What Are The Stereotypes In Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men tells the story of two close friends, George and Lennie. George is a small man, but he is smart. Lennie is his opposite, he is big but weak-minded. They make their living by working on farms. They do this so they can get enough money for their dream farm. On this farm they want to have a small land with animals, cultivated fields, and they do not want to work for any boss. On the farm they are working at, they end up getting into trouble because of Lennie. They can not keep a job because of him. Lennie has a strong desire to pet soft things, this desire puts them in a difficult position every time. The reason why they had to leave the old town they were in, to move to the new ranch was because of this weakness. Lennie wanted

This is shown in Curley’s wife. She does not even have a name on the farm, she is just known as Curley’s wife. Allso, all the men on the ranch think she has the eye for everyone and that she is just a tart. They call her a tramp. “Jesus, what a tramp (Steinbeck 32),”.They do not realize that she is just lonely and wants somebody to talk to on the farm. “‘Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely’ (Steinbeck 86).” All the men think she is trying to tempt them in a way they can not resist. For most of the story Of Mice and Men she is portrayed as an evil temptress who is trying to bring evil into the men's' lives by tempting them with her beauty. It is not until the barn scene when she shows that she also has dreams just like many others on the farm. Her dreams involved a stint in the movies with all the benefits, money, and pleasure it would provide. “‘Coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes—all them nice clothes like they wear. An’ I coulda sat in them big hotels, an’ had pitchers took of me. When they had them previews I coulda went to them, an’ spoke in the radio, an’ it wouldn’ta cost me a cent because I was in the pitcher. An’ all them nice clothes like they wear. Because this guy says I was a natural’ (Steinbeck 89).” Her dreams make her appear less like she is trying to seduce the men, and make her look more human and vulnerable. This shows even the worst of people have

This is shown in Lennie. Lennie is a big man who looks mean, many people would expect that he would fight anyone, except he has a mental disability. This disability makes him weaker and more vulnerable. One time when George had just told Lennie about their dream farm, he was smiling at the thought of it. Curley went into the bunkhouse and thought Lennie was laughing at him. He started to fight Lennie. Lennie was just trying to mind his own business, and was telling George to get Curley to leave him alone. “‘Make ‘um let me alone, George’ (Steinbeck 63).” “‘Make ‘um stop, George’ (Steinbeck 63).” This shows that Lennie did not want to fight Curley, he just wanted to be left alone. Lennie can not think for himself, so he was not going to fight Curley until George told him to. “‘Jus’ tell Lennie what to do, an’ he’ll do it if it don’t take no figuring. He can’t think of nothing to do himself, but he sure can take orders’ (Steinbeck 39).” It was not until George said to Lennie “‘Get ‘im Lennie’ (Steinbeck 63)!”Lennie started to fight Curley back and defend himself. This shows that Lennie has to be told what to do for him to do