Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men is a book that focuses on the difficult lives of those living in the times of the Great Depression. It showcases farmhands, moving from place to place, and the struggles of those who don’t have power and control in their lives. Everyone in these times was captivated by the idea of the ‘American Dream’, and they all had their ambitions. Curley’s wife wanted to be a big movie star, but she instead ended up a cooped-up housewife. This idea of dreams not working out was very evident throughout the whole text, but George and Lennie seemed as if they could be different. They had the potential for a perfect life, and many people believed in them, but as it did for everyone else, their perfect plan went wrong. John Steinbeck shows readers that in the world of Of Mice and Men, everyone strives for an ideal American life, but none of them can escape their own identities in order to get that better life. …show more content…
One specific subject of his writing was a path leading down to the pond. He writes in his distinctly descriptive manner: “There's a path through the willows and among the sycamores, a path beaten hard by boys coming down from the ranches to swim in the deep pool, and beaten hard by tramps who come wearily down from the highway in the evening to jungle-up near water”(2). In this passage, Steinbeck shows how many different people traveled down this river. He extenuates this to help readers understand how everyone is searching for the same thing and is on the same “path”. This shows how all the people in the world of Mice and Men have big dreams and ambitions, but everyone ends up stuck in the same kind of life. No one's dream in life is to have to camp in the woods while looking for work, or to have to use a random pond to cool off after being worked to the brink, yet so many people do these

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