Friday, June 14, 2013

Where can I find three examples of how Lennie is discriminated against in the book Of Mice and Men?

My text
may be different in reference to page numbers so I will provide chapter numbers and approximate
placement in that chapter of quoted sections.

is the simple minded friend of
. They are the two main characters of Steinbeck's novella . They are
traveling together through California as migrant farm workers. In today's terms, Lennie would
probably be referred to as mentally challenged and would have been in special education classes.
Unfortunately those labels and resources were not available in 1930's California. Instead,
Lennie is referred to as "not bright," "dumb as hell," "a cuckoo,"
"crazy as a wedge," and "nuts." Because of his disability Lennie is indeed
the victim of discrimination. 

Even though he is Lennie's best friend George
is guilty of discriminating against the big man. In chapter one George urges Lennie to be quiet
when they meet the boss at the ranch where they are going to work. Midway through the chapter
George says,

That
ranch were...


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