The great depression was a time of strife for many people. This cannot be more true for the migrant workers of California who went around the state looking for work and never staying long in the same place. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck portrays this experience of migrating from job to job and living paycheck to paycheck, along with the loneliness that goes along with the experience, through George and Lennie’s experiences. George and Lennie are unique in that they travel together and as such are not affected by loneliness as much as some of the other characters are in the book. Of Mice and Men shows how loneliness and isolation affects the human experience in a positive and negative…
The novel, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is an extraordinary story of two men who travel together through tough situations and remain loyal to one another. They develop a strong friendship and share many qualities. My best friend, Alla, and I have known each other for over seven years and we have a strong bond. What binds us together are our differences and loyalty, just like Lennie and George, but unlike them, we have different dreams.…
"No, Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know"(Steinbeck 106) -George…
The movie is about James J Braddock who rises from a poor, unsuccessful boxer to the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. The move is in the time period around the American Great Depression. Braddock's character represents the ups and downs of the United States at that time. He struggles what most Americans lived at the time of the Great Depression, see their everyday battle for food, jobs, shelter.…
John Steinbeck’s novel, “Of Mice and Men,” took place during the 1930’s which was during the Great Depression. This helps us bring the migrant farm life during the Great Depression to life, letting us move along with George and Lennie's life and how they were able to survive the burdensome time. But, how did the Great Depression change society and how were the people affected by it? The Great Depression was triggered by a sudden collapse in the stock market wiping out many investors.…
This novella, “Of Mice and Men”, by John Steinbeck unveils reality’s harshest cataclysm of angelic friendship. Diving into the facade, manipulation creeps amongst the red string of fate, opening eyes of the ones who slumber through day. If we register details and what may seem light prudently, asserting connections wherever we go— the tale will come alive itself, viable sentences wait. And thus, once the dice of destiny is rolled, all will be eventual.…
the whole story was about these two farmers called Benny and Lenny and these two farmers are always saying that they are lonely and that nobody loves them and they will never find someone who will care about them and they live in a bunker and the bunker is all beat up like the walls are brought down and the floors are unpainted and they talk about a dog that is old and they want to kill him because he is all old and not good to use and so the reason they want to shoot him is because he is all old and h can barley walk and take care of it self and they want kill him but they dont want to because they fell bad for him and had the dog for so long since it was a pup ans it work around the farm and the guy who is goimg to kill him stoped by the…
The Great Depression was an economic downturn that left most of America crippled againsts its wraith. Although, in every cave there's a glimmer of hope. The Great Depression is known as America’s greatest collapse but out of this derailment came experiences and new way of oeuvre, John Steinbeck's, Of Mice and Men displayed how the Great Depression affected the characters in the book. The characters affected by the alienation from government aid and loneliness caused by the stresses of everyday challenges from race to mental intellect.…
Even though the story ends with heartache, it still doesn’t remove the fact that Lennie and George knew that their friendship kept them going. John Steinbeck brings the time period of the 1930s to life in Of Mice and Men. The story captures the tale of two men, George and Lennie, use friendship and a dream to overcome challenges. Piece by piece as challenges add, it ends with serious consequences. Steinbeck displays that weakness leads to cruelty through the characters in Of Mice and Men by Crooks trying to acquire a position over Lennie, Candy’s dog dying, and Curley’s wife speaking to Crooks.…
Many diseases and disorders were not discovered until fairly recent years. This is the case for a disorder called autism. John Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men” was set during the Great Depression, and the story portrays a man named Lennie with a disorder that people during that time did not understand, so they treated him as if he were mentally impaired. Today, Speech-Language pathologists recognize Lennie as being autistic. “Of Mice and Men” portrays the characteristics of autism and how people who were ignorant of the true disorder crudely handled the situation. This story shows readers how much progress the field of Speech-Language pathology has made in diagnosing and treating people who suffer from autism.…
There were the very few people, like the Finches, who were considered very wealthy. Then there was the Ewells who were pretty much living off of sticks and bones. But there were also the people like the Cunninghams who didn’t have it bad, but didn’t necessarily have it good, either. Being in the middle, they had a few goods, but they struggled a little keeping their shelter or maybe had to miss a meal every so often. Even with all their similarities and differences, just these three families out of a fictional book perfectly describe the life during the Great Depression from multiple…
Portraying him as a person afflicted by racial prejudice, Steinbeck details the effects of discrimination on Crooks, including his feelings of loneliness, shattered dreams, and resentful characters. While racism serves as a source of conflict in the story, Steinbeck extends Crooks’ experiences to racism’s prominent role during the Great Depression. In the 1930s, African-Americans suffered from economic inequality, poverty, and unemployment. However, more severe harm came from the racial discrimination and bigotry directed towards them in a mainly white society. John Steinbeck calls the plight of African-Americans to attention in Of Mice and Men. He argues that while all groups had financial losses, African-Americans lost much more. Living in an economically crippled and racist society, they lost their…
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is set in the midst of the 1930s during the Great Depression. The novella follows Lennie and George at their new jobs on a ranch in Soledad, California. Lennie is quickly shown to have a slight mental disability yet George puts up with him to avoid loneliness. Crooks, an outsider on the ranch, even confides in Lennie as no one else pays him any mind. Also, Curley’s wife, who was considered a nuisance by the other laborers, admitted to Lennie and Candy about how unhappy she is staying at the ranch. They all have done things outside their comfort zone to combat loneliness. The constant need for companionship causes many characters go to extremes, which is greatly shown in George, Crooks and Curley’s wife.…
Imagine having all the wealth in the world and living as pleasurably as you can, but suddenly you see on the news that the stock market had just crashed hours ago, you see that your stock that you have invested in was especially low and now you realize in a couple of weeks that you will lose all of your belongings. Set during the Great Depression when the stock market had come to its all time low crash, the novella, Of Mice and Men, follows a journey of two struggling men who wish to pursue happiness during times of need. The author, John Steinbeck, hints to the readers that one of the many themes is that ones with less wish to achieve more and get better in life such as getting a better paying job or a job that they wish to pursue through…
Everybody has been through tough times and sometimes showed that is possible or not possible to get through these times. In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Scout Finch is detailed as a very adventurous young tomboy who is trying to show everyone how it's possible to grow up during hard times; the Great Depression, Tom robinson case and incidents with Boo Radley.…