Examples Of Sexism In Of Mice And Men

Sexism and Racism in Of Mice and Men The socially imposed barriers of racism and sexism cause loneliness in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and through this, Steinbeck is trying to make the reader understand that at the time of the Great Depression, these things caused many social barriers between people and races. The time the book takes place in helps show the loneliness caused by racism. It takes place in the Great Depression when racism is a major problem. The reader sees an example of this racism when Lennie goes into Crooks's barn. When Lennie went into Crooks's cabin to just talk to him Crooks snapped and said, “You got no right to come into my room. This here’s my room. Nobody got any right in her but me.”(68) Crooks is never

In the time period, women had little to no rights, society believed that they were the ones to do all the house chores and raise their family practically on their own. The reader sees this through Curley's wife, who is dehumanized throughout the entire book, she has to deal with sexism that the men on the farm have, which causes her to be lonely because they all aim to stay as far away from her as they can, along with being extremely lonely. Specific evidence from the book is when the men talk about her, and when she has a conversation with Lennie. Curley's wife is the only woman on this farm, with a husband who cares very little for her and treats her like his property. Her appealing outfits and flirtatious personality cause many conflicts on the farm. All of the men on the farm don't give her a name because she is a woman and not a man. They all know that Cruleys wife is lonely because she spends as much time as she can around the men. With her flirtatious personality, They don't care about the fact that she's an actual person. Many times throughout the book Curly’s wife is referred to as an animal such things like “Jeez what a tramp” or “ don't even look at her! I don't care what she says or what she does, she's a rat trap if I've ever seen one.” Showing how the men on the farm treat her as an animal, and not a human. Towards the end of the book Cruley’s wife opens up about

Steinbeck shows this through where Crooks lives, in a very old barn separated from every other man on the farm. Crooks is never able to achieve the life that he wants because of his race. When Lennie and Candy started talking about their ranch he was very intrigued and wanted to be a part of it. If that meant that they would all get along, and he could live out his dream. Yet that dream gets ruined, and Crooks is stuck doing what he’s been doing his whole life. For Curlys wife, Steinbeck wants us to dislike her at the beginning, which most do. He paints a picture of this woman who thinks she's all that, just trying to get men's attention. Toward the end of the novel is when the reader finally sees that she is just lonely, and stuck in a relationship that she can’t escape. Which shows her failure to achieve the American dream. Curley’s wife had her life planned out, she had a dream to become an actress, but when all failed she had to marry a man who cared little for her and spend the rest of her life and a farm with only men who dehumanize her. Both of these characters struggle to achieve the American dream, that’s why Steinbeck argues that the American dream is dead and not achievable, because there is always something that gets in the