Essay On Of Mice And Men

Essay on "Of Mice and Men"

In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses stereotypes and discrimination to convey a message
of how the characters feel. A lot of the stereotypes and clichés are just common beliefs of the times, but a
few are situational. To quote a quite distinguished reader, "Characters are ‘trapped’- either by what others
think of them, or by their situation." A lot of the character’s feelings about themselves and what others
think of them will lead to loneliness.

Crooks is a character who is mistreated in many ways because he is black. Crooks is the stable buck of
the barn. It’s not certain whether Crooks is his name, or his nickname, but we know he got kicked in the
back by a horse and had a crooked back ever since. Nevertheless he gets yelled at by the boss every time
something’s wrong. " ‘The boss gives him hell when he’s mad. But the stable buck don’t give a damn
about that,’ " says Candy, p.32. Crooks also isn’t allowed in the bunk houses because people say he stinks.
Crooks talks with Lennie in the book, "Crooks laughed again. ‘A guy can talk to you an’ be sure you won’t
go blabbin’." p.78. This most likely makes Crooks feel not wanted at all, Which roots to loneliness.

Lennie is not so much stereotyped, but rather trapped because of his size. Because Lennie is so big,
Curley thinks he has to prove something by beating up Lennie. Lennie gets on Curley’s bad side when he
didn’t do anything wrong. Lennie is th...

Essay On Of Mice And Men

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