How Does Steinbeck Present The Great Depression In Of Mice And Men

Lennie is the central character in the novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinback who demonstrates the difficulties both Lennie, and George faced in the great depression period, and the hardships many of the characters faced throughout this story purporting to represent a state of loneliness and alienation during the difficult time. The plot follows the intricate friendship between George Milton, and Lennie Small as they begin working on a ranch in Central California within the novel, many conflictual scenarios take place unintendedly and Lennie is always the one who gets involved. Despite the fact he doesn’t intentionally want to cause harm, he isn’t aware of the strength he holds so he ends up causing lots of friction between the rest

While the two were in an argument Curley noticed Lennie smiling, but Lennie didn’t understand what was going on in the situation. This triggered Curley anyway, and he made it clear that he wanted to fight him. Curley punches Lennie unmercifully, But Lennie didn’t defend himself until George told him to fight back when he did, he crushed all the bones in Curley's hand. Lennie didn't realize the damage he'd done until the fight was over. This is one of the many examples of how Lennie plays a huge role in this novel directed towards violence, especially since he never lets go when he gets frightened, which in this case caused Curley's hand to break as badly as it did. Although many believe Lennie is a flat character, he does in fact evolve as the story continues on, with Steinback making him progressively more human, Which the writer strongly empathizes with such a fascinating character who is presented in many

Lennie had a very helpful, kind hearted, and child-like persona. He just needed to be watched with a closeful eye, just like any child would. Lennie had always meant well and was focused on simple pleasures. A few examples would be, petting soft animals, feeling soft textures. All he wanted to do was tend rabbits on the farm George, Candy, and Crooks were planning on working on. But due to his disability he has no ability to understand abstract concepts such as death. While he acts with great loyalty to George, he has no comprehension of the idea of “loyalty” and for that reason, he doesn’t mean to make mistakes. He often doesn’t mean to do the things that get him into trouble, but once he does get into trouble he has no consequences to define his actions in terms of guilt, for another example, when Lennie killed Curley's wife because she let Lennie touch her soft hair, and when she told him to let go Lenny of course became frightened and couldn’t let go. so, Curley's wife started screaming at Lennie, but he knew he shouldn’t have been talking to Curley's wife so Lennie tried to keep her mouth closed and accidentally broke her neck. Although George is one of the main characters he isn’t the most important. Lennie is the reason many events took place. Everything would have gone almost in a fully steady, and calm manner if lennie wasn’t