Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men is a testament to the predatory nature of man. It is this darker side of the human spirit which has exiled man from the Garden of Eden, now manifesting itself as the American dream. John Steinbeck shows a world doomed to isolation and loneliness, where the only alleviation from ones suffering is to prey on those weaker than oneself. His story is one of a shattered dream, of pain and suffering …

…a part of a much larger process neither the mouse nor the man could control. All the man can do now is preserve the shards of a shattered dream. “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley, an’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain for promis’d joy!” George instructed Lenny to look outward towards a fading paradise. Just before the onset of winter George shot Lenny, killing him instantly.