"Of Mice and Men"

By: John Steinbeck

Ever thought about how it would feel to be different? Different enough that discrimination is involved? Or ever thought about how it would feel to be starved of affection? So starved that one would go to desperate measures"

"Of Mice and Men" written by John Steinbeck is a novel that describes how it feels to be lonely, different, and discriminated against.

A character who fits those descriptions is Lennie. Lennie could be called a retard, a dum-dum, or a psycho, but to really get to know Lennie or any other person one would have to look farther than their looks. In getting to really know a person, it's their feelings and morals that have to be seen. If Lennie is looked at like this, it could clearly be seen that Lennie is starving of affection. Lennie has a disability and has...