The Effects Of Isolation In Of Mice And Men

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The Effects Of Isolation In Of Mice And Men   

In this essay I will be writing about the period of American depression in the 1990’s affected the different types of people who lived and how differently they were treated and why this was. Many men travelled around in hope to seek their dream of having a nice piece of land for themselves. These men (travellers) normally travelled alone so they were isolated for a long time.

Isolation was a big problem in them days as no one would stay with anyone who they previously worked with or any of their family, this is where George and Lennie stand out from everyone else in ‘of mice and men’ because they both travel together from place to place.

Firstly I am going to write about Lennie and George and how they are isolated from the other characters in ‘of mice and men’. The two main characters first come into the story together and are looking for the place where they are going to work when they are there they are both very cautious because Lennie is very simple minded and always gets them run out of places, George wants him to be quiet on this job. They are isolated from the other characters because they travel alone and other men do not like that and get very suspicious E.G when the boss comes into the bunk house George was keeping Lennie quiet to be safe and the boss comes out with this ‘I said what stake you got in this guy? You taking his pay away from him?’ so already they have been isolated for being new to the ranch and have to start to get known and to have as much support as they can. Lennie is more of an isolated than George because he falls into the outcasts group because no one can really talk to him because he can’t remember anything they say to him ‘jus talks on, an you don’t know what the hell its all about?’ this is when Lennie is talking to the stable buck ‘Crooks’ also referred to as a ‘nigger’ in earlier part of the book. Lennie can’t understand why Crooks is left out of all the games and has to sleep in his own separate house Crooks explains that he is on his own because he is black but Lennie doesn’t care, crooks likes this about Lennie and carries on talking. Lennie is also left out of the games and things because he is very simple minded and acts just like a child he only wants to be friends but he gets very violent when he is scared and just holds onto things like when he was feeling Curley’s wives hair she asks him to let go but he doesn’t so she starts to yell out for hell so in a desperate attempt to shut her up he breaks her neck by pulling her around the stable by her hair, Lennie gets very scared and runs off into the brush and eventually gets shot by George.

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Crooks is a black man that experiences isolation because the people around him are very racist. He gets very emotional when Lennie asks him about why he wasn’t playing cards and this is what he comes back with "Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m Black. They say I stink. Well I tell you, you all stink to me!" he gets very angry with Lennie but then quickly realises that Lennie doesn’t understand and that he has someone to talk to after all. Crooks also takes advantage of Lennie’s simple mind and ...

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