Of Mice And Men Allegory
Of Mice and Men feels like an allegory, with each character possessing a specific trait that represents something or some group in society. So, is the book just a heavy-handed lecture about how nasty people are to each other. Are all of these wrongs (racism, sexism, discrimination) treated as equally evil? Or are the characters real, individual people, rather than being merely types/symbols? This is not in your own words...what’s up with that???
Of Mice and Men is a realistic fiction novel written by John Steinbeck. Lennie Small, unlike his name, is an overweight migrant field worker lacking much intelligence. He has a difficult time controlling his anger which eventually leads to him getting killed at the end of the book. George Milton, …show more content…
(Why can’t he control himself?) Lennie is carelessly talking with the ranch owner’s wife about the future ranch that he and George are going to own. Lennie and the wife have a disagreement about the animals that are going to be roaming on Lennie and George’s future farm so he starts getting physical and breaks her neck which eventually kills her. Once the farm owner finds out, he is so devastated to the point that he shoots Lennie. Lennie is the character of foolishness and immaturity while the ranch owner represents violence and power. He does something that is in his nature, and then he gets shot. This is the point of the book when all the characters realize that one must think before their actions.
When Lennie kills the farm owner’s wife and suffers the consequences, the rest of the farm workers realize that they should think before their actions. As one can conclude, Of Mice and Men is a novel written to “pinpoint” parts of life that are unfair and cruel such as racism, power, negativity, violence and foolishness. The characters in of Mice and Men are individuals with differing personalities and …show more content…
Your thesis is not clear and it’s not in a structure that helps me understand the story. When do the characters learn this lesson? That should be a paragraph. Also whenever you write about a book, you must put events in present
Of Mice and Men is a realistic fiction novel written by John Steinbeck. Lennie Small, unlike his name, is an overweight migrant field worker lacking much intelligence. He has a difficult time controlling his anger which eventually leads to him getting killed at the end of the book. George Milton, …show more content…
(Why can’t he control himself?) Lennie is carelessly talking with the ranch owner’s wife about the future ranch that he and George are going to own. Lennie and the wife have a disagreement about the animals that are going to be roaming on Lennie and George’s future farm so he starts getting physical and breaks her neck which eventually kills her. Once the farm owner finds out, he is so devastated to the point that he shoots Lennie. Lennie is the character of foolishness and immaturity while the ranch owner represents violence and power. He does something that is in his nature, and then he gets shot. This is the point of the book when all the characters realize that one must think before their actions.
When Lennie kills the farm owner’s wife and suffers the consequences, the rest of the farm workers realize that they should think before their actions. As one can conclude, Of Mice and Men is a novel written to “pinpoint” parts of life that are unfair and cruel such as racism, power, negativity, violence and foolishness. The characters in of Mice and Men are individuals with differing personalities and …show more content…
Your thesis is not clear and it’s not in a structure that helps me understand the story. When do the characters learn this lesson? That should be a paragraph. Also whenever you write about a book, you must put events in present