Themes in Of Mice and Men
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- Themes in Of Mice and Men
- Human Fragility
- Lennie's mice are used as a motif that echoes his vulnerability
- Humanity is small and fragile in comparison with the forces that control our lives
- Joy is something to be snatched while possible, but is not something that most humans ever achieve for long
- Dreams and Reality
- Curley's Wife dreamt of being a movie star; it was destroyed
- Prejudice and Discrimination
- Old age
- Candy- he is often isolated and ignored by the other
- Disability
- Candy- he is often isolated and ignored by the other
- Racial Prejudice
- Crooks- He is intelligent, reads books, and needs companionship; however he is denied these due to being black.
- He is just like any other human being
- Crooks- He is intelligent, reads books, and needs companionship; however he is denied these due to being black.
- Old age
- Loneliness
- Steinbeck sees it as part of the human condition, something we are born with and have to either fight or succumb to all our lives
- Steinbeck makes the reader realise that things cannot and will not change
- George and lennie stave it off by their relationship
- It embitters Candy and Crooks
- Curley's Wife is trapped in a loveless marriage
- Steinbeck sees it as part of the human condition, something we are born with and have to either fight or succumb to all our lives
- Relationships
- Relationships often end in pain/sadness and don't last
- George and Lennie
- Candy and his dog
- Curley and Curley's Wife
- The proposed partnership between George, Lennie, and Candy
- The happiest people in the novella aren't in any kind of relationship
- Slim, Carlson, and the Boss
- Relationships often end in pain/sadness and don't last
- Human Fragility
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