How Does Steinbeck Present The Theme Of Power In Of Mice And Men

Have you ever not interacted with people for awhile then, once you do, do you feel refreshed? This “refreshed” feeling is perfectly represented in the book Of mice and men when characters strive to interact with others. Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinback about how two men, George and Lennie, venture out to a farm, including labor, with big dreams ahead based on the Great Depression. Of mice and men does a good job of portraying the different types of power throughout all of the characters. There's several different sources of power, including referent power, shown in the character Slim, and Coercive power shown in the character Curley. Throughout the novel, multiple characters are introduced that contribute to the theme of

Crooks are the only person of color on the farm and are constantly separated from everybody else. It also does not help his cause because everybody lives in the bunkhouse with the exception of curley and curley's wife, and he is in his own separate barn. Crooks is also one of the lonliest people on the farm and is isolated from others because of his skin color. Because of this, he contains little to no power, but the power he contains is informational. He once said to Lennie, ““Maybe you can see it now. You got the George. You know he's going to come back.” S'pose you didn't have nobody S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause you were black.”(80). Here he expresses his loneliness and compares it to how close George and Lennie seem to be, starting to reveal his jealousy of their relationship. Crooks follows with “I was talking about myself.” This confirms that he was talking about himself in the previous quote. He also states that "Guys don't come into a colored man's room very much.”(75). in surprise that Lennie came in wondering why. In total, Crook’s loneliness is caused by his color of skin and the fact that he lives separated from the