Of Mice and Men uses Lennie’s disability to help show the theme of the book. George struggled with taking care Lennie, having to keep finding work, and keeping a steady job. Lennie was the reason why George had to leave Weed. Lennie didn’t understand right from wrong. The book does a nice job of showing Lennie’s disability and his need for companionship.
Of Mice and Men The book Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck uses imagery, dialog, and repetition to give the reader a sense of reality while reading it. Steinbeck tells a story of two men during the 1930’s, he shows the reader what it would be like to live there right now. One of the most used and important thing in Of Mice and Men would be imagery. Imagery is used throughout the pages, and the book even starts off with it. I would say that it is important, because it helps the reader imagine where Lennie and George are and the feeling there giving off.
This caused her to try to pull away which made Lennie hold on tighter. That went back and forth until he ended up killing Curly’s wife. Lennie felt horrible for his actions. He didn’t know how to take responsibility so he did what George had told him to. Lennie ran to the woods and hid.
Literary Analysis America was founded on a dream, a dream that through hard work and determination anything is possible. Throughout the novella Of Mice and Men the idea of the American Dream is developed as a major theme. The book follows the adventures of two men trying to make their way in America during the countries hardest times, going from job to job, doing any labor that they can find. The two main characters, George and Lennie, and other significant characters in the novella develop the idea of the American Dream as a major theme in the novella. The theme of American Dream motivates and guides the decisions of the characters in Of Mice and Men.
Anna Grace Gamble Mrs. Yance Pre-AP English 10 October 2014 “Sometimes you have to be your own hero, because sometimes the people you can’t live without, can live without you.” I feel that this quote relates to George and Lennie’s relationship. Lennie couldn’t live without George, and for a while we thought George couldn’t live without Lennie. We learn near the end of the book that this isn’t the case. If Lennie would have been capable of realizing this, he probably could have become independent and prolonged his life. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses protective, careful, and harsh to depict that the character of George is important to the story line.
I jus’ went in but he wasn’t very nice, he said that we couldn’t make our dream come true and he was sayin’ bad things ‘bout George, that he’s not comin’ back no more. I became mad, an’ I told him to shut up. Then Candy came in as well, and him and I told Crooks about the house we’re gonna buy an’ ‘bout the rabbits. I like to hear about our dream, but Crooks was very negative, but I think he’s jus’ jealous. After a while Curley’s wife came in, Crooks told her to leave, but she said she was very lonely, I pity her a little
The author John Steinbeck presents the relationship between the two characters, George and Lennie in different ways as they are both different characters and have different personalities. This means that George is a man like person and Lennie is a childlike. However, John Steinbeck is one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century. This novel was written in 1937 and was set in California (USA) in the 1930s, when America had a great depression. Depression affected everyone this is because many people were unemployed and had to travel and migrate to look for work.
In conclusion, in the novel 'of Mice and Men' written by John Steinbeck, the old worker-- Candy meets a new worker-- George, who just finds a new job and tries to adapt himself to the new circumstance. Basically, George and Candy are different because they have different backgrounds, and they are similar because they have the same wish-- to have a peace and wonderful
Of Mice and Men was an awe inspiring book about a couple of men just trying to get by in the Great Depression. George and Lennie had known each other for a very long time and had grown to depend on each other. Throughout the book Lennie asked George to tell him about them, about they were going to get a place and live together; they never got to do that, as life would have, reality go in the way. The most controversial from this book was why George killed Lennie. It was the right thing to do for multiple reasons, the first being that Lennie was a danger to those around him as well as himself.
Despite that deaths like this are commonly caused by freak incidents, he feels that if his attention had been focused on the war at the very moment Lavender died instead of the girl whose love he can never obtain, he could have prevented this loss of life. As a result of his remorse, Cross decides to remove all distractions he possibly can and “[burns] Martha’s letters [followed by] the two photographs” (O’Brien 23) of her. It is Lavender’s unexpected death that helps Lieutenant Cross recognize his responsibility to his men who are counting on him to direct them around the perils of Vietnam. When he is contemplating how to alter his tactics of leadership for the better, he reminds “himself that his obligation [is] not to be loved but to lead]” (O’Brien 26). By doing this, Lieutenant Cross demonstrates that he has the ability to learn from his past mistakes and improve his accountability to lead his men to