In the Novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck is providing the reader with the sense of brotherhood. John Steinbeck communicates the positive influence in brotherhood and how you can grow fonder when someone is within a strong relationship. The negative influence in brotherhood and how you can separated from that strong and brotherly relationship. The considerable amount of responsibility it requires to maintain that brotherhood. If there is no sign of truthfulness and respect that brotherhood can easily be demolished. Also, John Steinbeck communicates brotherhood through the lives of the characters stated in the novel. Mostly through the main characters Lennie Small and George Milton. Throughout the novel, George and Lennie have a strong relationship which is quite unique. George takes care of Lennie through thick and thin but, sometimes George sees Lennie as just a burden until he realizes that he is incapable to take of himself when Lennie tells George “Well, I could go off in the hills there. Some place I’d find a cave” (Steinbeck, John 12) George responds to very broth...
In Aristotelian times logos, ethos, pathos, kairos, and telos were used to explain rhetoric functions. These rhetoric modes were used in a variety of different ways to describe speeches and plays. I will be using these modes to evaluate the movie Of Mice and Men, a movie about two men who travel together yet always seem to be getting into trouble because one of the men’s lack of common sense and intelligence.
One of John Steinbeck’s most famous works tells the tale of the continuing troubles of George and Lennie, two opposite personalities who form an unexpected relationship. The book takes place on a southern farm in the 1930’s where the two friends plan to save enough money to buy their dream—a piece of land for themselves. In the story, there are several characters with “disabilities,” both physical and figurative in the meaning of the word. Lennie is an ignorant, overweight gentleman, Crooks is black in a predominately white environment, Candy is crippled due to an accident on the farm, and Curly’s wife is accused of being overly provocative. Curly, the boss’ son, often quarantines his wife in their home because he wants to keep her his own; she is a very attractive young female on a farm with mostly male workers. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the characters in Chapter 4 are brought together in Crook’s room by the fact that they are all outcasts, but instead of taking the opportunity to become friends, they begin to take advantage of each other’s handicaps and hurl insults at one another.
Should George have shot his friend Lennie? George probably did the right thing by shooting Lennie. How can we condemn George for sparing his friend Lennie the pain and fear of being killed by someone else? He did something society sees as wrong, but he did it for a good reason. Lennie didn’t deserve to die, but there was no other alternative. Curley wanted to kill Lennie, and since George cared for Lennie, he figured the best thing would be for him to put Lennie out of his misery.
"Of Mice and Men" is a skillful novel, which deals with the theme of `outsiders', that is, individuals who do not fit into the mainstream of society. The novel portrays this idea of loneliness throughout John Steinbeck's stimulating and exciting novel.
Men and women who are discriminated by society feel alone and afraid because they have nobody to talk or turn to. Of Mice and Men, a novel written by John Steinbeck, conveys the feelings of discriminated farm workers in the 1930’s, and how they yearned for a friend. The marginalized characters in the story were Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. often found themselves feeling lonely and excluded because the other farm workers thought of them as their inferiors. These characters were beaten, scoffed at, or even avoided entirely. The book follows the lives of two men who travel together and earn their money by farming. The two men, named George and Lennie, went to a new ranch where they witnessed, and even partaken in the cruel judgment of others. Throughout the novel, the author demonstrates how unfair men can be to one another through Crooks’ experience with racism, Candy’s experience with ageism, and Curley’s wife’s experience with sexism.
In conclusion, Steinbeck explores the theme of friendship and loneliness in his novella, Of Mice and Men by using characterisation. George and Lennie are seen as the only friends throughout the book and Crooks as well as Curley’s wife are portrayed as being the loneliest. In the end, it is evident that Steinbeck uses effective means to develop a sense of friendship and loneliness in his novella.
“Of Mice and Men” was written bye John Steinbeck and is a fictional book. “Of Mice and Men” is a book about two life long friends named George and Lennie. They go to a farm to do some farm work after having to run away from their old town Weed. In their new farm, they meet many people including Curley, a little boxer guy who hates big guys like Lennie, and Curley’s wife, who is a tart. Lennie and George have many grand adventures on the farm, but one day while George is out playing horseshoes, Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife. Lennie runs away but when the guys come back to find Curley’s wife dead, George is forced to kill his friend. The four people responsible for Lennie’s death are George, Curley’s wife, Lennie, and Curley.
