The American Dream is a hope for success in America by hard work. If someone becomes intrigued by the American Dream, they may have no idea what they are getting themselves into. Craig L. Thomas once said, “You stuff somebody into the American Dream, and it becomes a prison.” This quote relates to the novella, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck which explains the concept of the American Dream by telling the story of two farmers and their journey to seeking their own farm. The farm reveals that
continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination” (Nelson Mandela). The book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, it gives many examples of discrimination throughout the book. The main type of examples are; mental and physical disabilities, women, and race or ethnicities. By showing these types of discrimination, John Steinbeck portrays different characters in the novel. Mental and physical disabilities were used to illustrate injustices upon Crooks, Candy and Lennie
recognized, or when hopeless individuals struggle to achieve a goal, or when the anguished search for companionship only cultivates desolation. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, three prominent themes impel the cruel and difficult reality of people seeking, but not discovering a more fulfilling life; the impossibility of the american dream, powerlessness, and the immense loneliness reside in most of the characters. Often people in society encounter loneliness similar to in, Of Mice and Men, most of
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
John Steinbeck not only portrays the theme of loneliness through his main characters, but by his secondary characters in his novella Of Mice and Men. In society, women are not wanted and that is how Curley’s wife feels. Similar to her, is Crooks for being a negro. Candy, besides being old and crippled, gets the impression he is no longer of use. The novella follows two unlikely friends, George and Lennie who travels through California looking for new jobs after Lennie ruins the previous. They encounter