Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

During The Great Depression in the 1930s, a majority of Americans around the United States were faced with poverty, unemployment, and starvation. Men and women were forced to travel in order to find day-to-day work. A popular book entitled Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells the story of two men, George and Lennie, who perfectly encompass the struggles faced in The Great Depression. George is an intelligent, young, and independent man. Lennie on the other hand, is mentally handicapped and depends on George to take care of him. Together, they are a team that share a common goal: a house and farm of their own with rabbits for Lennie. Their goal is a powerful example of the American Dream and being a family during the time, and is symbolic

In the book Candy walks in the room when Lennie and Crooks are talking about their futures and dreams. Crooks tells Lennie that he will give money towards his farm if he could live there with them for the rest of his life. This doesn’t happens in the movie, that part is completely skipped over. By removing this scene, the movie loses the American dream portrayed by the book. The theme is constantly reminded throughout the book and the movie is more or less just telling now telling a story. This part is also crucial to describe how working together and team can make a person's goal come true. If she never would've came in, we would have never heard the plan George and Lennie have for the farm.never would give his money to them and support their dream. Also, we would have never heard about Candy’s dreams and

When Lennie messes up, George will correct what he does wrong, but yells at Lennie afterward to hope Lennie will not make the same mistake. George doesn’t do this to make himself look better though, he cares about Lennie arguably more than anything. Lennie is his best friend and he doesn’t want to see him getting into trouble. A writer, Jessica Martin, believes “Despite this, George seemed tougher on Lennie in the book, and not so tough in the move. George came off more hostile towards Lennie, although it really didn’t seem like that was what Steinbeck wanted it to be like. The had George acting lighter on Lennie’s mistakes, and he felt bad because Lennie does not know any better.” (Jessica Martin). She agrees with what I have previously stated. The books shows George to be more mean towards Lennie's mistakes even though he truly likes him, but in the movie he tends to him more kindly and with love. The movie does this because they want the story of George and Lennie to be brotherly and loving. It also shows George taking care of Lennie more to get people to enjoy it more and they put George and Lennie more as a team. The book is about telling a story through Steinbeck’s eyes only. Steinbeck wants the readers to read about how George is harder on Lennie because George has goals too. George understand reality more and thinks being harder on him is the best