Prejudice is a vicious cycle. People all over the world every day experience being made fun of because of race, smarts, gender, height, etc. In the book Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, Steinbeck emphasizes the way people are prejudice and how it can make people feel unequal. This book is about two…
In two of John Steinbeck’s novels, The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, there are many differences and similarities. The novels tell about people with problems and what they are doing to get through them or how they are solving them. The thing that is noticeable in both of these novels is Steinbeck’s…
What is depth, and what does it mean? Depth is the extent, the intensity; depth is a distinct level of detail. When someone talks about depth of characterization, they are talking about the level of intensity that someone is using in order to describe a character. John Ernst Steinbeck, in The Pearl, Of Mice and…
This classic is set in 1930’s California and tells of an unlikely pair of optimistic laborers who work the dusty vegetable fields of California. Their names are Lennie Small and George Milton… with George being the leader. Lennie is a man of tremendous size, but due to a mental shortcoming had the mind of a…
Loneliness is the core of a broken soul. It feeds on exile and hate. It engulfs dreams, pleasures and certain futures. Those who live with loneliness everyday cannot express how deep of a feeling it is to have everything you enjoy crushed by the absence of companionship. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck…
Setting: Steinbeck’s novel deals with the plight of migrant labourers in California during the Great Depression. Characters: the focus is on two migrant workers, George and Lennie Chapter 1 – establishes relationship between the two primary characters George – a rational realist Lennie – simplistic and child like George cares for Lennie, consistently scolds and…
