The Theme Of Independence In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men Coursework

How does Steinbeck show us that the rights in the Declaration

Independence were very difficult to achieve in the world of his novel?

Section One

At the time the novel ‘Of mice and Men’ was written the country was experience what became known as the Great Depression. This involved the collapse of the New York Wall Street stock market in 1929; which entered the U.S in a prolonged period of economic depression which it only ended with the onset of the World War 2 in 1939. During this period of harsh poverty, there was loss of businesses, and long-term unemployment, many migrant workers came to California from the other parts of America in search of employment. The majority of workers retreating at California

For the reason that, Lennie’s, Aunt Clara, had left him for George and so with George being put in a parental position with a mentally immature middle- aged man. Therefore, being forced in a sense to let go off his dreams and hopes in a world of inequality to look after Lennie.

Section Four

How nauseating would it be if, you lived in a world full of rabbits, mice, furry creatures living with you on a farm? Well, that is the dream of Lennie Small, the appearance of this character is entirely diverse to his mentally as a man. Lennie is described in the book as ‘a giant of a man and ‘ponderous in his gait with the mind of a young child. Similarly to Georges’ dream, in view of the fact that they are both derived from the same initiative as the American Dream. Their dream fits in with the American dream because for the period of that time everyone in America, who was working, was working towards a goal.

Often these goals were to earn enough money in order to buy their own piece of land including a ranch. Nevertheless, Lennie’s condition had not been found at the time, basically everyone around him

He is described as a tall, stoop- shouldered old man. He tends to normally wear blue jeans and carries a broom in his first scene, with his ‘bristly, white whiskers.’ Candy is the person who offers to help out with George and Lennie’s dream. He found likeliness in their dream when, one of the other ranch hands, Carlson, shot CandyÂ’s only companion his ‘bitch’ dog. Furthermore, with Candy’s dog being shot it shows us that he is infact very lonely , hid dog is his company and his equivalent of a friend, ‘I had im since he was a pup.’ Since all the men are alone as well they feel no sympathy for him when his dog is shot as he pleads with them to let the subject drop, ‘I’m so used to him’’ and ‘he was the best damn sheepdog I ever seen.’ This leads to Candy reluctantly wanting to join George and Lennie’s dream of owning their own ranch, by actually financially helping them out, he offers his money George and Lennie to buy the property because ‘I ainÂ’t got no relatives nor nothing.’ Candy believes this because he knows that, hi future is more loneliness then death, ‘They’ll can me purty soon… I won’t have no place to go