Of Mice And Men: Four Major Themes :: essays research papers

Of Mice and Men Four Major Themes     "Of Mice and Men", by John Steinbeck, is composed of four major themes.These themes are the value of dreams and goals, moral responsibility, socialinjustice, and the lodge of friendship and loyalty.     The value of dreams and goals are that they provide confide and the desireto keep going in life, rather than laying down to die. When Lennie is feelingdepressed in the woods he asks George to tell him about the "dream farm" again.This is the farm that Geore and Lennie hope to own someday. Even though thisdream seems almost impossible at the time it still generates enough hope tokeep Lennie and George going. When George starts talking bout it Lennie getsall excited and happy and so does George. Another example of the power ofdreams is when dulcify over hears George and Lennies "dream farm" and becomes apart of the dream. Candy goes from a depressed sad additude to a cheerfulexcited one. He now has hope of doing something and it came from the "dreamfarm". A final example of the value of dreams and goals is when Crooks hearsof the farm. Crooks is a lonely black man who has no future, but when hestarts to think of how he can be a part of the dream he also gets happy andexcited, until his dream is crushed.     Many people of good character have to respect certin moral responibilites.George is bond by his own moral to take care care of Lennie. No one makes himdo it, he just does it because it feel standardized the right thing to do. Candy feltlike he neglected his moral responibility to get hold of his own dog. Candy feltreal bad internal because it was his job to shoot his dog but instead Carlsonshot him. This shows that when a person goes against what is moraly right tothem , they hate themselves for it. At the end of the story George is forced,out of moral, to shoot Lennie. It was the right thing to do, and even thoughit almost k illed George inside to kill his best friend, he still did it.     Social injustice is when a person or a goup of people feel they arebetter than people who are different by race, inteligence, age, sex, or otherdifferences. Curley is rude and mean toward Lennie for the sole crusade thatLennie is a big guy. Curely dosnt like big guys so he singles out Lennie and