Mental health should be a possiblity when someone you see isn t responding to social cues. Steinbeck has brought that idea to the forefront. This could be due to trauma, physical abuse, or a numerous amount of mental health issues. When it comes to the two men, Lennie is a child at heart. When Curly always aggressively attacks him Lennie doesn’t put up a fight. He doesn’t want to hurt anybody and has a mind of a child. Despite his strenght he is kind yet ignoratn. Don’t Judge a Book by it’s CoverĪlthough Lennie seems intimidating and big, he is a clueless sweetheart who just wants a nice home with George. But even though the American Dream is a good thing, we also can learn that its unattainable and just striving for it is rewarding. Even when things become difficult, their dream inspires them to keep moving forward and find solutions behind their situations. As the story progresses this dream fuels them to work hard and find opportunity where they can. It was just theirs and they can have a place to live and create profit with their farm. Lennie and George had this wonderful dream to own a farmhouse and have a beautiful garden with bunnies scurrying around. Racism has been in the 1930s and to me that teaches me how even with hisotrical times, we need to destroy racism. But John Steinbeck teaches us that racism is not okay. The boss’s son Curly would always make offensive comments towards Crooks and be rude and aggressive to all the workers. Given his status in the 1930s he always had to have his guard up, hence his rudeness towards Lennie and George. Crooks was a proud bitter man who always was cautious. Crooks was isolated from the other ranch hands becuase he was black. Racism was seen throughout the book when it came to the character Crooks.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck