The construction and manner of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men contribute to the decisions which can be drawn from this novel. and this can be seen peculiarly in the novel’s debuts. where it can be seen that the decisions drawn are built-in. Two debuts in peculiar express the novel’s decisions: the debut to the bunk house and its dwellers. and the debut to a decease on the spread. where decisions about individuality. solitariness. hope. and the inevitableness of the failure of the American Dream during the Depression old ages are reflected.

One decision which is implicitly expressed in Of Mice and Men’s debuts is that of the significance of a occupation in a person’s individuality. This is peculiarly significance in the this Depression novel as during the Depression. the mean American was identified non by their name but by the service they did to the state. and that meant what occupation they did. This can be seen several times during our debut to the dwellers of the spread. On page 20 one we see the first mention to Crooks. who remains nameless until subsequently on: “The stable buck’s a nigger” . This is a mention to his occupation. which gives him individuality as the stable vaulting horse. even though nameless at this point. This is besides true of the foreman. who remains unidentified throughout the fresh – his occupation is what gives him an individuality “The foreman stepped into the room” page 20 two. On page 20 five. Candy. nameless at this point. is referred to as “the swamper” and this shows once more that occupation gives one individuality.

The most expressed illustration of a function giving one individuality in the novel is Curley’s married woman. who remains nameless throughout the novel. like the foreman. and it is clear that she had no individuality before her matrimony to Curley: she may hold hoped. that by the matrimony and deriving a signifier of individuality she may accomplish her dream of traveling to Hollywood. However. it is in Slim that we see that a occupation can give you non merely individuality. but besides authorization. Slim receives the longest description of any character in the novel ( page 30 four/thirty five ) and most of this transition describes his occupation. He is a “jerkline skinner” and was capable of “driving…20 mules in a individual line” and “killing a fly…the mule” and these show that Slim’s authorization is gained non merely by the “majesty” in which he walked. but besides because he was a valued worker and he had mastered his occupation. which was stable. unlike the other floating ranch custodies. Therefore. we can see that individuality and authorization in Of Mice and Men’s debuts reflects non merely the decisions of the novel but besides the life style of Americans during the Depression.

A decision about purdah can be drawn from the transitions. that is. that people become “mean” or unhappy when they are entirely. and this is relevant to this novel as George and Lennie are the lone 1s in the novel. apart from Candy and his Canis familiaris. with a comrade and this means that they are different from others and they have dreams and hope. This is shown in the debut to decease. that of Candy’s Canis familiaris. where we see that George. Candy and Lennie. with each other. can be after puting up their ain spread ( page 50 nine/page sixty one ) . As they have each other. we can besides see that they know each other better than most people do. peculiarly in George and Lennie’s instance. We see during the suspense filled minutes before the killing the immature spread manus Whit. who talks about a adult male he used to work with called Bill Tenner: “Little guy…drove a cultivator” and this was the lone item about Bill they remembered. and they merely knew him good plenty to name him a “nice fella” and we can see this being repeated several times in the transition which introduces the ranch custodies every bit good. with Candy mentioning to both the Boss and Crooks as a “nice fella” .

It is merely Lennie and George who know each other good. and this allows them to prosecute a dream together. and this is explained by Lennie in the first chapter. when George says that they are non like other work forces: “But non us! An’ why? Because…because I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you. and that’s why! ” ( page 15 ) . This contrasts to Curley’s married woman when we are introduced to her on page 30 two. She seems to be utilizing her gender to pull work forces because she is lonely. and she thinks that company with another adult male would give her a way to her dream: “I stake she’d clear out for 20 bucks” ( page thirty three ) . and therefore we can see that this decision of hope through company is apparent in both the debut to decease and the debut to the spread custodies.

One of the most apparent decisions which can be drawn from the debuts to Of Mice and Men is the inevitableness of the failure of George and Lennie’s dream. and this represents how improbable it seemed for the American dream to come true during the Depression. This can be seen with the debut of Curley and his married woman. where we see that it is inevitable that Lennie gets into problem on the spread. Curley is introduced on page 20 six. when he comes into the bunkhouse. At one time George perceives problem. and after Curley has left he tells Lennie: “…he’s gon na take a sock at you the first opportunity he gets” ( page 30 ) . and he repeats his concern about Lennie acquiring into problem on the spread when he says “Look Lennie. if you get in any sort of problem. you remember what I told you to make? ” page ( thirty one ) . His foreboding of problem is a mark that there might be problem. and this can be seen once more when Curley’s married woman is introduced on page 30 two “A miss was standing at that place looking in. ”

George thinks that she is besides problem. and once more. warns Lennie to remain off from her. and describes her in words that suggest that she is traveling to convey problem in the hereafter “I seen ’em toxicant before…rattrap” ( pages thirty four/thirty five ) And the words toxicant and rattrap are really strong similes. proposing that it is inevitable that she will convey problem and as problem on spreads is something which we have learned to tie in with Lennie “…and you ain’t gon na make no bad things like you done in Weed. neither…” ( page eight ) . the inevitableness of problem in Lennie’s instance is inevitable besides. Another clear indicant about the inevitableness of the failure of the American Dream can be seen on page 30 four when Lennie makes his position about the spread clear “I don’t like this topographic point George. This ain’t no good topographic point. ” If even the slow minded Lennie can announce problem on the spread. so it is inevitable that there will be problem. and hence that the American Dream will non be realized.

John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men in an epoch where there was no hope. no individuality. and no possibility of of all time accomplishing the American dream. The decisions drawn from the debuts of the novel were written to promote the American people that they could derive positive attitudes through being good at a occupation like Slim. who is confident about himself. or like Lennie and George. who are non “mean” because of company. Possibly the ground that these thoughts were in the debuts was to mean that the terminal of the Depression and a better life could be foreseen even at its beginning.