In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, there are many encounters of discrimination. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person based on who they are, a group of similar people, class or category. The characters whose discrimination stands out the most are Lennie Small, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife. Readers will find that their discrimination is based on race, the mentally handicap, and gender (a woman’s way of social interaction with men). Discrimination makes the book and those are just a

Of Cruelty and Slaughter Of Mice And Men is a classic novella written by author John Steinbeck, who is renowned for his mastery of realistic and imaginative writings. He is most well known for his novelette, Of Mice And Men, a story which follows George Milton and Lennie Small, two traveling laborers who work in order to make money to purchase their own farm. George, characterized as smart and having a one-track mind, while Lennie is slow but friendly. This book, considered a classic by many, however

Following the Great Depression in 1929, John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, narrates the story of two migrant workers, George and Lennie, and their pursuance of the American Dream. Under entirely different historical backgrounds, Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident is a mystery novel narrated by Christopher, a fifteen-year-old mathematician with some behavioral difficulties. Steinbeck and Haddon both use animals to develop their respective story characters; however, while the use of animals

Have you ever felt a deep sense of loneliness? In Of Mice and Men loneliness comes across many characters in many different ways. Loneliness in Of Mice and Men is expressed with different types of conflict including character vs character, character vs society/grief, and character vs society. First of all, in Of Mice and Men Curley's wife experiences character vs character conflict with loneliness in her marriage. She experiences this because Curley is a terrible husband and he's rude. He

Mrs.Jester Language Arts 4 September, 2015 Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. Chicago: Penguin books, 2001. Print. Caring for somebody that cannot care for themselves is a hard task. George Milton, a small strong farm worker and his companion Lennie Small, A tall lanky man, have been traveling across southern california looking for jobs at ranches bucking barley. Lenny, the tall lanky man, has a mental illness that gives him the mentality of a child, so george must help him through his life after

In John Steinbeck’s story Of Mice and Men the idea of prejudice, and discrimination is present from start to finish. Steinbeck puts great emphasis on how one's intellectual, financial and social standing affects power. Upon first being introduced to the characters in the book, they all seem the same. "They were dressed in denim trousers and in denim coats with brass buttons. All wore black, shapeless hats and carried tight blanket rolls slung over their shoulders". They are all itinerant farm workers

people associate with sympathy, such as a person's family member dying, you would feel bad for them once you find out about it. Sympathy can help people see what others are going through and to understand their struggles. Many characters in Of Mice and Men deserve sympathy but three characters deserve the most because they are treated the worst in their life. These characters are Lennie, Crooks, and Curley's wife. Although Lennie is treated really crappy he is not treated the worst in the novel.

The reality of isolation throughout Of Mice and Men A black man with a crooked back walks back to the stables after a long day of work and heads into his room, he is segregated from everyone else who lives in the main barracks, his name is Crooks and he lives a lonely segregated life from the other workers. Another man, this one white has one hand and is named Candy, he slumps slowly off his bunk after losing his best friend, his dog that he raised since he was a pup, Candy knows he will not be