Examples Of Injustice In Of Mice And Men

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Can you imagine not having mental health care? Lennie can. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie and Crooks are both outsiders because of severe social injustice in the Great Depression. In the early 1900s during the Depression, people like Lennie and Crooks were treated very differently compared to other people. Crooks is one of many examples of this injustice. Because he is treated differently due to the color of his skin. In the book, he is shunned and outcasted from the rest of the farm workers, leaving Crooks in isolation. In the book, Crooks says: “I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain't wanted in my room.” (Steinback #68) The isolation from his peers made him wary of social interactions. Lennie was also an example of injustice.

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