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Of Mice And Men

Equality has never truly existed in this world. Take the United States for example. From the Declaration of Independence to modern times, the U.S legal system has failed all attempts at making the world equal. Justice is blinded by the domination of gender differences, social classes and racial differences. As long as mankind exists, prejudice and discrimination will exist along with them. Likewise, the novel, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, focuses on these social issues during the Great Depression. During this time, grief fell upon all people. Steinbeck uses each character to express the different attitudes and personalities in relation to how a person is treated in the society. Lennie, Curley’s wife and Crooks have in common a sense of loneliness brought on by prejudice and discrimination.

Firstly, Lennie is isolated from other men on the ranch because of his mental disability, which does not allow him to participate in any social activities. Lennie is not wanted in the activities that other men do and is usually left behind. For example, the men does not include him when they play horseshoes; “From outside came the clang of horseshoes on the playing peg and the shouts of men, playing, encouraging, jeering”


Thirdly, Crooks is isolated because he is black, and as a result, he is segregated from most activities. Crooks reveals that he is lonely when he says, “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”(p.72-73). This clearly shows that his isolation affects him as a person. An example of an activity that he is not allowed to take part in is playing card games. He says, “cause I’m black, they play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black, they say I stink.”(p.68). Furthermore, he is forced to feel inferior because of his skin color. This is clearly shown when Curley’s wife says, “Well, you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.”(p.81). Crooks is threatened because during that time, a lot of black people were getting lynched for no reason. Once more, this proves that discrimination can affect any person enormously.

Secondly, because Curley’s wife is not allowed to socialize with other men and receives prejudgement as a troublemaker, she is in isolation and is rejected by others. Curley’s wife feels lonely because Curley prevents her from socializing with any other men on the ranch. When she talks to Lennie in the barn, she says, “I get lonely. You can talk

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