Book Review of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Essay

Book Review of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - Essay moralThat is why he needs George to make sure that he does non get into trouble, or to get him out of trouble. George always knew of the social expectation and limitations of their status. And so, throughout the story, George and Lennie struggled against these social forces that block their dream of having a farm of their own. The dream of having their own farm symbolizes their dream of being free. The ending of the story demonstrates that not all dreams push aside be fulfilled, not because we stop doing something about it, but because there are certain social factors that cannot be easily defeated. Examples of these are discrimination, prejudice and assumptions. Steinback employ Lennies character as the anchor of the story. The plot revolves around Lennies strength and love of soft things. It was Lennies love for soft things that led two friends to locution for another job since they escaped their previous one. It was also L ennies strength and love for soft things that ended their dream of having their own farm. Steinback cleverly used Lennies weaknesses to strengthen Georges character. Because Lennie had a mental incapacity, George became the brain of the two friends. He became the one responsible for their actions. In the end, it was George who destroyed Lennies dream by swelled him the freedom from the social restrictions placed on them. Steinback also created other characters to negatively and positively reinforce the main characters strengths and weaknesses. But more than that, he used them to stop the picture of the human society, especially during those times. There was a lot of discrimination taking place. Particularly discrimination because of gender like of Curleys wife, because of Crooks race and because of sure-enough(a) age and handicap of Candy. Steinbacks story revealed the impact of discrimination on people and how this might lead to their own failures in life. He used his characters to get what he believed what was happening in the society without blatantly indicating what should and should not happen to amplify the discrimination. The plot is perfectly structured, in the sense, that it does not not confuse the reader. It is linear, message it tells the story of the two friends in a straightforward fashion. But Steinbacks style used the reader to interpret the story. While he told the story, he did not reveal the characters thoughts, only their actions and their words. The narration was initially introduced, but only to open the scene. It were the characters who described each other, who told the reader what was going on in the story. It did not key the secret thoughts of the characters, rather it urged the reader to dig deep within himself to understand what was going on in the story. The use of dialogues emphasized the real-like nature of the characters allowing them to breathe and live. The prominent format how Steinback opened and closed the scene, lik e zooming in and out through the camera lens, highlighted the way how characters might have looked at their lives. The circular pattern of disruption and closing scenes stressed that we continuously open and close our doors in our lives. And this also highlighted the need for people to accept and let go things that we couldnt move on if we continue to stay in one position. Steinback also used foreshadowing, although maybe a bit too much, to emphasize connections between one scene to another. It was used to tie up the entire story together and without foreshadowing the story