a human. Both he and Candy’s old and decrepit dog are one in the same. The putting down of the dog and the euthanizing of Lennie Small both show that when an animal is not doing any good for itself or for others, that the right thing is to put them down in a loving fashion. The old dog and Lennie are two different animals, but their problems are one in the same.
To save himself Crooks tries to explain to Lennie how it feels to be lonely, ‘Maybe you can see now, you got George. You know he’s goin’ to come back.’ This monologue is important Crooks is lonely in many ways: he is crippled so he is isolated from society, he is black and he is intelligent all of which set him apart from anyone else on the ranch. At this point animal language is used again for Lennie. Crooks discusses how life would be for Lennie if he was on his own, ‘They’ll tie you up with a collar, like a dog.’ Words like ‘growled’ also show how Lennie’s temperament changes. Please note that animal language is used the most during tense scenes.
George and Lennie know that their dream will take time and hard work. George and Lennie in the story Of Mice and Men, reveal the challenges and struggles one must go through because the American Dream is so difficult to attain. John Steinbeck wanted to show you the amount of work and heart you have to give to conquer your dreams; that most people cannot overcome the work you have to go through because they are too lazy or that something goes wrong and it is no longer attainable. For George, it was the death of Lennie that made the American Dream unattainable. Overall, the American Dream is different for everyone, but it is still a great challenge and it is hard to accomplish for