Of Mice and Men Controlled Assessment Draft

Of Mice and Men is an Ameri fuel novel written by deception Steinbeck about two unsettled workers who move from place to place. One itinerant worker holdd George is a small, smart, feel for worker. While on the contrary the other itinerant worker name Lennie is a huge, clumsy, naive character. The report card is set in a remote place a few miles south of Soledad. The south is normally the best place to live due to the climate of the area. Soledad is the Spanish word for loneliness and solitary.The two itinerant workers pursue their breathing in of getting their own farm. During their journey George and Lennie encounter many difficulties along the way. It was non peculiar for itinerant workers to suffer from loneliness, isolation and alienation. These three terms are the terms that allow be explained in my essay. hallucinations are another main factor in this book. George and Lennie have a dream that is the cornerstone of this book. Their dream is that they will live of the fatta the lan. This quote is a reference to the American Dream.In this case, the fat is a penny-pinching thing and fat has many properties and is usually the tastiest part of food, they in any case said that they will live of the fat. This authority that the fat is in abundance. The American dream which says you get what you deserve if you work very hard. The American Dream is almost a capitalist dream. Loneliness is defined to be someone who is sad and/or be companionless. Characters such as George, Lennie, Candy and Curleys wife all suffer from loneliness. George is lonely mainly beca role he is an itinerant worker which means he doesnt stay anywhere for long.George even confesses his loneliness by saying Guys want us, that work on spreades, are the loneliest guys in the world. This is when George talks to Lennie be brass the river. Lennie is another character that is caught in the trap of loneliness because of his disability and the fact that he ever so getting into troubl e. Candy is lonely as he only has his dog which eventually dies. Finally, Curleys wife is lonely as her wife Curley does not give her the attention she wants. Isolation means to separate or to force apart. he limb is irresolute smooth by men who have sat on it. Already, in the prototypical paragraph we can see the relationship between man and nature is not the best. Man seems to be destroying natures work. The characters that suffer from isolation are the likes of Crooks and Curleys wife. Alienation is term that is described to a person who is macrocosm withdrawn from the world or withdraws them self from the out nerve world. People often feel alienated as they are being shown disaffection by others. The favourites of Crooks and Curleys wife suffer from alienation.Crooks suffers from alienation as he is the only black person on the ranch, while Curleys wife suffers from alienation as she is called label like jailbait (from George) as she is eternally looking for a man and is u nfaithful to her husband Curley. The very first bit of knowledge we know about George is explained in this quote The first man was small and quick, menacing of face, with restless eyes and sharp, hearty features. The first person/people in something are always the to a greater extent dominant person as explained in this quote. restless eyes tells us that he is also a very alert man. Later in the book George also confesses his loneliness to the other ranchers. The other ranchers chiefly dont like confessing their own loneliness to others. Quotes like . George is a very father like figure to Lennie, to comfort Lennie he usually says (in this case about Curley) you keep away from Curley. George promised Lennies auntie Carla that he will look after Lennie like a father after she dies. One side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong Gablian Mountains. This quote explains the qualities of the two itinerant workers. The quote is saying that George is strong m entally and physically. God, youre a lot of trouble I could get along so blowzy and so nice if I didnt have you on my tail. George often loses his temper with Lennie. He knows that he is mentally stronger than Lennie meaning that he can do whatever he wants by himself but Lennie always restrains him. Crooks is a character in the book that gets quite a lot of stick from the other ranch workers. The type of loneliness he suffers from alienation.The two main reasons Crooks is alienated is because he is black and he is also disabled. The other ranchers use derogative terms like nigger and stable buck as a reference to Crooks. In those times they thought that it was alright to call black people any name that they desire. The book describes Crooks appearance as his body was bent to the left by his crooked spine. Since the Abrahamic religions started, the side to your left was considered dirty so, Steinbeck can use this for a reason for the other ranchers to hate Crooks as they will pro bably consider him dirty.As Crooks spends a lot of time by himself, he has the privilege of memory more prized possessions than the other ranchers as explained in the quote he had books, too a tattered vocabulary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905. You could say that Crooks was quite lucky as he had many possessions unlike all the ranchers as all they owned was a small apple box. Crooks is always the one being picked on for example one Christmas when all the other ranchers where trying to pick a fight with Crooks. Candy is another character in the book that is disabled.He is also one of the loneliest characters in the book. solely Candy has is an old dog. Candys dog is described Steinbeck uses quite a few techniques in the book. Some of the techniques include allegories and foreshadowing. The best example of an allegory in this book is when Lennie kills the innocent mouse, Candys dog is killed and then right at the end of the book Lennie is killed. This also foreshadowed what was going to happen to Lennie as he used to follow George around like a dog. When Candy had no use of his dog he decided to dispose of him. This just like what George did to Lennie.