John Steinbeck's Influence On Of Mice And Men

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The quote that inspired John Steinbeck was the best laid schemes often go off track can be seen in the novel of Mice and Men. When Curley's wife met a man in her childhood that offered her to be an actress but the chance went away and she later died. Then Curley wanted to be a professional boxer but the dream never happened and he became a farmer then got his hand broken for trying to be tough. George and Lennie were going to buy a farm to live off the fat of the land then Lennie had to get in trouble and George had to give up the dream and kill Lennie for what he had done. When Curley's wife was a teen she was offered to be an actress and she was so excited. But when she decided to tell her mother she told her no she could not leave because she was not old enough to travel around by herself then she ended up marred to Curley and worked on a farm where she later died. This statement proves that when you have planned to do something or go somewhere things mostly don't go your way and often get out of hand and can end up killing you in the future. This also proves that making decisions early on in life …show more content…

Then Curley wanted to be a professional boxer but the dream never happened and he became a farmer then got his hand broken for trying to be tough. George and Lennie were going to buy a farm to live off the fat of the land then Lennie had to get in trouble and George had to give up the dream and kill Lennie for what he had done. What the world can learn by reading of Mice and Men about life is that everything that you do doesn't have a positive outcome which can lead to even more horrible things. In general this novel will help you with how hard you may have to work to get the things that you will cherish the most in your life and sow what might happen with a bad decision that can hurt you throughout your career and your life as a human

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