Of Mice And Men
Why it shouldnt be challenged.
By: Evan C. Mack
Of Mice And Men Synopsis
Racist remarks
Of Mice and Men contains racist slurs that some would find offensive. However these slurs aren't just thrown in there for filler as they aid in the illumination of the time period the novel was based off.
Mentally Illed discrimination
Throughout the novel Lennie is verbally abused. However Steinbeck didn't throw these mean conversations in there for nothing. They were placed in there to highlight the fact that back then people didn't realize there was something "wrong" with Lennie. They simply thought he was just an average idiot and so they treated him as such in return.
Tragic Ending for disabled person
This novel comes to a sad end when George is forced to shoot Lennie in the back of the head. People thought that this was a horrible way to treat the special ed because they deserved respect for being the way they are. However when Steinbeck gave te worst outcome to Lennie people were upset that this ending was almost disrespectful. However, an ending such as this is almost necessary to end the plot of the book succesfully. Lennie was going to die wether George shot him or not because Curley had already gathered a lynch mob to have had him hung. Had steinbeck chosen to let Lennie live his novel could have ended in a dissapointment.