Of Mice And Men Analytical Essay

Have you ever had somebody be so mean to you, that it just sticks with you? In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck exhibits the idea that discrimination can have long-term effects on others; therefore, resulting in emotional damage that can impact people’s way of life and how they respond to others in difficult situations. That said, Steinbeck utilizes the elements of characterization to show these ideas throughout the novel. In the novel “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck uses the setting to express the theme of dreams and aspirations. We can start to see the theme express itself when George and Lennie reveal their dream. At the start of the book, it states “I wish we’d get the rabbits pretty soon, George. They ain’t so little,”(8). From

Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres and’ a cow and some pigs and—’” (8). George uses the word “we're”, which expresses this is a shared dream between him and Lennie, which is to own their ranch one day. This was said while George and Lennie were down by the river, describing the life they would eventually want in that land in the future. This connects back to the first quote where Lennie is expressing his love for rabbits and how he would want to own one someday. If he owned land in the same area where he had found his beloved mouse, he could have all the soft animals he wanted. It was a small yet meaningful dream for Lennie that could be pursued if they owned a ranch in that

He then says “Yes Ma’am” (39 PDF) in a toneless voice. We can tell by her move to Candy and Lennie, that she has gotten what she wanted, which was to intimidate Crooks with her ability to “string” him to a tree. By these two quotes, we can tell that Curley’s wife thinks she is above the three others and knows that she has enough power to overall them all, but in reality, she wouldn't be able to do that with anyone else on the farm considering she is only the wife of the bosses son, is practically a child, and is also one of the only women on the farm, which implies that she holds no power over anyone else but the three men in the shed which is why she took the chance to threaten them. This is just another example of Steinbeck using fictional elements to display an important theme, crucial to understanding the novel. At the end of the novel, we see Steinbeck start to use the elements of the plot to lead up to the final ending of George and Lennie's journey and how all that's happened in the past, will soon contribute to how the two friends' story ends. We see the dynamic between Lennie and those on the