‘Of Mice and Men’ Analysis Essay

Steinbeck presents some of his characters as being wan in some way. But the characters I value that be even weaker than the other(a) characters argon Crooks and Candy. They both are weak in bity ways but they are in any case corresponding in some ways.Crooks, who is weaker of the two, is a black and a stable buck. He is weak in many ways. Firstly, he is the only black man in the ranch which would make him isolated. This means he cant go into the bunkhouse or socialise with the other men. Because of this he is very lone(prenominal) and has no one to talk to. Spose you didnt stomach nobody. Spose you couldnt go into the bunk house and get together rummy cause you were blackA guy needs somebody-to be near him.I tell ya a guy gets too lonely(prenominal) an he gets sick. He is always c eached the nigger by the men and he receives a huge amount of insults and racism most of the time.A good sample of this is when Curleys wife calls him a nigger and tells him You know what I coul d do which would make anyone weak and inferior to others. Secondly, he is also weaker in his physiologic state. This is because he has injured his back in an accident and gives his back a constant pain Got a crooked back where a vaulting horse kicked him. However, Crooks has also some strengths such as, he is intelligent because he has a numerous books, beats everyone on the ranch playing horseshoes and makes an guarantee to stand up against Curleys wife racist threat. But his strengths and abilities are covered up and blinded by his failing.Candy, the agedest man on the ranch, has woolly-headed his right hand in an accident at work. He also has many flunkes. Firstly, being old and disabled is a massive weakness for him because he knows one day he will be thrown bulge out the ranch put on the county when he is too old to work. The reader understands this when he compares himself to his dog who get shot by Carlson Jus as soon as I cant swamp out no bunk houses theyll put me on the county.Secondly, he is also lonely and isolated like crooks because he doesnt project any friends other than his dog who dies when it get by shot Carlson. A good shell of this is when the all men has gone to the town Candy comes looking for familiarity and a conversation in Crooks agency where he obviously have never been in. You got a nice cosy little place in hereMust be nice to have a room all to yourself this way. Candy also have some strengths such as, when tries to symbolize Crooks from Curleys wife threat and tries to stop his dog been shot. But all the time he fails which means also his strengths are overtaken by his weakness like Crooks.In conclusion, the both characters have some similarities such as, their somatogenetic weakness and the amount of the social interaction they get for various antithetic reasons. They also have some similar strengths but again they are overshadowed by their weaknesses.