Of Mice and Men
In the classic novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, there are several literaryelements conveyed. One major literary element that is implied in the story is theme.Theme plays a major role because it conveys the message that the author is trying tocommunicate to the reader about life and labor during the great depression. By using theliterary element known as theme, Mr. Steinbeck can convey his feelings aboutagricultural labor in California through the eyes of his characters Lennie and George. Many characters throughout the story Of Mice and Men can be characterized asbeing mentally or physically handicapped. One such character is the swamper Candy. Inthe novel Candy gets his hand caught in a machine. In return for his hand being lost,Candy was given two hundred and fifty dollars and grief because he would never be ableto use his hand again due to medical science of the time. While talking to George in the
One of the main characters in the story, Lennie, is handicapped mentally. When he asks for ketchup with his beans and doesn't get it, he throws atantrum and talks about moving to a cave where he could catch and keep a mouse andlive there by himself. Unlike the other people's handicaps, he has away of fixing his. George decided take care of his pal Lennie and in doing so had to dealwith the same problems as Lennie. Inthe end though George has to kill Lennie to save him from what was planned which wasa lynching. When he found out that Lennie killed the owner's son's wife by mistake, he had toprotect him as best as he could even if it meant killing him as a means of protection. 13 Lennie has a fascination about soft material andfurs. Everytime Lennie did something at a job, he had tokeep moving along even if he didn't do anything. George truly fixed his handicap but in a way that he didn't want. Finally, instead of checking the water for impurities, he just drinks it like a dogdoes. 12 Lennie's battles was George's also until the end of thestory. George ashort man with high hopes about owning a farm had both mental and physical disabilityinflicted on him from his acquaintance Lennie. "God a'mighty, if I was alone I couldlive so easy.
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