Of Mice and Men won many awards, like the 1937 Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal for Best Novel or 1938 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award. John Steinbeck the author uses Naturalism to discuss the problems Americans faced after the first world war. In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck talks about two men traveling together in search of work. These two men have something very different than others that work at the ranch they have each other, which has its strengths and weaknesses.
Most of the men that work on the ranch have no one left. Their family does not care for them or they just do not have a family. When Lennie’s Aunt Clara died his best friend george takes his him as a brother. In chapter 2 Steinbeck describes this when George…show more content… They have many parallels to brother traits. They fight and do not get along with each other. Not a lot of people have family connections like George and Lennie. This is a very strong strength in their relationship. In chapter 5 when Curley is organizing the search party for Lennie, George says, “‘Yeah i'll come but listen Curley. The poor bastards nuts. Don't shoot ‘im. He didn't know what he was doin’”(Steinbeck 98). Most guys in the story would not care to look after each other. George looks after Lennie in hopes to save his life. Unfortunately it does not work and he dies. Ever since they were little they had a dream to someday own a little piece of land for themselves. No one else has these extravagant plans because they just blow their money. An example of this is in Chapter one where George is explaining why they are different from everyone. He says, “‘With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.’”(Steinbeck 14). Their determination is a strong piece of their life because it gives their life purpose. This dream almost comes reality when they bring in Candy into the equation, but is short lived when they find Curleys wife
