Common Themes In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
“In Of Mice and Men, Steinback has shown the readers, something about the pain of living in a complex human world and created something beautiful from it” (Scarseth 4). Thomas Scarseth believes that, John Steinbecks “Of Mice and Men,” is a teachable book, due to its ability to teach lessons about how events, people in society, or just simply want someone to go, but as time goes on, we as people, need to accept these tragedies.
Firstly, Scarseth teaches the audience that the characters are a complex mixture of good and bad. In Of Mice and Men, none of the characters are strictly labeled, “good or bad.” Each character in the novel does show a mixture of both characteristics. I believe that the characters are not purely, “good or bad.” For example, …show more content…
In the novel, the ideas and themes have simple concepts, such as prejudice, isolation, and companionship. I believe that ideas and themes in Steinbeck’s, “Of Mice and Men,” are simple concepts due to the vass majority of ways prejudice, isolation, and companionship are used and expressed throughout the book. These are all expressed from or by different characters in the story, therefore it is able to help the reader get to understand and identify themes, then proceeding to get to know the characters personalities. To show an example of prejudice, on page 60 in, “Of Mice and Men,” it states, “You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else.” This expresses the powerfulness that certain characters had, such as Carlson in this case, and their decisions overruled the rest. For example of isolation, on page 81 in, “Of Mice and Men,” is writes, “Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink.” This writing shows the readers about racial discrimination towards a person, such as Crooks in this instance. To describe an example of companionship, Candy and his relationship with his dog, was a very close bond, as his dog was his companion until Carlson killed the
Firstly, Scarseth teaches the audience that the characters are a complex mixture of good and bad. In Of Mice and Men, none of the characters are strictly labeled, “good or bad.” Each character in the novel does show a mixture of both characteristics. I believe that the characters are not purely, “good or bad.” For example, …show more content…
In the novel, the ideas and themes have simple concepts, such as prejudice, isolation, and companionship. I believe that ideas and themes in Steinbeck’s, “Of Mice and Men,” are simple concepts due to the vass majority of ways prejudice, isolation, and companionship are used and expressed throughout the book. These are all expressed from or by different characters in the story, therefore it is able to help the reader get to understand and identify themes, then proceeding to get to know the characters personalities. To show an example of prejudice, on page 60 in, “Of Mice and Men,” it states, “You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else.” This expresses the powerfulness that certain characters had, such as Carlson in this case, and their decisions overruled the rest. For example of isolation, on page 81 in, “Of Mice and Men,” is writes, “Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink.” This writing shows the readers about racial discrimination towards a person, such as Crooks in this instance. To describe an example of companionship, Candy and his relationship with his dog, was a very close bond, as his dog was his companion until Carlson killed the