Of Mice and Men †Themes And Issues Essay

In the book Of Mice and manpower the writer John Steinbeck keeps returning to the subject of bleakness. By doing this he is trying to put through to us how they (George and Lennie) must feel, with no money, scraps of food, no where to sleep until they do transmit a job in the vitamin B House.In there they still feel a little lonely with other barn workers there. They sit there in silence. He fell morosely silent. If George was to go out with other workers, Lennie would be left alone with no one to talk to, as an example of loneliness. Lennie would just walk around and in one case he goes to Crooks bunk. You got no right to come in my room Crooks says to Lennie, in this case it makes him a little lonelier, being not accepted because he would not know why he isnt allowed in there.Another example of loneliness is Curleys married woman. She feels lonely and never has anyone to talk to. When the boys go out one evening, Lennie is left alone in the barn house, where he is feeling lonel y playing with a puppy that was new-born. He killed it like he kills all the mice. Curleys wife enters the barn and sits by Lennie. They talk for a while about their lifestyles when Curleys wife mentions Its ok for you, youve got the guys to talk to, I aint got no one to talk to. (Page 85) I get lonely. Here John Steinbeck is explaining to us, the readers that there is a lot of loneliness in the barns. He does this to show how valuable George and Lennies relationship is because all the migrant workers do not have relationships. So this shows how important it really is, because they are a companionship which means they will always be there for one another, the workers will not.When Curleys wife says she gets lonely, she is trying to get Lennie to listen to her. In the same conversation between Curleys wife and Lennie she says Why cant I talk to you, all the guys got a tournament going on, they aint gonna leave that tenement. I get awfully lonely. Once again John Steinbeck is tellin g us, how lonely Curleys wife gets. She on the dot wants someone to talk to, I can only talk to Curley and he gets boring, she hints. Steinbeck really tries to get through to us readers explaining the loneliness and isolation in this book.Crooks and edulcorate are also very lonely. Crooks because he is Black and has to keep himself to himself and has no one to talk to because of his colour mainly.Candy would also be lonely because he also keeps himself to himself and only really has his dog. After his dog is shot he is extremely lonely, for example he lies on his bed and stares at the ceiling.In Of Mice and Men there is also a threat of violence and lots of violence. Violence is hinted earlier in the story, in Weed where Lennie was feeling the girls dress and wouldnt let go which made her very scared, and made him angry.Also, the mice that Lennie kills, because he strokes them to hard shows that he doesnt realize his deliver strength. One main piece of violence may be when Lenni e killed Curleys wife, breaking her neck. The readers all know that Lennie did not mean it, he is harmless. But just a little too strong for his own good. Lennie likes to feel soft things and was feeling Curleys wifes hair when he started to shake her so she wouldnt scream, Lennie shook her so hard that he that he broke her neck.Another piece of violence was when Lennie broke all the bones in Curleys hand. He did this unintentionally too, but Curley was punching and swinging at Lennie so much, George shouted Get im Lennie, and in self-defense, Lennie broke all Curleys bones in his hand.A threat of violence, a main one was by and by Lennie had killed Curleys wife. Curley was screaming and shouting Im gonna bust him up, Im gonna shoot his guts out when I find him. Curley is furious at Lennie for killing his wife, and is telling the boys when he finds him, hes going to die. Curley in this book is probably the biggest threat of violence, maybe he likes a punch-up, or a fight, and he su re is hungry to kill Lennie.In conclusion, John Steinbeck writes this book well, and I think knows what we (the readers) want to read. I think he keeps repeating loneliness and violence because he doesnt want anyone to experience it themselves. This book is very well written and is a good example of lots of things, i.e. Prejudice, Violence and loneliness.