Realism In Of Mice And Men Essay

Friendship ends with a tragic death. The book “Of Mice and Men” helps decipher realistic events, characters from cities and lower classes, and speech patterns. The main points of this essay are to analyze the realism values presented in this book.
The first realism value is a detailed depiction of ordinary characters and realistic events. What the last sentence means is that when a person is described it's not fake it’s real it could happen for example I have brown hair and green eyes. That’s an ordinary description of someone. This element can be found when the author is describing a character for example “The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined. Small, strong hands, slender

arms, a thin and bony nose”(Steinbeck,1937,p2). This quote shows a depiction of an ordinary character and how they are described as ordinary people without special words describing them.
The second realism value is the emphasis on characters from cities and lower classes.

In Of mice and men there are a few characters that act like they are from the city and some that work for a living which represents the lower classes. This element can be found when Lennie and George are working, when the boss is demanding the workers to work, and when the men won’t let Crooks join in “‘Why ain’t you wanted? Lennie asked ‘cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black’”(Steinbeck,1937,p68). This quote shows how the lower class you are in the condition of how you are treated is degrading to self-esteem and the segregation of whites and blacks.
The last realism value is the use of everyday speech patterns to reveal class distinctions. Everyone has a different way a speaking and one way of classifying that is of class. This element can be found anywhere in the book when a character talks. For example, “‘Yeah? Married two weeks and got the eye? Maybe that’s why Curley’s pants is full of ants’”(Steinbeck,1937,p68). This quote shows how one of the characters talks and it’s different from how people talk in 2016. It also shows how one class will talk differently than another

class.
This essay proved the realism values detailed depiction of ordinary characters and realistic events, emphasis on characters from cities and lower classes, and use of everyday speech patterns to reveal class distinctions. This book proves not too many things have changed from realism to now. Realism is still a part of today just not fully rooted into the culture like it was during the time this book was written.