OMAM THEMES

OMAM THEMES

LONELINESS AND ISOLATIONISM
1. MIGRANT WORKERS
  1. keep moving, dont settle.
    1. why its rare to see Lennie and George together
2. 'they got no family' how george describes ranch workers lives
3. Steinbeck portrays no solution to the loneliness
  1. Marrige doesnt solve it - Curley and his wife both still seem lonely
  2. friendship doesnt solve it as Lennie and George still also seem lonely
  3. animals seem a temporary solution however they dont seem to last long.
4. Companionship seems dangerous
  1. Curleys wife is lonely and trys to get companionship through the other workers however it doesnt end well.
  2. Crooks and Candy get attached and become interested in Lennie and George's drem that doesnt end well
  3. Lennie is the only happy one with a friend-but he ends up dead .
DESCRIMINATION AND PREDJUDICE
1. SEXISM
  1. Curleys Wife
    1. has a dream she cant reach-wont reach.
    2. seen as a troublmaker
    3. called things like 'jail bait' and 'whore'
  2. women were seen as lower class than men
  3. men assumed all women were tarts.
2. RACISM
  1. Crooks cant stay in the same room as the others
  2. hurtful names such a 'Nigga' and 'Negro' used to describe him
3. AGEISM
  1. Candy
    1. not respected
    2. given a bad job
    3. dogs killed
    4. called weak
  2. Candys Dog
    1. killed because its not useful anymore
    2. forshadowing Lennies death
4. DISABILITY
  1. when George tells Lennie that he shouldnt speak to the Boss -indicates he wouldnt be given a job if they thought he was disabled
  2. 'oh i aint sayin hes bright. he aint'-george telling the boss this shows that otherwise he wont get the job
  3. Lennie is told not to talk to anyone
  4. called stupid
  5. if anyone knew he had a disibility he wouldnt be allowed to work and so George tells people he isnt bright.
AMERICAN DREAM
1. everyone on the ranch has a dream but because of the circumstances they cant have it
  1. CURLEYS WIFE
    1. wants to be a star
    2. does'nt get her dream because shes trapped with Curley
  2. GEORGE
    1. has a dream of a better life. it keeps him going and sometimes were not sure if george believes in the dream
  3. LENNIE
  4. CANDY
    1. we can tell he has given up as he imideatly gives all his money to George when they are talking about their drem
2. At the end of the novel you realise no one is going to get their dream. the same as a lot of people at the time
DEATH
1. during the book death is a common theme and it is used as a forshadowing tool
2. we learn that death is a part of life- it has to happen for the cycle to start again.
  1. in chapter 6 before Lennie returns , a heron catches a water snake , symbolic that life and death are part of nature and something we done have control over.
3. Lennie accidently kills lots of things
  1. A mouse
  2. a puppy
  3. eventually Lennie kills something more than an animal and kills Curleys wife
    1. all of the deaths where an accident though

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