Analysis Of Of Mice And Men

Of mice and men is a novella written by Steinbeck in the 1930’s at the time of the American great depression. Two migrant workers George and Lennie are the protagonists; through these characters Steinbeck highlights many themes. The themes presented in this novel can be compared with those in the ‘Moon on the Tides’ Anthology poems for example ‘Brothers’, ‘Farmer’s Bride’ and ‘In Paris with You’.

The novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, uses colourful language to paint a vivid story of the life of two migrant ranch workers during the United States Great Depression. From this simple story emerges an array of lessons about people, and the circumstances that lead them to make life-altering decisions. These themes are numerous, but three are most notable. In the novel, the themes of loneliness, dreams, and outcasts are central to the reader’s understanding of the novel.

Of Mice and Men is a novel by John Steinbeck. This book is an analogy about what it means to be a human. George and Lennie share the ambition to own their own ranch, but they encounter obstacles that stand in the way. Ironically, Lennie will become the greatest obstacle in them achieving their dream. This novel was first published in 1937, which is one of the most important aspects of the book. The reason why it is one of the most important aspects of the book is because one result of the Great Depression was a lack of steady jobs, which increased the amount of nomadic workers. When Steinbeck wrote this novel, ranch hands were beginning to be replaced by machinery and their way of life was disappearing fast.

Of Mice and Men is an excellent movie produced in 1940.The music throughout this production was conducted by Mark Isham. Isham produced very emotional supporting tracks for Of Mice and Men, which helps the audience connect to the message of the movie. Two scenes become really prominent and create feeling of emotional involvement with the characters when the addition of music from Isham is added. Firstly, near the closure of the movie when George and the other guys find Curly’s wife dead in the barn. They soon all come to the conclusion that it must have been Lenny who killed her, so they race off to find him and kill him. George cares for Lenny, and also races off to find Lenny before Curly and the goons do. Secondly, the very sad, emotional ending when George is telling Lenny

Tam Kevin Do English AP – Period 4 Ms. Ridley January 6th, 2014 Winter Break Assignment: Of Mice and Men Title: Of Mice and Men Author: John Steinbeck Period/Settings: 1930’s / Soledad, California Narrative Stance / Point of View: Third Person Omniscient Brief Description of Main Characters:

Of Mice and Men: Chapter 1: Lennie and George went to work on a farm to be a rancher. They started off in Weed. While traveling they decided to spend a night in the woods. Lennie went off to collect wood so they could start a fire to cook their 3 cans of beans for there supper. They were traveling so they didn’t carry much with him and they also probably didn’t have a lot of money because they never could keep a job.

Of Mice and Men is a book about two migrant field workers who got run out the town Weed. George, the intelligent one of the two but still uneducated and Lennie, the larger and dumber one suffering from mental disabilities. They hope to own their own piece of land and retire there. This dream is one of Lennies favorite stories, that George constantly retells him on how Lennie will get to tend the rabbits. They go to a farm to get job and do manual labor to save up and earn enough money to own their own piece of land. George and Lennie fit in with the workers just fine, but ran into trouble with the farm owners son, Curly. Curly was a shorter man and automatically hated everyone taller than him. He had a huge problem with Lennie and eventually it led up to a climax where he picked a fight with Lennie and hit him, Lennie listened to what George told him before in not doing anything to get them in trouble, George was yelling at Lennie to hit him back but Lennie was too scared, soon enough Lennie lost his patience and enraged, breaking Curley's hand with his fist. They all made a deal to cover it up and the story was Curly got his hand caught in a machine. Towards the end of the story Lennie was talking to Curley's wife in the barnyard, Curlys always said she was so lonely and never had anyone to talk to. Lennie talked to her and touched her hair, just like the rabbits being soft, Lennie loved her hair because it was soft and continued to touch it even after Curley's wife told him to stop, she started to panic and yelled out for help and Lennie got scared and covered her mouth trying to stop her from kicking and screaming, all the fighting and the struggling with her trying to get away and Lennie’s strength he accidentally snapped her...

“Of mice and men” is about people who are lonely, sad and in search of

Reading the novella and watching the movie Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, I noticed that they both had many similarities but also had some subtle differences. For example, I pictured Lennie in the book to have a more rounder face and darker hair. The book described his as big and round, but in the movie, while he was very tall, he was more slender than I would have imagined. He also had lighter hair in the movie.

In Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, there is a lot of evidence to show that the world is designed to prey on the weak. One character in particular, Crooks, is a very good example for this. Not only is he is a black man in the segregated 1930’s, he also has back problems. Because of this, people treat him like a lower class person than everyone else, though in the great depression nobody really had any money. One quote from the book to show this is when Curley’s wife says “I could get you strung up a tree so easy it ain’t even funny” (page 81) She uses her power over Crooks to put him into what society says is his place. He stood up for himself and she made sure that the used her power as one of the “strong” to put him back in line. Even after