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How Does Steinbeck Present Prejudice In Of Mice And Men

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John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, depicts race as a critical factor to the dominance of people during this time period. Racism is presented most evidently in chapter four by the treatment of Crooks, the stable buck. Crook’s and his fellow workers discussed ambitions in his quarters, which happened to be separate from the others clearly due to his skin tone. As the men conversed topics regarding the near future, Curley’s wife abruptly barged into the area searching for her husband. Noting the peril with which Curley’s wife is associated with, Crook’s suggests she depart. As she refuses to leave, and continues to harass Lennie, Crook’s acknowledges his room being his only possession, commanding her to depart. As the two bicker, Curley’s
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The book Of Mice and Men takes place in salinas valley on a ranch during the great depression. The book mainly focuses on the life of Lennie and george. Lennie and george have known each other for a very long time and they are traveling companions. Lennie has some sort of mental disability and this hinders how him and george earn money and get work. Lennie’s mental disability creates problems for him along with his strength.

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John Steinbeck published Of Mice and Men in 1937, portraying two struggling migrant workers on their tiring journey; George and Lennie. This narrative hugely reflects the time period in which it was written, since it was the time of The Great Depression (in the 1920-30s) where the stock market crashed. Therefore little jobs were available to citizens and those that were most probably meant travelling rather long way. This ties into Of Mice and Men through the concept of George and Lennie doing to work on the ranch. Also within this historical period there was a lot of prejudice, inequality and discrimination, Steinbeck intentionally mirrors these themes effectively.

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Later in the story Candy joins George and Lennie’s plan to get their own farm, and they only need one more month's pay. Lennie and Curley get into a fight and Lennie crushes Curley’s hand. But Slim saved Lennie by making Curley lie about what really happened to him. Lennie and Crooks talk in Crook’s room and Crooks tells Lennie about the racism that he receives from all of the other men. Later, Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife when he was touching her hair, and he runs away.

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Discrimination – the destroyer of dreams “I ain’t much good with only one hand,” bemoans Steinbeck’s character ‘Candy’. The disabled farmhand works his best on the farm in “Of Mice and Men”, but nobody can see past his injury. Ageing, and weak, he is fearful: “I won’t have no place to go, and I can’t get no more jobs.” The poor man has just had his old dog put down, and himself fears going out the same way too. John Steinbeck wrote the controversial novella in 1937, creating an emotionally rich world of characters with a depth beyond their characteristic disabilities.

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