Inhumanity In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The author Dean Koontz once said, “...the most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another.” Although there are many hopeful aspects in people, the inhumanity of people is inevitable. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie Small and George Milton discover the hardships and the hope in life as migrant workers during the Depression era. Though their hope for a better life dwindles throughout their journey, Lennie and George’s dream of owning their own farm help to distract them from their harsh reality of despondency. Steinbeck reveals the bitter nature of mankind due to weakness and vulnerability through his use of symbolism, characterization, and imagery.

‘Lennie begged, “Le 's do it now. Le 's get that place now.”’ George concurs, places the Luger on the back of Lennie’s head, and shoots him. One of the most controversial aspects of George Steinbeck 's novel Of Mice and Men, was the death of Lennie by his friend’s hands. Many believe that George murdered him in Lennie’s best interest, yet many others believe that George was being selfish and with his act, removed the burden of Lennie. However, George was completely justified in murdering Lennie as he had no other choice if he wanted what’s best for his friend and the world at large.

What could be so terrible about a book, that it has become one of the most frequently banned/challenged books? Of Mice and Men is a fictional book written by John Steinbeck in 1937. The book has been banned in many schools due to racism, profanity, foul language, violence, treatment of women, and for seemingly promoting euthanasia. This book is usually read by high school students around the age fourteen or fifteen, however many parents have gotten upset when hearing about what their kid was reading. Many parents have stated that this book is not age-appropriate and should not be read in school. However, in my opinion this book should not be banned.

First, the dream of living on the fat of the land is dead. George said that he thought they were never going to do it. George said, ”I think I knowed we’d never do her.” This states that they wouldn’t ever get the land, and that George had known all along. Crooks also, says that they won’t and that he has seen people with that dream before. He says, “You talk about it a hell of a lot, but you won’t get no land.” Crooks has seen many people with that dream that never did it, and he didn’t get to see someone get the land they wanted anyway. These events lead to and foreshadow the farm dream being dead.

In “Of Mice and Men” animals and even humans are being mistreated and disrespected. Animals are being killed and even strangled to death, which is not the right way to treat animals. People are also being brutal to other people in the book.

The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, represents many things but the sacrifices the characters make are some of the most important things that happen in this novel. When people make sacrifice of things in their lives they begin to sometimes feel loneliness and/or regret for their actions or decisions. Also because they are lonely their actions become different from that of other people who don’t have large amounts of loneliness and/or regret in their lives because we must sacrifice some things in life.

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice & Men is a novel packed with racial and gender inequalities. The way it portrayed the character of Curley’s wife is particularly interesting and spoken about, and for good reason. Throughout the novel, Curley’s wife – who, accordingly, was never called anything else – was consistently dehumanized, and forced to fit into certain stereotypes. It’s also worth noting that Curley is an abusive husband towards her. Curley’s wife is a victim of sexism, correctly depicted by Steinbeck’s illustration of how society used to be.

In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses oppression of the weak, by the weak, to illustrate that oppression does not always come from the strong.

In the novel “Of Mice and Men” John Steinbeck portrays a story about two men, George and Lennie, whose dream is to own a farm on their own. However, they never really tried until they found out it was actually possible. Then, Lennie ruins their dream by murdering Curley’s wife. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck’s description of Lennie is filled with different animals and actions of animals. The author utilizes animal imagery to emphasize the protagonist Lennie’s physical and mental characteristics to illustrate his idea that the working class struggles to survive in the harsh economic catastrophe of the Great Depression.

In the book of “Mice of Men” by John Steinbeck, it was evident from the start that Lennie could not possibly function in the harsh society that they lived in without George by his side to care for him. In the ending of the book, George ended up killing his best friend Lennie because of three justified reasons which are that Lennie had previously shown acts of violence, he ended Curley’s wife’s life which made it impossible for Lennie to rejoin civilization , and Lennie would have suffered worse at the hand of

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the character George Milton suffers from a prolonged feeling of loneliness as his conflict develops. George is the caretaker of Lennie, a man who has an intellectual disability. George and Lennie travel from farm to farm as migrant workers, in order to raise money to achieve their dreams. George was left in charge of raising and caring for a man who has a child like mentality, and throughout the novel has to go through a long series of conflicts in order to keep both of them safe.

In the novel, Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeck had created a character named George who was given a variety of qualities. Putting all of his anger issues to the side, he also has a compassionate and benevolent part of himself. Also, in another way George was a

What is right and what must be done are two different concepts. Often times, life requires people to do what must be done in order to save themselves, or others, from negative consequences. The characters in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men illustrate how people implement remorseful decisions with astute intentions to help ease the consequences for those they care about.

‘Of Mice and Men’ is a short novel written by John Steinbeck. It is published in 1937, when the American society was still recovering from the Great Depression and the American Dream had been broken. The American Dream is all about the hope of a better life through hard work with few barriers. Through the minor characters, Steinbeck foreshadows the unevitable tragic ending of the book, and depicts the fall of the American Dream, with widespread discrimination, a lack of hope and low social mobility in the post-depression American society.

Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men, has brought readers a realistic, morbid tale of two laborers that have found their way to a new ranch, hoping to get a job in order to fulfill their dreams. This novella can be perceived by multiple different people who can find what is most valuable to them through their own personal opinion. For me, I find the friendship in the novella to be of most value gto me. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck introduces that protagonists, George and Lennie, their relationship gives the readers a realistic account of what friendship is.