Steinbeck is trying to communicate to us that misfits don’t always win. As much as we would love to see the underdogs conquer, to see the ones on the bottom fight their way to the top, these characters live in a world where this doesn’t happen. Lennie, Candy, Curley’s wife, and all the other misfits depicted in this book do little more than dream and exist to please the more privileged.
Lennie sees the good in the world. He cares about almost nothing except rabbits and his companion, George. He has no bad intentions and believes nobody else does either. On the other hand, we have George, who is untrusting of everyone at the ranch and is planning who he’ll fight with within 20 minutes of arriving. George and Lennie have completely different
Lennie sees the good in the world. He cares about almost nothing except rabbits and his companion, George. He has no bad intentions and believes nobody else does either. On the other hand, we have George, who is untrusting of everyone at the ranch and is planning who he’ll fight with within 20 minutes of arriving. George and Lennie have completely different