How does Steinbeck reveal the State of the US in the 1930s in “Of Mice and Men?”
Steinbeck reveals rascism and segregation of black people in America at this time through “Of Mice and Men” and in this passage. Steinbeck shows the importance of relationship, we can see this through George and Lennie’s and also the unsentimental features faced from being a migrant worker.
Throughout “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck shows very pragmatic scenes, such as the killing of Candy’s dog, who now “stinks” and Carlson says “he ain’t no good to you” due to heaving “rheumatism” and “He don’t have no fun.” Carlson, in fact takes in the idea of shooting the dog despite Candy’s obvious attraction to the dog who was “the best damn sheep dog I ever seen,” this pragmatic approach of shooting the dog is also later scene in the ranch when Slim “drowned four” puppies “right off” because the dog “couldn’t feed that many,” showing a casual attitude towards life and death, and a very unsentimental one.
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A well-structured personal response which uses some very good examples to support its points. Extremely good reference to all the elements of drama and staging with these being linked on several occasions to their effect on the audience. All the main background to the play and its origin is clearly outlined in the introduction. An area for development would be to offer a more detailed synopsis regarding the two men and why they are in the feature and the main differences between both. The writer offers some details regarding the woman in black whilst avoiding spoilers which is also a commendable feature in the response. There is a need to proof-read in order to amend errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. ****