Of Mice And Men Prejudice Analysis
Prejudice
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” (Maya Angelou). Prejudice comes in many forms and it affects people very differently. Prejudice is negative feelings for someone or a group of people, its discriminating them because of the group that they are associated with. Some forms of prejudice includes racism, sexism, and homophobia. The victims of prejudice are affected way more than the one who is being prejudice. It affects them mentally, physically, and socially. Prejudice is almost always based off stereotypes and when someone forms opinions off of stereotypes they are discriminating against them.
One form of prejudice is racism. Its when someone makes negative …show more content…
Even in today's society people still like to assume that people who are mentally and physically handicapped can't do the same things normal functioning people can. In the book there was a quote that stated “I used to play jokes on him. I had fun with him. I used to play jokes on him because he was too dumb to take care of himself.”(Steinbeck 40). Some of our greatest minds are handicapped such as Stephen Hawking. He is a world renowned English theoretical physicist, he has proven that people who are mentally and physically handicapped can achieve the same things as any other individual.
Of mice and men was written a long time ago and demonstrated a variety of prejudice comments such as racism, sexism, and degrading of mentally handicapped people. Prejudice is still as big of an issue as it is in today's world as it was when (date move of men was written) I don't think that prejudice comments will ever go away because it is how we judge people and judging is something that we are wired to do. It has now become a part of a normal way of thinking and will be passed on throughout the generations. “The human mind must think with the aid of categories… We cannot possibly avoid this
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” (Maya Angelou). Prejudice comes in many forms and it affects people very differently. Prejudice is negative feelings for someone or a group of people, its discriminating them because of the group that they are associated with. Some forms of prejudice includes racism, sexism, and homophobia. The victims of prejudice are affected way more than the one who is being prejudice. It affects them mentally, physically, and socially. Prejudice is almost always based off stereotypes and when someone forms opinions off of stereotypes they are discriminating against them.
One form of prejudice is racism. Its when someone makes negative …show more content…
Even in today's society people still like to assume that people who are mentally and physically handicapped can't do the same things normal functioning people can. In the book there was a quote that stated “I used to play jokes on him. I had fun with him. I used to play jokes on him because he was too dumb to take care of himself.”(Steinbeck 40). Some of our greatest minds are handicapped such as Stephen Hawking. He is a world renowned English theoretical physicist, he has proven that people who are mentally and physically handicapped can achieve the same things as any other individual.
Of mice and men was written a long time ago and demonstrated a variety of prejudice comments such as racism, sexism, and degrading of mentally handicapped people. Prejudice is still as big of an issue as it is in today's world as it was when (date move of men was written) I don't think that prejudice comments will ever go away because it is how we judge people and judging is something that we are wired to do. It has now become a part of a normal way of thinking and will be passed on throughout the generations. “The human mind must think with the aid of categories… We cannot possibly avoid this