Conforming To Society In The 1930's

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Conformations To Society "More and more people are coming to realize that they can think for themselves, It's amazing to discover that you're wrong. In fact, it's liberating. It's not a threat. It opens your mind" (Lawrence Krauss). Steinbeck mentioned his frustrations with society, he mentions, Isolation, Racism and mental disabilities. In the 1930’s, society was no different than modern day society. He was very frustrated with society and the way people acted and treated one another. Conforming to society would contribute to a person making poor choices during the great depression. During the Great Depression, people would constantly feel the need to isolate themselves for their own greater good. Steinbeck included multiple characters…show more content…
God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want. Why, I could stay in a cathouse all night. I could eat any place I want, hotel or any place, and order any damn thing I could think of. An' I could do all that every damn month. Get a gallon of whisky, or set in a pool room and play cards or shoot pool. (11) It’s obvious that George wants to isolate himself from Lennie. Steinbeck littered the isolation part of the book within the quote. George went into detail of what he would do if he was on his own. George wanted to be on his own but deep down inside, he knew that Lennie doesn’t mean any harm and just wants a friend. Racism was still a very large popular theme in the 1930’s. Crooks was a victim of it. He worked on the farm, but he had no freedoms. He wasn’t allowed to talk to a white person or even touch them. "I been here a long time," Candy said. "An' Crooks been here a long time. This's the first time I ever been in his room." Crooks said darkly, "Guys don't come into a colored man's room very much." Crook’s is expressing his feelings towards the conflict of racism in this quote. The white people more or less intentionally isolated Crook’s in the story. Even though he had his own room, Crook’s was isolated into his own room in the barn. He was intentionally mistreated…show more content…
This ain't no good place. I wanna get outa here." The theme of innocence that Steinbeck included in the book is a small, but an important detail. Innocence in the 1930’s didn’t mean to much to anyone. The Great Depression caused two types of people, the innocent people who just want to survive and the people who will do anything to survive even if that means to kill someone. Lennie is pretty innocent. He isn’t mentally stable enough to understand exactly what he was doing. Curly’s wife was also innocent. Curly wouldn’t allow her to speak to anyone, she would always try to conversate, but it would cause a lot of problems

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