Themes In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Of Mice and Men is an exciting book written by John Steinbeck, first published in 1937. The story is set during the Great Depression and follows two migrant workers, George and Lennie, as they travel through California in search of work. John Steinbeck utilizes symbolism, imagery, foreshadowing, and repetition to compare how Lennie and George are motivated by their dreams to show how powerful a dream can be even if the dream is unattainable. Steinbeck uses symbolism to show just how powerful having a goal can be in a character's life. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck utilizes Lennie and George’s dream of owning a farm to represent how a goal can impact a group of people.

After reading this book, I found myself shocked, and almost in a daze.  From beginning to near end, this book talked about George, Lennie, and then Candy saving up their money and buying a huge plot of land.   However, all of their future plans were destroyed from the moment Curley’s wife let Lennie stroke her hair.  It was in that moment that I could first foresee the horror of the events to come, and why this story is called, by some, tragic.

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In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, he writes about how two migrant ranch partners, George and Lennie, endure many challenges by describing how they work together to fulfill a planned dream. The dream gets cut short through a tragic event that leaves everyone asking why. Steinbeck wants his readers to understand the challenges George faced taking care of Lennie after his Aunt Clara dies. Good friends watch out for others, but great friends stick up for others. George and Lennie faced fear, found safety in each other, had a great friendship, and faced reality together throughout Steinbeck’s novella.

Of Mice and Men is a novel about two friends who are chasing the American dream. The two main characters are George and Lennie. George and Lennie are best friends who travel to work. George is a smaller man but possess some intelligence. In contrast, Lennie is physically larger and stronger than George, but is not too bright and needs guidance.

The initial paragraphs of John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men introduces Lennie and George, two men living on the road, in search of a job. Both men have dreams of their own and depend on each other in order to achieve them. George takes care of Lennie, who is mentally incapable, while Lennie provides company to George. These men wander around hoping to achieve the American Dream. They continue to go after it, without realizing that they will never be able to obtain it.

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