Perspectives In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Perceptions and Perspectives

People have different perceptions which help them to see the world differently. There are also perspectives which are mostly influenced by perceptions. Some perspectives can help people to solve problems and be sensible. But some of them are creating prejudgements. The problem about prejudgements is, as Anaïs Nin tells, “We don’t see thing as they are; we see them as we are.” This means that we don’t actually see things as they are or seem. We are including our perspectives which means we envision things by using our perspectives and construe them in our brains. So we see things as we are.

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In page 31, George says that “Well, I think Curley’s married . . . a tart,” (Steinbeck). This is a quotation which George said about Curley’s wife the first time he saw her. In the quotation, we can see that George created a prejudgement about Curley’s wife, and perceived her as he was more than how Curley’s wife was really. Actually, George’s prejudgement is a prejudgement that only narrow-minded people can make. Because when we read Curley’s wife and Lennie’s conversation the only thing that Curley’s wife wants is friends. She mentions that because of her sex, nobody wants to be a friend with her. As a matter of fact, people in the ranch saw her as trouble. This is also a prejudgement about Curley’s wife. However, she is just a regular woman who has dreams about future and need friends to communicate and socialize. Consequently, George and the other people in the ranch’s perspectives about Curley’s wife are wrong. Even George and other people are not relevant to how actually Curley’s wife is. George and the other people in the ranch should remember that they see things as they are. They see things as their perspectives are. Another example in Of Mice and Men is how people in the ranch created a perception about Crooks. In page 77, Crooks had a conversation with Lennie. He told Lennie, “Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m

In the novel, 12 jurors were deciding whether a boy who is accused of killing his father is guilty or not. The jurors in the room, especially 3. Juror created a perception that the boy was guilty. Nearly all of the jurors thought that the boy was guilty except 8. Juror. The reason that he voted not guilty is located in his quote: “ There are eleven votes for “guilty.” It’s not easy for me to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first.” This quote is quite important to me because of 8. Juror reminds me of a significant thing for me. Which is, the truth that we see things as we are. This means that the decision of the other jurors includes their perspectives and prejudgements because they just heard a testimony about the accused boy. Most of the jurors created prejudgements about the boy and believed that the boy should go to jail. But 8. Juror didn’t create any prejudgements about the boy. He just wanted to learn more about him. If 8. Juror had created prejudgements about the accused boy, at the end of the novel they wouldn't have found out that the accused boy actually wasn’t the murder. Another example is that 3.Juror is blaming the accused boy with persistence. Actually, the reason that 3. Juror blamed the accused boy and created negative perceptions was his problems with his son. 3. Juror’s problems caused him to blame the accused boy and create a negative perception because he