In the novel Men And Mice, I think the ranch is in an all power struggle. So far, no one really has the power. I feel like everyone on the ranch has somewhat or little power around there. Overall, I feel like as of now, George has the most power naturally just because of Lennie. He is always commanding Lennie around and the people at the ranch have more respect for him. So far, I think George has the most voice in the novel just because he is taking care of Lennie and considering I think he has the most power I believe he probably has the most voice with knowing all the people at the ranch. Race is definitely an issue within the novel. This book takes place in the 1930's during the Great Depression, so there was still separation between blacks and whites. So far, It really hasn’t been a huge issue other than characters in the novel calling each other niggers. Gender is huge in this novel because this takes place in the 1930's. Back then, no matter what it always seemed to be the mens fault, no matter what. So The women never got into trouble for things. The men would take care of it. Regardless, for example, if a man and a woman were flirting and it was definitely the girl making the moves, the guy would beat up the guy and it wouldn’t be the girls fault. Personally, I really don’t think class matters in the novel. Yes, higher and lower classes are definitely distinguished. But, its not like they really get treated that differently. Its a ranch house for heavens sake!
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ReplyDeleteI would have to agree that the ranch is a very big power struggle! Like you said, mainly due to Lennie's low IQ. I do believe that Curley is kind of seen as the "head man" just because he imposes his "power" over the ranch workers. I believe that class matters because the only people with any power are the land owners who have employees that need them. I would have to say i dont think race is much of an issue yet, but I can see it become a lot bigger of an issue later in teh novel because of the sensitivity of using the word "nigger".
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