The Life of Discriminated

It was a hot sunny day, when a couple of fellas named Lennie and George were running out the town of Weed. They traveled all around, both kept the gear they took rolled up on their backs. They made it quite a bit then found another work place to start steak. They finally got hired back somewhere and George let Lennie know not to talk to anybody or do anything. Lennie has a disability, to where he cant function he cant realize his own strength. In John Steinbeckr's novel, of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses discrimination to express how Lennie, Crooks, and Curley's wife got treated..

Lennie is discriminated against because he has a mental disability. George says Dont mess with her sher's gonna stir up some trouble. George talks to Lennie likes her's helpless, Lennie had some kind of disorder but he was big and strong. Lennie started traveling with George when his Aunt Clara had passed away, and George looks after him and tries to keep him out of trouble. They drink from rivers which is dirty but Lennie is so stupid he cant comprehend.

Crooks is discriminated against because her's black. He says Well I got a right to have a light, you go on get out of my room. I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse and yall aint wanted in here.Crooks was separated, he has his own little room in the back of the barn. Her's black and lonely, and lets people know when they aint wanted. Consequently all the while people are in the bunkhouse and her's out there. This was before civil rights and when blacks were treated more like slaves. They was dirty and did everything asked of and he could not be with the white people.

Curleyr's wife is discriminated because she has no freedom. She has no freedom cause she got married so she could leave home. But her husband dont want her out by his workers, her husband expects her to stay in the house all day. She cried, aint I got a right to talk to nobody? Her face grew angerlie, what's the matter with me.Lennie - the disorder one was petting his puppy he got through it and she caught him why he was alone. She came in and sat right next to him, she flirted with every guy there and George let Lennie know not to talk to her. George let him know shell stir up trouble. Earlier in the story she came by the bunkhouse while her husband was off somewhere. She tried flirting and they let her know she was not allowed in their bunkhouse. You could call her a whore and she was young about 16-17 years old.

In John Steinbeckr's novel, of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses discrimination to express how Lennie, Crooks, and Curley's wife felt. Steinbeck's essay tells how all the characters felt throughout the story. Steinbeck wrote about discrimination so that we can see how they wasnt all treated equally. For instance, Crooks was black so he couldnt sleep where white people lay their heads. Lennie got bossed around because he had some kind of disorder. Curleyr's wife was forced to stay in the house and talk to no other men then her husband.

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