Of Mice and Men-Social Commentary

OF MICE AND MEN - SOCIAL COMMENTARY In Of Mice And Men, the author John Steinbeck, adds many characters and events which make the novella a social commentary. How the author describes Crooks, Curley’s wife, and the relationship between Lennie and George, display the views, and social concerns of that era. When the reader is introduced to Crooks, he/she is constantly reminded, through dialogue, that he is black. Not by other characters, but …

…have a very close relationship, or friendship, however through their first encounter with the boss, who cannot understand two me traveling together, the reader sees that at the time, it was not socially normal to have a traveling companion. The thought of that era was “every man for himself,” which is displayed through the boss’s disbelief of their friendship. All of these characters, events and more make Of Mice And Men a social commentary.