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Discrimination In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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What do you think of discrimination? Do you think it should be tolerated? Some thoughts about discrimination and how it is a very big issue and should not be tolerated. Discrimination is still shown today and has been shown in the past. In the book Of Mice and Men, there are examples of discrimination from that period in the Great Depression like race, gender, and disability. Sometimes, what you do to not be discriminated against could be some serious things, but maybe some people don’t even know what discrimination is. They could care less about their color or race or maybe they were just doing something for themselves. In the novel Of Mice and Men, there are many examples of discrimination in it because many people were getting discriminated against. For example, crook because he is black had to sleep in the barn with the animals that he cared for and the stalls he had to …show more content…

Do we know her name? No, and why is that? She was always called Curley's wife, which is not incorrect but it shows that Curley did not want anyone else to talk to her. This whole time she has been very lonely. She is always discluded from many activities just like horse shoes. She is expected to stay in all day so when she comes out she acts like she's looking for curley but is looking for trouble. She is always looking for some type of attention. All she wants is to be involved and noticed but nobody understands her because everyone else there are hard working males and they don’t understand females. Another example of her low values back then is the cat house, they were used just to please men had never got any self respect. Once, when Curley’s wife came up to Lennie, Lennie told her “‘George said I ain’t to have nothing to do with you - talk to you or nothing.’” (86) after all she asked was “‘What you got there, sonny boy?’” (86). It shows that George doesn't want anything to go wrong talking to the only girl, and with his

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