There's Just A Nigger Sayin It

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In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the protagonists George and Lennie travel and work together. Lennie is mentally handicapped and George acts like his caretaker. Later in the novella, Curley’s wife (add something here that talks about Curley’s wife and how she fits into the story) finds Lennie alone in the barn and decides to talk to him. After multiple attempts from Lennie to get her to leave, she finally gets him to talk. When Curley finds out Lennie killed his wife, he creates a search party for Lennie, who ran away. The men go to find Lennie, and George is faced with the difficult decision to kill Lennie or send him to jail for the rest of his life. In the end, George sits down and talks to Lennie about their dream because imagining …show more content…

And now there ain’t a colored man on this ranch an’ there’s just one family in Soledad.’...‘If I say something, why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it’” (70). Crooks never had anybody but himself who understood his troubles as a black man in today’s society. He did not like to speak much because people would not take him seriously. Another example of Steinbeck showing loneliness through characters is Curley’s wife. Curley, the boss’ son, is married to woman who remains nameless throughout the novella because she is a women living in the Dustbowl Era, where women are seen as property and are owned by their husbands. She is only allowed to talk to Curley, since there are no other women on the ranch for her to talk to, so when she walks into the barn and sees Lennie sitting there, she tries to talk to him. After his negligence to speak to her,she tries to get sympathy by complaining “‘Wha’s the matter with me?’... ‘Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways?’” (87). Curley’s wife felt like she was seen as …show more content…

For instance, Curley’s wife died after Lennie broke her neck. Curley, who was in a devilishly angry state of mind and wanted to shoot Lennie for killing his wife, stated “‘I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get ‘im’” (98). Although not quoted, Curley and his wife are not truly in love. They are just married to be married. The reader can infer Curley is upset and wants to shoot Lennie because he is having trouble accepting the fact he could have helped to prevent his wife’s death by being more supportive and loving and keeping her around more often. Another character who experiences regret after the death of a loved one is Candy. Candy’s dog was shot Carlson, another man who lives and works on the ranch. After everyone had left the bunkhouse and it was just Candy and George, Candy tells George, “‘I outta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t outta of let no stranger shoot my dog’” (61). Candy felt terrible for not saying goodbye to his dog. His dog was his everything, and he was not even there for the dog’s death. Candy feels he should have shot the dog because he loved it. The dog was scared when it was killed by someone out of dislike, and it should have died happily sitting with his owner, and Candy knew that. What Candy told George affected how Lennie died at the end of the story. Lennie had killed Curley’s wife, and Curley was furiated at

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