Mice and Men Discrimination
Discrimination is not just based on skin color, but also on age and gender. A book that shows this is John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, a story about two friends, that have a dream to live on there own farm, Lennie Small and George Milton, who go to a farm where they see discrimination first hand. The victims of discrimination in this novel are: Crooks, a black stable buck; Curly's Wife, the farm owner's neglected daughter-in-law; and Candy, an old, disabled housekeeper. The most obvious form of discrimination is skin color. Crooks is discriminated because of his skin color. "They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I stink."(pg 34) This quote illustrates how the boys on the farm won't allow Crooks to play cards be
Many people were discriminated in the novel Of Mice and Men: Crooks, Curly's Wife and Candy, all for different reasons. In spite of this, Steinbeck knew that discrimination is a poison in the human heart. This is shown by the fact that all three characters insist that their rights be observed. Steinbeck, through Of Mice and Men, wrote to the world against the evils of discrimination. cause he's black. They discriminate against him by having him live in a little shack across from the "bunkhouse." Nobody ever really goes into his shack "...You go on get outa my room. I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse..."(pg 33). This quote shows how he isn't allowed to live in the bunkhouse. These incidents clearly prove that Crooks has been discriminated against. The Man discriminated by his age i
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