Of Mice And Men Literary Analysis
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a biblical story that conveys how the destructive decisions of humans can cause their dreams to end leads to regret and loneliness similar to the events that occur in the Bible.
The character's decision to sacrifice portrays them going astray from their dream. The workers on the ranch are all alone unlike George and Lennie since they trust and depend on each other and how their goal is to live together on a farm. Candy, a lonely worker hopes to someday live with George and Lennie so he sacrifices his savings just to be with company. “He looked helplessly back at Curley’s wife, and gradually his sorrow and his anger grew into words. ‘You God damn tramp,’ he said viciously. ‘You done it, di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad. Ever’body knowed you’d mess things up”(Steinbeck 95). Candy’s sorrow and anger symbolizes how he had planned to sacrifice everything to live with George and Lennie. This also shows how Candy knows his …show more content…
In the biblical story of Cain and Abel, Cain asks God if he is his brother’s keeper after he had killed Abel. George portrays Cain while Lennie portrays Abel because George is Lennie’s caretaker and keeper since his job is to keep an eye on Lennie.“We gonna get a little place,’ George began. He reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson’s Luger; he snapped off the safety, and the hand and gun lay on the ground behind Lennie’s back” (Steinbeck 105). The gun symbolizes death and power which can end lives or dreams because George taking out the gun foreshadows him killing Lennie, which consequently means that George and Lennie’s dream to live on a farm together is ending. The gun is also symbolic to God because in the
The character's decision to sacrifice portrays them going astray from their dream. The workers on the ranch are all alone unlike George and Lennie since they trust and depend on each other and how their goal is to live together on a farm. Candy, a lonely worker hopes to someday live with George and Lennie so he sacrifices his savings just to be with company. “He looked helplessly back at Curley’s wife, and gradually his sorrow and his anger grew into words. ‘You God damn tramp,’ he said viciously. ‘You done it, di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad. Ever’body knowed you’d mess things up”(Steinbeck 95). Candy’s sorrow and anger symbolizes how he had planned to sacrifice everything to live with George and Lennie. This also shows how Candy knows his …show more content…
In the biblical story of Cain and Abel, Cain asks God if he is his brother’s keeper after he had killed Abel. George portrays Cain while Lennie portrays Abel because George is Lennie’s caretaker and keeper since his job is to keep an eye on Lennie.“We gonna get a little place,’ George began. He reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson’s Luger; he snapped off the safety, and the hand and gun lay on the ground behind Lennie’s back” (Steinbeck 105). The gun symbolizes death and power which can end lives or dreams because George taking out the gun foreshadows him killing Lennie, which consequently means that George and Lennie’s dream to live on a farm together is ending. The gun is also symbolic to God because in the