Are all men created equal? Are they able to reach the same goals as their colleagues? Is anything ever equal? Of Mice and Men, a novella by John Steinbeck, is the story of George and Lennie, two men who are trying to make money to buy land in order to start a ranch. However, Lennie becomes an occasional obstruction because of his mental disability. He gets in trouble once in a while because he doesn’t know his own limits. In order to make money, they start working at a ranch and meet others who are
The title of Of Mice and Men, a novella written by John Steinbeck, is based off a line in a poem called “To a Mouse” written by Robert Burns. The line reads, “[t]he best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men often go awry”. Mice are perceived as helpless, insignificant, and incapable of choosing their fate; are humans the same? Based off the characters and their actions in Steinbeck’s story, it seems to be so. Both mice and men need social interaction, can be powerful in groups but are weak alone, and sometimes
in life. Some dreams can be achieved easier than others and some dreams are more difficult. The American Dream of Walter Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun is less reasonable and less possible than Lennie from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. This is true because Walter wants more and was not satisfied with what he had as Lennie was happy just to tend rabbits and spend time with George. Walter Younger’s dream is less reasonable because he plans on buying a liquor store
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
believe that America is the “Promised Land,” today, forty eight million Americans live below the poverty rate (money.cnn.com). Our capitalist ideals make even the hardest workers unable to provide for their families. Through analyzing John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, we grasp what the struggle for the American Dream really is. George, Lennie, and Candy crafted a divine plan to obtain their own little patch of heaven, where they would “live on the fatta the lan” (Steinbeck 56). However, through subtle
John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men takes place in California during the Great Depression. The novel is about two men, George Milton and Lennie Smalls, traveling around trying to find work while everyone is struggling to make money. George is small and clever while Lennie is muscular and has a mental disability. They find work on this farm located near the Salinas River in Soledad, filled with other men trying to make a living. George and Lennie want to start a farm filled with many animals but
The Flight from Childhood Innocence “Flight” by John Steinbeck was published in 1938. Other works created by Steinbeck include “The Grapes of Wrath”, “East of Eden”, “Of Mice and Men, and “The Pearl”. John Steinbeck typically writes about life during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl in California. He tends to try to find an organic means of expression though his pieces of literature. Specifically, in “Flight”, Pepé Torres travels into town on a mission from his mother to retrieve supplies