In the novel, ¨Of Mice and Men,¨ the author, John Steinbeck, develops complex characters which opens the story up for interpretation. Steinbeck uses both direct and indirect characterization, which forces the reader to infer important traits about each characters. An example of a character is Crooks, a colored man working on a ranch during the Great Depression. Being the only black man on the ranch, Crooks is often looked down on as a stable bunk, and is not respected as the other men are. Because of this, Crooks is perceived as powerless.
fiction " of mice and men". the story was talking about the relationship and the feeling's change surround george and lennie although at least the happen of some serious things cause george has to kill lennie. i still believe, there're a great friendship between lennie and george. to begin with, analysis all of the chapter of the book. As george's friend, lennie always is honest, pocile, and helpful to george.
Of Mice and Men Literary Analysis Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” As a writer, John Steinbeck’s weapon is the written word and in his famous novel Of Mice and Men, he ventures to change the ideas and opinions of his readers. Of Mice and Men is set in 1930’s America during the Great Depression. Even though there are some instances in the novel where Steinbeck seems to mirror the attitudes of the past, there also are several instances where the author he displays the need for societal change. He uses characters in the novel, such as Lennie, to demonstrate the mistreatment of the mentally disabled.
The first literary device, I found was a simile talking about them tieing up Lennie like a dog if he does a bad thing “They'll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog." (p.72) George says when Lennie does a bad thing that they treat him like an animal which emphasises the way people treat Lennie. The second literary device that I found was an onomatopoeia that gave good imagery about the horses in the barn and the real sound of when chains make, rattled the actually sound the chains makes “went through the barn, the halter chains rattled, and some horses snorted and some stamped their feet.” (p.82) This is a really good example of imagery that Steinbeck uses to describe the horse in the barn chained up that also ties into the theme of the chapter
Gradually as, Tom lives his life he see how his parents’ approval came with a cost. When Tom finally had it with himself for killing his sister by accident, he thought of committing suicide, but the thought of,” ….Liza’s disapproval. She could make anyone suffer if she disapproved” (Steinbeck 408). Just the thought of his mother reminds him of the days how his mother can disapprove of him causing him great pain. The same pain that it took him to get an approval from her is the pain that he has to face with the consequences of his actions.
Of Mice and Men was an excellent novel about two migrant workers traveling in Southern California, trying to make enough money to fulfill their dream of attaining their own plot of land. They have trouble accomplishing this goal when Lennie, the big and clueless on of the two, consistently makes mistakes, some of them being vital. The author, John Steinbeck, uses great techniques and literary devices that build up to the climax and resolution. Throughout the story, he describes how several characters all have/had dreams or goals, but none of them truly achieved those dreams. All of these literary devices, techniques, and the entire plot lead up to my thesis statement.
Sunday night was horrid, It was the last George saw Lenny as immaculate. Lenny did something unbelievable… He murdered Curley’s wife and the puppy. He faced the same consequences just like Weed, but this time there was no time to escape. George has to do it quick before Curley finds Lenny and makes him suffer.
No one had suspected the ending of the story and some were surprised by the death of Lennie. Some were even shocked by the person who killed Lennie, George. The novel Of Mice and Men has many tragic and heart-breaking events. The worst one had to be at the very end, the death of Lennie Small. The one and only George Milton killed Lennie with a bullet right through the back of his neck.
In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Chapters one and two are about Lennie and George who Have arrived on the banks of the Salinas River in California looking for work. Two migrant workers named George and Lennie are looking for jobs during the great depression, but they can’t because Lennie keeps losing them due to the fact that he has special needs. George is a small, quick man with dark eyes; Lennie is actually completely different from George he is a naive, unintelligent mountain of a man who loves soft things (way to much). Lennie comes up to a pool of water and drinks; George yells at Lennie because the water is not so clean, but of course Lennie didn’t know and then asks George for some but he refuses. When done George looks
In the novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck had used several different thematic issues with each relating to the characters in some type of way. With that, the reader saw the up and downs and the challenges that the characters faced internally or external. Some of the major thematic issues that the characters face is the truth between dreams and reality, having power and being powerless and unity and isolation. In the beginning of the story you hear Lennie and George telling their dream of the house they want to buy and the things they would have and do there.
In the story “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck suggests that as humans, we crave contact with others to give life more meaning. This story took place in the early 1930’s after the stock market crashed. The main characters George and Lennie are traveling around in search of a job. George is small and intelligent and travels around with an oversized, clumsy bear like man named Lennie. George constantly talks about how his life would be so much better if he didn’t have to babysit Lennie, but no matter what happens George has Lennie’s back.
Have you ever read a book were the real world is explicitly showed as it is and is very different from the fantasy books we read? The fiction/tragedy novel “Of mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck published in 1937 shows a very clear image of reality and how it really is. This book was written during the Great Depression and is considered a classic since at that time authors, such as John Steinbeck, started to be more realistic about life and began writing stories that didn’t necessarily had to finish with a happy ending. Through the book, I could analyze three themes that were the most impacting for me which were friendship, weakness and the impossibility of an American Dream.
Would you kill your best friend if you had the option for a better death? An interesting book written by John Steinbeck, is full of adventure and mishaps, George a small intelligent guy, is best friends with Lennie, an oversized mental man not sure of his own strength. Lennie makes a lot of bad decisions for George to always take care of, and now George cannot cover for him anymore so he has to decide whether or not to kill his best friend or let someone else do it. George ends up making the right decision by killing Lennie his self because Lennie isn’t safe anymore and he gives him a more peaceful death.
SETTING The book Of Mice and Men is set in two different places. It begins beside a stream, near to the Salinas River, which is a few miles south of Soledad, California. It then shifts over to a ranch, where the majority of the story is set. At the end of the novel, the setting comes back to where it began.
Of Mice and Men was certainly a great novel according to most critics. And I agree with them on the most part. Although, this book was confusing at first, it began to grow on me as I read. It isn’t like an unrealistic book where everyone is happy, it has tragedy here and there, and I’m happy about that. I learned a lot from a different perspective.
