Journal on John Steinbeck “Of mice and men”

After having read the description of the novel, my expectations were that this would have been a typical story of a expert ending, no matter how stir the suspension dots In the end may make the plot expect to be. However, upon reading It, It was becoming cle arr that Steinbeck use of certain details and foreshadowing In the text was already suggesting the outcome resulting otherwise. For example at the very first base the name of the town Leonie and George were going through, Scolded, already makes the reader think that the position is connected with solitary, seclusion.These guys have a dream together, that Leonie likes to be repeated to him by George. They want to earn enough m singley to buy a farm, and die off the fat the Ian with Leonie tending the rabbits. A common during their days, American Dream. It did reckon that they could have achieved it, until the first foreshadowing came into place. When when was mentioned Liens enjoyment of touching nice-looking, soft objects / material. That got him In trouble at a previous farm where George and Leonie were working on, when he Just cute to feel a girls dress, and he was too simple(a) o let go of It, when the girl began to protest.The novel started with George and Leonie running out-of-door from the previous farm to work In another one, In sight to escape persecution and to start earning for their American dream. New individual characters then came into contact Candy, Crooks, Curler, and Curlers wife but it would be more appropriate to calculate the main characters Leonie and George first. Leonie is a strong, tall, but a mentally handicapped gentlemans gentleman, who trusts and admires George completely. He was perhaps a rather simple character, but one that arises sympathy beat of his defensiveness against Curlers aggression, and taunts from Curlers wife.George can be described as exact opposite of Leonie, be short-tempered, quick-witted but nevertheless condole with for Leonie. Even though he showed frustration numerous times because he couldnt fully enjoy bread and butter as he had to look after Leonie, he was devoted In protecting Leonie from trouble until the very end. Candy was an ageing worker that disordered halls hand In an accident on that farm, and was expecting from day-to-day to be laid-off because of his disability. Just like his weenie was shot by Carlson, after the dog was too old to be useful in his opinion.He also wanted to contribute in George and Leonie getting a farm, and seemed to believe that it was going to be possible rase after Leonie unintentionally killed Curlers wife. Crooks was a black man with a crooked back, smart, but always left out of from the workers company, and therefore, highly lonely. He admitted that when Leonie came into his room and started talking to him. He was one of the vulnerable fibre of characters, but like Curlers wife, turns that vulnerability into a weapon and attacks characters who argon make up lower than hi mself, like Leonie.He suggested to Leonie that George wouldnt come back and the dreadful possibilities and asked what would Leonie do then. until now It seemed that the discrimination Is what made him a little cruel and lonely In that sense. Curler represented an evil character In the novel, being overbearing and always trying to pick take the fields, especially with guys bigger than him. He was fight with Leonie for no particular reason, Leonie smashes every bone in his hand in self-defense. Curlers wife was described by other characters as a sailing boat or a tart.She was unhappily married and out of boredom and loneliness walked around the inch and flirted with the other workers. Her death from Liens hands caused an end to George and Liens American dream. Carlson was the type of character, who, after working for years in the farm and caring only about himself became selfish to the point where he couldnt understand what knowledge simply meant. He shot Candys old dog because h e byword that it only as useless, and &1115stinking, even though that was the only relay link Candy had. There were many themes presented in the novel, some of which strongly describe the grim aspects of human nature.Nearly all the harasser Of Mice and Men including George, Leonie, Candy, Crooks, and Curlers wife, admit, at one time or another, to have a sense of loneliness and isolation. That is what assortment of connects them all. Each of them desires the comfort of a friend, but will settle for the thoughtful ear of a stranger. Curlers wife admits to Candy, Crooks, and Leonie that she is unhappily married, and Crooks tells Leonie that life is no good without a companion to turn to in times of confusion and need. The characters are depressed by their isolation, and yet, even at their weakest, they seek to intimidate those who are even weaker than they.Another theme is the impossibility of the American Dream. Many characters George, Leonie, Candy, Crooks and even Curlers wife had dreams that became unrealistic in the novel. George and Liens dream of owning a farm, which would enable them to corroborate themselves, and, most important, offer them protection from the cruel world, represents a typical American ideal. Curlers wifes death, which awakens George to the impossibility of this dream, and sadly proves that the bitter Crooks is right, such paradises of freedom, contentment, and safety are something not to be found in this world.