Innocence In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Man

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There's no argument that Steinbeck's novels are placed in a cruel and unforgiving world, the world that once did exist, and even when his novels are works of fiction, they aren’t too far fetched from reality. In his most famous or infamous book (depending on how you look at it really) Of Mice and Men is no exception to a cruel and unforgiving setting. You are introduced on the very first few pages, George Milton, a relatively small and smart, genius even compared to his opposite, Lennie Small, a huge and very strong individual, and not very bright. So you have two completely innocent characters with the dream of owning their very own farmland, but innocence does not grant immunity to the harsh environment in which they inhabit. Every character in the book faces hardships at on point, except maybe Slim, a well respected and quite man, and The Boss (not much is really known about him), as far as we know. A good example would be Candy, an old swamper, one foot in the grave and one hand gone, having the only real …show more content…
Lennie has done some questionable things in his past, but no matter what evil he does, it’s never out of meanness, usually because he just doesn't understand. Once in Weed, there was a pretty woman in a red velvety dress, and Lennie has the mind of a child, and he likes to touch things that are soft, so Lennie goes to touch her dress, she freaks out and calls rape and Lennie doesn’t know what to do so Lennie just holds onto the dress, but George eventually got him off and they had to run out of Weed because Lennie was now wanted. Aside from the decent amount of trouble Lennie's gotten himself in, he never really means to do any wrong, he just doesn’t know any better, and in the end, he still suffers the consequences. He was innocent from the start and it’s unfair how the world is on the big guy, but there’s not much you can do in a place like

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