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Intro
cognitively impaired
vulnerability can’t survive in the world dictated by economic hardship, discrimination and futile American dream
plan:
Symbol of vulnerability
Importance of companionship
Discrimination
American dream
point 1
“huge men” “like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball back to its master”
- zoomorphism childlike loyalty and total dependance
G.D- - 18 million unemployed - fierce job competition
In the world where survival depended on self-sufficiency, Lennie who can’t sustain himself deemed “useless”
“Horse” “bear” - great physical strength despite dependance
Manual labour high in demand
Contrast makes a tragic figure - strong to work but mentally to vulnerable
point 2
companionship
“i got you an you got me”
Unusual interdependent friendship as contradicted the solitary lifestyle of migrant workers
A.D - individualism and self made success
Steinbeck challenges - friends more meaningful
Other characters isolated and lonely
G and L highlight how human connection could protect people emotionally in the world full of hardship and alienation
point 3
victim of discrimination
“cuckoo” or “nuts”
silence mistreated as a threat
shows how difference was treated with suspicion
Lack of education - widespread unawarness
Cages - 20 years
As a marginalised doesnt belong to the SOF
axiom - fated to die
Fauna- beak swallows a little snake
Weakest cant survive in the harsh environment
point 4
Like many believes in american dream
Repeatedly asks to tell about the rabits, favourite part of the fatta the land
Landownership - popular dream
Dust bowl - low wages - desire for being independent
Lennie - desire to pet soft things
But hamartia - inability to control his strength kills Curley’s wife
A.D - fragile especially for vulnerable
Conclusion
Shows hardship ppl suffered
Critique of the world that offers no protection for innocence