Themes & Symbolism Changes to Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Robert B edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Sunday, February 10, 2013.

Edited the description of Innocence: Lennie has some sort of mental problem, and is obsessed with animals, especially rabbits. Even so, he is incredibly big and doesn't know his own strength, ending Curley's Wifes Death. This is an example of the innocence in the book.
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The Ice Within edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Sunday, December 9, 2012.

Edited the description of Loneliness: Crooks is the character that suffer from loneliness the most. "When a guy doesn't have nobody, he goes nuts" he said when he was having a conversation with Lennie. But the other characters all suffer from loneliness one way or another. Curley's wife, Candy, Lennie and even George at the last pages of the book.
Edited the description of The Failed American Dream: This story is talking about the Great Depression and American Dream. Most of them fails.

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Sarah edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Monday, November 5, 2012.

Edited the description of Friendship: tests the friendship. puts it to the breaking point
Edited the description of Disillusionment: Lennie isn't all there.

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Linda edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

Edited the description of Dreams and Hopes: Every dream fails
Edited the spoiler-free description of Dreams and Hopes: Most dreams are failing
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Linda edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

Added a theme: Loneliness and the Need for Companionship: The workers play solitary a lot --> LonelinessThe workers don't have many friends --> Need for Companionship
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Earl of Sandwich edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Wednesday, December 7, 2011.

Added a theme: Prejudice: Prejudice was one of the themes shown in this novel. The first time it's shown, is with Carlson and Candy over agism. What happens is that Carlson nags Candy into letting him shoot his dog, being so old. The next encounter is with black Crooks. Being black in the 1910's America, he went through a lot, including having to sleep in the barn, being demeaned by Curley's wife, and was allowed in the bunkhouse only to be made fun of. Finally, Lennie was shown prejudice as Curley hated him from the start, (proceeding into a fight later). Also, Curley's wife called him a 'dumb-dumb' later on. This theme can be found in many characters as everyone has flaws. Consider, Curley is short, leading to Napoleon syndrome, (or control issues), and his wife is, well, a woman. This totally leads to discrimination on an all male ranch, earning her the names 'tart', 'tramp', etc. As you should be able to see now, prejudice is a theme flown all through the story, fitting the time period very well, compliments characters, and arouses mixed emotions.
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{MKP} Stay True As Blue {MKP} edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Thursday, October 20, 2011.

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J edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Tuesday, May 17, 2011.

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J edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Tuesday, May 17, 2011.

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J edited the themes of Of Mice and Men Tuesday, May 17, 2011.

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