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Mind Map by Beatrice Lennon, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Beatrice Lennon
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OMAM THEMES.
- Lonliness
- we see this isolation when the
ranch hands go into town on
Saturday night to ease their
loneliness with alcohol and women.
- Steinbeck explores the
relationship of
loneliness to a human
being by his three
characters: Crooks,
Candy, and Curly’s wife.
- These characters are an example of how loneliness
can affect a person’s life forever. Crooks is one of the
loneliness characters in the book and it is because of
prejudice that he suffers this exile.
- The fellow workers on the Ranch cause Crooks not to be a part
of their group because of the racism that existed in society in
that particular time period.
- These characters are an example of how loneliness
can affect a person’s life forever. Crooks is one of the
loneliness characters in the book and it is because of
prejudice that he suffers this exile.
- Steinbeck explores the
relationship of
loneliness to a human
being by his three
characters: Crooks,
Candy, and Curly’s wife.
- George's taking care of Lennie and the dream
of the farm are attempts to break the pattern
of loneliness that is part of the human
condition.
- Similarly, Lennie's desire to pet soft
things comes from his need to feel safe
and secure, to touch something that
gives him that feeling of not being alone
in the world
- "Aint many guys travel around
together"
- "Guys like us, that work on ranches,
are the loneliest guys in the world."
- we see this isolation when the
ranch hands go into town on
Saturday night to ease their
loneliness with alcohol and women.
- American Dream.
- the American Dream is symbolized by George
and Lennie's desire for their own piece of land
- “live off the fatta the lan”
- symbolizes the concrete ways in which the American
Dream serves as an idealized goal for poor and
working-class Americans even in the darkest and hardest
of times.
- symbolizes the concrete ways in which the American
Dream serves as an idealized goal for poor and
working-class Americans even in the darkest and hardest
of times.
- Its symbolised through different
characters e.g. Curley's Wifes failed
dream to be an actress in Hollywood.
- the American Dream is symbolized by George
and Lennie's desire for their own piece of land
- Companionship.
- there is also a strong sense of the death of companionship within
it, Candy and his dog and George both experience the death of
their companionship within the story.
- illustrates how companionship is the most
significant theme in the book and how everyone
needs companionship whether they know it or
not.
- Curley's wife is looked at as a bad person but she just
wanted companionship.
- “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look
after you.” – Lennie
- It reflects a companionship that was rare in 1930s
America. George and Lennie are unique in the sense
that they have someone to look after them.
- It reflects a companionship that was rare in 1930s
America. George and Lennie are unique in the sense
that they have someone to look after them.
- there is also a strong sense of the death of companionship within
it, Candy and his dog and George both experience the death of
their companionship within the story.
- Death and violence.
- Violence in the novel is physical,
psychological, and emotional.
- Curley is described as pugnacious.
- Candy explains thar Curley often
picks on big guys.
- Candy explains thar Curley often
picks on big guys.
- Carlson is another character associated with
violence. He is unconcerned about killing
Candy's dog (and in fact callously cleans the
gun in Candy's presence).
- The last words in the book belong
to Carlson, and it is little surprise
that they reveal his complete
inability to understand George's
feelings about the death of Lennie
- The last words in the book belong
to Carlson, and it is little surprise
that they reveal his complete
inability to understand George's
feelings about the death of Lennie
- Compared to the other characters, Lennie reveals an unintentional violence.
- He does not even think to fight back when Curley
attacks him, but when he does, it is with immense and
uncontrollable force.
- He has so little control over his own strength that he accidentally
kills his puppy, and then minutes later snuffs out the life of Curley's
wife.
- It is the threat of violence to be used against Lennie that
causes George to take the final step of killing his friend.
- He does not even think to fight back when Curley
attacks him, but when he does, it is with immense and
uncontrollable force.
- Violence in the novel is physical,
psychological, and emotional.
- Discrimination.
- Three characters that are majorly suffering from
discrimination in of mice and men are Crooks,
Curley's wife and Lennie
- Crooks is forcefully suffering from racism as he's
beaten and abused through physical abuse and
racial threats provocative loneliness and being
inferior that ruins his hopes and dreams.
- Lennie is constantly being teased by all people
besides Curley's Wife. Even Crooks ( a negro)
undermines Lennie when they meet in the barn.
- Already Curley's Wife is discriminated by not even being
told her own name, she is objectified and is always trying
to find a way not to be lonely by always asking 'have you
guys seen Curley'.
- Crooks is forcefully suffering from racism as he's
beaten and abused through physical abuse and
racial threats provocative loneliness and being
inferior that ruins his hopes and dreams.
- "…You go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the
bunk house, and you ain’t wanted in my room." "Why
ain’t you wanted?" Lennie asked. "’Cause I’m black…"
(4.10-11)
- Lennie can’t fathom racial prejudice. Lennie
doesn’t think of Crooks as being different
from himself.
- Lennie can’t fathom racial prejudice. Lennie
doesn’t think of Crooks as being different
from himself.
- Three characters that are majorly suffering from
discrimination in of mice and men are Crooks,
Curley's wife and Lennie
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