The Theme Of Isolation In Of Mice And Men

Laith Kasim

Mrs. Kigar

Honors English 10

27 February 2023

Isolation Presented in Of Mice and Men

Many authors throughout the history of literature have attempted to portray Americans' lives throughout one of the most disastrous events in the history of the United States, the Great Depression. One author in particular, John Steinback, took upon writing about the lives of two nomadic farmers who were destitute, moving from ranch to ranch across the country looking for work. Many emotions and themes were present in Of Mice and Men, one of them being isolation. It affects many characters in many different ways and for different reasons, but the character that best represents isolation is Curley. Curley's personality and attitude perpetuate a repeating

His wife was portrayed as unfaithful, giving other workers on the ranch "the eye.” This look that she gives other men obviously rubs Curley off the wrong way, as seen in this excerpt: “‘I seen her give Slim the eye. Slim’s a jerkline skinner. Hell of a nice fella. Slim don’t need to wear no high-heeled boots on a grain team. I seen her give Slim the eye. Curley never seen it. An’ I seen her give Carlson the eye’" (Steinbeck 15). The behavior of his wife, especially how she acts toward the other male workers, causes his ego to suffer. He projects these insecurities onto other people through his aggressive actions, as seen when he storms into the cabin with Carlson and Slim. Curley is attempting to defend himself after accusing Slim of being with his wife. Everyone in the cabin is seen taking hits at Curley insulting him and his wife. Everyone except Lennie, who is still daydreaming happily about the ranch. Curley notices this and starts to pick on the only person in the room who is unable to defend themselves, which fuels his ego making him feel has more power and is the bigger man, even though he is far smaller than Lennie. Taken over by his pride, Curley lunges at Lennie and starts slashing at him from seemingly every direction. Not knowing any better, Lennie just absorbs every hit until he starts to cry to George for help. Feeling bad for the know-no-better Lennie, even Slim

In the story of One Piece, there are many powerful pirates trying to gain as much treasure as they can, and Ussopp had aspired to be one of them. Despite being held back by a lack of physical power, a crew of pirates picked him up in the beginning of the series. Usopp is consistently shown to be one of the weakest of his team, not even coming close to being able to compete with many of them at any point of the story. Despite this weakness, he flaunts a front and acts as if he is the strongest in the universe, immaturely looking past any type of negative repercussion that could come from it. Usopp gets into an immature fight with a crew member when trying to assert dominance over him, just as Curley did with Lennie. Both conflicts correlate to each other, as Usopp lost the fight badly and Curley’s hand shattered when he tried to hurt