Book Analysis: Of Mice and Men

A main theme shown thoughout the novel is innocence, even though it may not be noticable to many reader's. Lennie's mental disability yields him with child like characteristics such as his behavior, process of though, as well as a child's innocence. Which is apparent throughout the novel that innocence is the key theme. Lennie cried out suddenly—"I don' like this place, George. This ain't no good place. I wanna get outa here" (Chaper 1). This theme of innocence is incorporated throughout the novel not just with Lennie but also with many other characters and actions done by them. George is prime examples of innocence, due to fact that he's always watching over Lennie and cares for him deeply. Slim had not moved. His calm eyes followed Lennie out of the door. "Jesus," he said. "He's jes' like a kid, ain't he." "Sure, he's jes like a kid. There ain't no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he's so strong" (Chapter 3). "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, [often go awry]." It means that no matter how much of a good plan one makes, and how much thought one puts into doing something right, and try as hard as one can to get what one wants, sometimes it still doesn't happen. There are things one didn't plan for or couldn't know would happen. This quote has a very close realtionship with the novel, consiering from the very start the plan between George and Lennie goes absolutly wrong and never happens even though the planning between the two was minor it was what they wanted deeply. Shown from chapter one, George and Lennie already had a plan. "O.K. Someday—we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and—." Although Curley's wife may not be considered static, Curley's wife is essential to the plot. Therefore, she is not simply "unnamed" because she is insignificant. Curley's wife is unnamed for many reasons. She is first and for most not worthy of a name, a name implies that a