misfortune was too great to bear if their men were whole." (Steinbeck 4) This quote introduced a theme of gender roles in this book that was throughout the whole time period. This quote describes that women basically have no mind of their own and looked to their husbands for everything. This would make life virtually impossible for women and children to have no male role in the household. The children seemed scared and very cautious to make mistakes around men, along with women being on edge. (73)
loneliness is a personal choice, a majority of people are isolated from others due to social barriers. The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck recounts the tale of a group of men living on a ranch in the era of the Great Depression, more specifically the story narrates the lives of two men, George and Lennie. After being chased out of Weed because of a false rape accusation, the two men are hired at a ranch in Soledad where they meet a series of interesting characters such as Candy, Crooks, Curley
Humans victimize those who are different. Whether because of one’s race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, those who do not conform to the majority often face some form of discrimination. History demonstrates this in countless ways: with the Holocaust, with slavery, and with women’s rights, simply because people distrust the foreign and unknown. When the author John Steinbeck wrote most actively, around the 1930s, the Great Depression raised discrimination against migrant workers, and racist