Prejudice in “Of Mice and Men” Essay

losss are the arrange forged by ignorance to keep men apart. Marguerite Gardiner. In society, both modern and in the past, preconceived opinion has been a tool of thinking and labeling a group of race, people, class and culture in exhibition to detect ones superiority and dominance from one an opposite, but is simply a way to judge without gathering legal facts. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, we see that parti pris was just as rampant in the 1930s. In the novel, prejudice is demonstrated on 3 different levels racial, sexual and social. It is shown how these prejudices generate false perceptions that although meant to aid, do no much(prenominal) good as their end solving is clouding the truth.Racial prejudice is some signifi give the bouncet when describing Crooks, who happens to be the stable buck for the farm. Crooks is also a Black man with a derriere disability, hence the reason he is c every last(predicate)ed Crooks. While most of the other lasters live in the same study and attend to jobs that are quite convertible, Crooks is forced to live by himself, work alone in the stables and is approximately never in contact with whatsoever of the other characters. People such as Curlys Wife go as far as to ridicule Crooks and even look down at him simply for the fact that he is a Black man with a disability who is a laborer. In one instance, Curlys Wife threatens Crooks by telling him Listen, Nigger, you know what I can do if you open your trap, I could get you strung up on a tree so effortless it personalt funny (Steinbeck, 98).The open brutality of this comment shows that even a woman, who would normally not have much or any say during this time in the 1930s, is still considered higher in social class than an African-American man. Nothing is known about him as a person by any of the other farm attendants, but the prejudices that in this case are completely false attend to propel a gap between them, when one does not need to be. Althoug h he may be physically handicap, he is just as capable as any of the others. As a leave alone of being an outcast at the farm, Crooks has become very isolated and disengaged with the other members.When Lennie enters Crooks cabin in order retrieve the puppies, Crooks lashes out and tells Lennie I aint wanted in the bunk room and you aint wanted in my room (Steinbeck,124). This comment shows that Crooks has become bitter and alone be bring forth of the prejudice ceaselessly being aimed at him when there is no reason for the way he is treated. He is a colossal overall example of racialprejudice in Of Mice and Men and society, both past and present, in which a African-American male, who is as capable as any man of another color is denied the same opportunities beca exercise of stereotypes and perceptions which can lone(prenominal) be supported with biased false facts.Sexual prejudice is strong when Curlys Wife is a part of a scene. Curlys Wife also happens to be the notwithstanding female that is currently occupying the place of work that the novel is set in. Curlys Wife is presented as a character who tends to be very friendly with all the men on the farm and enjoys the upkeep she gets because her husband, Curly does not give her the amount of attention that she wants, so she finds it with others. Curlys Wife is oft keep offed by all other who work at the farm because she is a woman who could get them in a lot of trouble. Curly is the boss son and Curlys Wife being the daughter-in-law eternally gets her way and can have any man in the farm fired without reason. She got the eye goin all the time on everybody. I bet she even gives the stable buck they eye. I dont know what the hell she wants (Steinbeck,51).Being a woman, there is already significant amount of sexual prejudice directed to her and the fact that she is very flirtatious with the other men further strengthens their perception of her. They all furnish to remain as calm as possible, careful not to give her the wrong idea cause they know the trouble that she could get them in. In actuality it appears that Curlys Wife solely craves attention from the other men and nothing sexual because of the lack of her husband to give her the attention that she wants. The idea of her wanting something only sexual and not spiritual shows the prejudice associated with gender in this novel and how its falsehood prevents a lonely(prenominal) woman from engaging and connecting with others on a mental level.Equally important is the Social prejudice towards characters such as Candy and Lennie in Of Mice and Men. Candy is very old and not capable of doing much around the farm but is still kept around to do the simple chores that the others are seen as more(prenominal) of a waste of time for others. These simple chores are envied by others and this jealousy helps create a character between Candy and the others. Candy also has a dog that in many ways is similar to him The dog aint no good to him self. I wisht somebodyd shootme if I got old an a cripple (pg. 45). They are both described as being old, withered, confused and in many ways more of a bother who would do more good dead than alive. socially being hated by the majority of the men at the ranch shows the prejudice that is directed without any reason, but simply motivated by jealousy.In the instance of Lennie, social prejudice is strongest evident in the perception others have of him because in their eyes, all they see is a boastfully oaf incapable of accomplishing anything capable and only kept around for his strength. Before meeting Lennie and even engaging him in conversation, his position has already been established at the Ranch. With Curly we see that Hes like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. Hes alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like hes mad at em because he aint a big guy (pg. 26). disregarding of his ability to be of help at the farm, Curly already establishes his position on Lennie e ven though he has had no significant direct contact or enough time to accurately thread Lennie as a person and not just a big man physically.Not only Curly, but other members of the farm also have decided Lennies place at work before fully knowing him. He is left out of card games, left back at the ranch when George and the others go out to hand more important jobs. Being considered a simple tending(p) men with little use who spend their days playing with and day dreaming about rabbits or sweeping after others, Lennie and Candy have become outcasts in the sense that one of them is perceived to be mentally unstable and added to the fact that he is physically strong, while the other one is a nuisance who many could live without, make them both isolated and all the more reason to be avoid and singled out.Of Mice and Men is a brilliant novel in demonstrating that prejudice is a tool that people use to become more familiar with other individuals in order to overcome the fear of uncerta inty. However, the ending result is that it puts distance between the person and the one they judge because it is not fact, but perception that is completely untrue. Prejudice is simply the reasoning of a fool to make themselves feel secure.