Whether he is showing this through Curley's need to show off to the men around him, Crooks' isolated life accepting his fate as a lesser man, or even Lennie's reliance on his friend and caretaker George, it is clear that these men all live the way that they do because of the amount of authority and power they believe themselves to have over everyone else on the ranch. While Steinbeck's moving novella has much to teach it's readers about friendship, acceptance, and dreams it also proves that the way we see ourselves greatly impacts the direction in which our lives will
Whether he is showing this through Curley's need to show off to the men around him, Crooks' isolated life accepting his fate as a lesser man, or even Lennie's reliance on his friend and caretaker George, it is clear that these men all live the way that they do because of the amount of authority and power they believe themselves to have over everyone else on the ranch. While Steinbeck's moving novella has much to teach it's readers about friendship, acceptance, and dreams it also proves that the way we see ourselves greatly impacts the direction in which our lives will