Have you ever read a book for school and wondered why are you being forced to read this book. Since a long time ago the Freshmen at Stevenson High School have been forced to read Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. Many wonder why schools make you read that exact book and why they didn’t pick another book. The novel Of Mice And Men explains relevant issues to the Freshmen at Stevenson High School by having positive themes that moralize tough issues and help spread awareness of such issues that can help teens learn valuable lessons and this is why it should be kept on the reading list for years to come.
Throughout the entire book, John Steinbeck used the theme the american dream to teach kids a certain lesson as they progress through the book. The american dream teaches teens to shrive for there goals
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His book teaches you the risks and causes of abuse of power. George was always the leader in the friendship between him and Lennie. Lennie was almost like a servant because he never did anything without George’s command. Lennie couldn’t do anything for himself. “ Make ‘um let me alone, George... George he cried “make ‘um stop.”(63). Lennie was asking George to do something when Lennie was getting beat up. Lennie didn’t even try to hit back until George told him to. Lennie is a big guy but can’t do anything himself unless George says so because Lennie is a follower of George. George is the leader and Lennie sees himself as an unequal to him. The positive thing about this is that if Lennie tries to do something dumb or he doesn’t know what to do, George who is his best friend is always there for him in good and bad. George took care of Lennie even though Lennie has no power on George. George used some of his power to protect Lennie from others because he does care for him. This still teaches the reader a valuable lesson on not to overly use your power and things will still end up