Of Mice and Men
OF MICE AND MEN
Why George and Lennie Were Doomed to Fail
In the novel, Of Mice and Men the author John Steinbeck explores the concept or people trapped in their own sets of life circumstances. Each of the characters with the exception of Slim dream of a better life. However, they are trapped in a life from which there seems to be no escape. Each of them - Curley, his wife, Carlson and Crooks …
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…that the others lack.
From the very beginning of the novel, it is apparent that they needed and were dependant on each other. George was controlled by his need for companionship and his self-imposed obligation to care for Lennie. No one said he had to care for Lennie - it was his own choice. Lennie was controlled by his own lack of intelligence and his ineptitude to care for himself. They were doomed to fail
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