Sexism In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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John Steinbeck, the author of Of Mice and Men, was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California as seen in Figure 1. Growing up John Steinbeck worked on small rural farms and, experienced the agony of being a migrant laborer in America. These experiences helped him write his most famous book, Of Mice and Men (“John”). After attending high school, John Steinbeck went to attend Stanford University, where he did not receive his degree. Not giving up, Steinbeck fled to New York in efforts to pursue his writing career. He failed many times, which caused him to head back to California, where he met his first wife Carol Henning. When John Steinbeck wrote his most famous book, Of Mice and Men, he was inspired by a poem called “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns. After reading this poem by Burns, Steinbeck gained inspiration and wrote the famous novel of his, Of Mice and Men. In Steinbeck’s book, the theme of work surrounds the book. The ruined American dream, the company of isolation, and the lack of presentation for women create a book conveying fate in Of Mice and Men. One of the first themes projected in Of Mice and Men is friendship. The friendship between Lennie and George is delicate, “‘...we got each …show more content…

In the book Curley's wife is completely biased towards, completely hated, not even given a name. When talked about Curley’s wife is given hatred as, “‘Don't you even take a look at that b****. I don't care what she says and what she does. I seen 'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her’” (Steinbeck 32). Curley’s wife is treated like trash, with disrespect as it reflects the hatred of women during 1930s. Curley’s wife's’ hair was pulled out by Lennie, “She jerked her head sideways, and Lennie's fingers closed on her hair and hung on” (Steinbeck 91). The lack of women in Of Mice and Men shows reflects the pain brought about women during the early 20th

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