Powerlessness In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about two migrant ranch workers George Milton and Lennie smalls finding a new job in California, in the time of the Great Depression. The main plot (main events in the story) in Of Mice and Men centers around How George has to kind of be a parent to Lennie. Lennie has an intellectual disability where it makes him get in trouble and does “bad things” Central Park Five by Sarah Burns is about 5 New York boys being wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park in the 1990s. The main plot (main events in the story) in Central Park Five centers around the racism the boys were dealing with on the trail and in court. Through the use of (Korey Wise) and (Lennie Smalls), the authors share different points

While Sarah Burns believes people with power treat others unjustly, John Steinbeck thinks that people with no power treat others unjustly. This quote states how Burns felt when she found out the case of Central Park Five was vacated. In The Central Park Five, Burns says "I was drawn into the stories of the young men who had been wrongly convicted, who had their lives stolen from them." (Burns Preface). This proves my claim that The authors hold different points of view on powerlessness. While Sarah Burns believes people with power treated others unjustly because the prosecution and members of the NYPD still insisted on the teenager's guilt even after the case was vacated. In addition, racism was present in the media and court. In this quote, Lennie enters Crook's room, and Crooks assert himself to kick Lennie out. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck states “Lennie smiled helplessly in an attempt to make friends. Crooks said sharply, you got no right to come in my room. This here is my room. Nobody got any right in here but me."(Steinbeck 68). This proves how Steinbeck believes when you are oppressed, you oppress others. Crooks had an opportunity to treat Lennie the way others treated him and he took it. In addition, Crooks isn't wanted in the bunkhouse so he made Lennie feel unwanted in his