“One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings” (QuoteGarden.com). This quote by Franklin Thomas is a great example of marginalization and mistreatment in the past, both issues that were made very evident in the books that were read during the summer. Throughout A Lesson Before Dying, Burned Alive, and Of Mice and Men, marginalization and maltreatment were immanent.
In Of Mice and Men, George shows the weight of responsibility on taking care of Lennie. George knows he could be better off without Lennie. “When I think of the swell time I could have without you, I go nuts,” George finally expresses. He even tells the other farm hands, “If I was alone, I could live so easy.” George often keeps his “single like” in the back of his mind. Even so, George stands up for Lennie many times. His advice is always in Lennie’s best interest. He watches out for Lennie when he keeps hold of Lennie’s work card and bus pass. George also knows that he and Lennie wouldn’t have jobs if he didn’t make Lennie keep quiet. Lennie cannot take care of himself without George. With George watching out for Lennie like he does, Lennie’s mishaps can also have detrimental effects on George’s life. George loses his job and his best friend because of his connection with George.
John Steinbeck begins the novel with “description of a riverbed in rural California”. In addition, the two main characters of the story are introduced, George and Lennie. George is described as a small, sharp man; and Lennie is most closely related to the “gentle giant”. In the next scene, George is scolding Lennie for gulping too much water from the pound. As the story continues, the reader can infer that Lennie has a mental disability and George acts as his guardian. Because the bus driver dropped the two a few miles away from their destination, George begins to complain that they will be late for their new job at a ranch. When George notices that Lennie is carrying a dead mouse he immediately takes it away from him. This scene is another example of how George cares for his companion. Lennie continuously insists that he meant no harm and all he wanted to do was pet the mouse. The reader can now see that Lennie is in fact dangerous because he is unaware of his own strength. After this, George reminds Lennie that they are traveling to their new job on a ranch. George warns him to remain silent until the Boss sees his capability because George fears that they will lose the job due to Lennie’s disability. He then tells Lennie that he wants to avoid another “Weed incident”. They decide to spend the night in the clearing George begins to prepare beans for the two of them. When Lennie complains that they don’t have ketchup, George loses his temper and accuses Lennie of being ungrateful. This is the first time in which we see that George thinks of Lennie as a chore rather than a friend. George begins to think of a life without Lennie and how easy his life would be if he wasn’t responsible for him. In order to back up his statement, G...
In the story of “of mice and men” by Steinbeck, is about two men workers, named Lennie and George. The setting of the story in the beginning is Salinas, California. Lennie and George always together, wherever they go. Lennie is tall, George is short. They work at places like ranch or weed. Lennie love to pet soft things, if it's mice or rabbits, he accidentally kill them, because he pet them hard. George always want to keep his job, Lennie also. But petting is biggest mistake Lennie make all the time. He always get trouble for petting something. They have dream, which is they want to buy Ranch. Lennie wants to tend rabbits, because he want's to pet. This is interesting story. The setting of the story in the beginning is Salinas, California.
The title of the story is Of Mice and Men. The date of it's original publication was in 1937
Steinbeck uses the powerful friendship of George and Lennie and the social structure of the Migrants to depict the limitless stretches one would go for his fellow man once a deep connection has been made. In The Grapes of Wrath, he presents this idea on a large scale, with a large group of people who bond closely through compassion, sympathy and the desire to survive. On the other hand, in Of Mice and Men, he presents one's dedication to his fellow man on a more personal level. Steinbeck brings the nature of humanity to the spotlight and exposes the fierce values it posesses.
Steinbeck uses Lennie to represent vulnerability through his mental illness and how it held him back from the world. “Yeah? How'd you eat. You ain't got sense enough to find something to eat.” (12). Because Lennie has little to no common sense he forgets almost everything. Therefore, he can not rely on himself to live resulting in George taking care of Lennie. Towards the end of the book George has to make a very tough decision for Lennie, “An' s'pose they lock
“‘Sure, we kinda look after each other’” replied George. (Steinbeck 34). This quote shows that George is not afraid to say he and Lennie travel together and is not embarrassed to be with him. Another example of friendship shown in the novel would have to be when George and Lennie talk to the boss and George says to Lennie, “‘Let me do all the talking’” (Steinbeck 23). George helps Lennie out because he knows that Lennie is not good with his words. George has always wanted the best for Lennie and he knew that Lennie would either be tortured in the end or get killed anyways. ...