The usage of the literary element, characterization, in Of Mice and Men supports the overarching theme in the text. Using the character’s speech, Steinbeck indirectly characterizes Crooks as cruel and unfriendly to show the negative effects of a lack of companionship. In the text, Crooks is isolated from the rest as he resides in a room physically separated from the other’s, but continues to want a possibility in which he can have friends. His traits become apparent through his interactions with
are the dominant theme in Of Mice and Men written by Steinbeck. Most of the characters are lonely and searching for someone who can serve as a companion. Steinbeck uses Lennie and George, Crooks, and Curley’s wife to illustrates how people are driven to find companionship. "If you don' want me I can go off in the hills an' find a cave. I can go away any time." Said Lennie “No—look! I was jus' foolin', Lennie. 'Cause I want you to stay with me." Said by George (Steinbeck pg103-104). George feels lonely
because they provide companionship, friendship, and love. The animals in Of Mice and Men, symbolize positive/negative events to come and the relationships between characters. Furthermore, one of the main characters is often depicted as having animalistic tendencies. In the real world, people have many goals as well as fears, and in Of Mice and Men, these ambitions and concerns that many of us have are often embodied through animals. Throughout Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses different animals to
Emily Livitz Mrs. Carlson English 9 6 October 2014 Will You Be My Friend? Man’s need for companionship is inevitable. People need companionship because it is what makes us human and gives us the qualities we possess. Without companionship, the world would become a very lonely place. John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men delineates that having a companion is an essential part of a human’s existence. George and Lennie travel together; they’re a pact. They don’t have other family, so they have each other
Of Mice and Men Theme Essay Essay #1 Loneliness is an empty feeling that no one likes to have. In the novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses loneliness as one of the biggest and main themes. Steinbeck uses loneliness to illustrate how people are driven to find companionship. George and Lennie are the main characters of this novel, as well as, “Best friends” who travel together to different ranches to find work and save up enough money to buy the house on the “Fatta the Lan’”. George practically
from the ranch hands and the society in 1930’s USA. In this essay I will be exploring the various ways Steinbeck leads to George’s final decision of shooting lennie through the theme, language and structure in the novella ‘of mice and men ’. Steinbeck uses structure to present his themes and messages in ‘of mice and men’. Despite being talked about and spoken to by other characters, the reader does not meet Curley’s wife until halfway through the novella. By this time we have discovered that Curley’s
representative of their hope and their will to continue on. They work just to make it to the next day, which over time can make the men lose their motivation to keep working, moving, and living. Many people who endure this type of lifestyle end up slipping into a depression because their lives seem meaningless. This depression is the direct source of their Dream. During times when the men feel this kind of depression, they cope by imagining the future. This first occurs when Lennie and George are on their way
In the novel "of mice and men" Steinbeck chose important charecters to show the theme lonliness throughs such as, curlys wife, crooks and George. Crooks is isolated mainly due to his race, the story took place when racism was still an issue. He says "S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause you was black." (80). Because crooks was black he was constantly being excluded and never able to socialize with the rest of the men in the bunkhouse.
In the novel “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck uses friendship to portray how the character relate to each other and how their friendship weren’t that strong. Steinbeck exhibits many forms of these two way friendship, the strongest was between George and Lennie. Most of the characters in this novel and craving friendship. Each character in the novel searches for a friend, someone to help them measure the world. Other friendships were also evolving, George and Lennie as well as Candy and his dog,
dreams do come true, but how come many do not? In the engaging and evocative novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the characters as examples to demonstrate that the American Dream does not always prevail, as shown by the failure of multiple dreams in the plot. To the characters in the story, imagination serves as a place to take refuge from reality. At times, people may become so obsessed with their dreams that they believe with certainty that it will happen. Steinbeck illustrates that dreams