Examples Of Stereotypes In Of Mice And Men

In the book “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck there is an abundance of problems. Although the book is quite short with a total amount of 107 pages, the book is in depth with many different issues. Many of these issues are still very serious in today's society. Racism, stereotyping, and other issues displayed in this book. One of the stereotypes in this book is with Lennie. Lennie is stereotyped because he had portrayed all the characteristics of a special need. He had to be told what to do, he had no self-control, they had thought he was stupid and weak because of how his character is portrayed. One form of racism in the book is with the character Crooks. They had isolated him because of his skin color, they had also treated him poorly

Stereotyping can be a very negative thing in many cases. Stereotyping puts an image in others' heads about you or of you without even knowing you. This most times leads to them having opinions on you and thinking of you badly, you also usually cannot change their mind on you because they're not willing to get to know you, because of the stereotyping about you. While reading the book I have also learned that he doesn't only stereotype single people but also groups of people. For example, migrant workers, the stereotypes on them in this book is that they are desperate for money, they all wanted to own their own land, they weren't very well educated, some were strong and some weren't, and they were all poor. They stereotype George in the sense that he is a purposeful person. George knows what he wants, he has the rest of his life planned out, he always knows what to say and do. He had to have the brains to take care of Lennie. George had also really cared for Lennie. Curley was the son of the boss, he had taken advantage of this by judging others by who they are as a person and doing whatever he pleases on the farm. He is one to lie a lot, he is also very diffident. In the book Curley is illustrated as a very hypocritical and insecure character. Again with Lennie there had been a lot of stereotyping with him throughout the book. Lennie had needed lots of

Crooks being the only black person on the farm, there was a lot of racism towards him. He had been isolated, and got threats because of his skin color. Though sometimes he thought it wasn't all that bad. He had also been accepted by Lennie. Crooks never really left his room because they had kept him isolated because he had a different skin color than the rest. In chapter two at the top of page 20 it states, "Yeah. Nice fella too. Got a crooked back where a horse kicked him. The boss gives him hell when he's mad. But the stable buck don't give a damn about that. He reads a lot. Got books in his room.". Another form of racism towards Crooks was from Curley's wife. She had gone to his room looking for Curley and had picked a fight with the boys. Crooks had gotten snappy back and Curley's wife had threatened to have Crooks hung. In chapter four on the top of page 81, it says, “ “Well, you keep your place then, N*****. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny." Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego—nothing to arouse either like or dislike. He said, "Yes, ma'am," and his voice was toneless.” But even though many had been discriminated against Crooks. Lennie wasn't. Lennie didnt think of Crooks as being any different from him or anyone else. Lennie couldn't comprehend what racism