John Steinbeck’s readers question if his novella Of Mice and Men belong in high school. Of mice and men should be studied in high school. It is a universal book that has been studied in high school for decades. Also it academically challenges high school students Litrurature in a mere 6 chapters. As well as teaches the reality of life as a migrant worker in the great depression. Of mice and men should be taught in high school because it is a classic that been taught all over the world for years
Of Mice and Men: racial discrimination and its effects In Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck, several characters were used to portray the effects of societal discrimination during the 1930’s. One of these characters was Crooks, a disabled African-American horse tamer who is alienated due to his race; causing him to doubt the possibility of attaining a better future for himself. Like Candy, --a swamper who is becoming fearful for his own future as a disabled elderly man--, his biggest aspiration is