Frankenstein And Of Mice And Men Essay

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.Frankenstein and

Of Mice And Men are different in almost every way.. They are written in different times, by

different classes of people and in different areas of the world where life is

dissimilar to the extreme.. The primary

characters are nothing like each other, and the books are written in

contrasting styles.. Frankenstein is

about a scientist who inadvertently creates a monster in his pursuits of the

reanimation of deceased creatures.. It

is concerned with the life of the scientist and his anguish when the creature

that he has made turns evil, and homicidal..

Of Mice And Men is

about two migrant ranch worker.s quest to actualise the .American Dream. whilst

trying to avoid tribulation on the ranch where they are earning their

living.. However,there are some similar themes

in the two novels, for example, the loneliness ofthe primary

characters, and the way society reacts to something that is considered

.atypical. by their standards.. In this essay, Frankenstein and Of

Mice And Men will be critically compared and contrasted.. Themes in the novels will be taken into

account, as well as the use of language and the social and historical

background to the novels..This

will be closed by a conclusion where the main points will be brought up again.Isolation is one of the most frequent

occurrences in the two novels.. In Of

Mice And Men, Lennie is disassociated from the others, not because he wants

to be, but because of his low intellect he is considered .different. by the men

on the ranch, and society.. This is much

like the situation of Frankenstein.s monster..

Because of his displeasing appearance, he is abhorred by society and forced

to live away from it, secluded in forests and so on.. ..Finding the door open, I entered.. An old man sat in it, near a fire, over which he was preparing

his breakfast.. He turned on hearing a

noise; and perceived me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut ran across the

fields…...Other characters in Of Mice And Men, for

example Crooks, are victims of this forced isolation.. Crooks is a black man in a predominantly white area.. Black people had been brought to America due

to the Slave Trade, but even though it was abolished, black people were still

seen as slaves, and below white Americans..

...Cause I.m black.. They play

cards in there, but I can.t play because I.m black.. They say I stink...Another character that is a target for this is

Curley.s wife.. She is not different

like the other.s for her colour, or appearance, but because she is a

woman.. Even though gender is

approximately even in the world at this time, women were seen as inferior to

men.. The men went to work and to

socialise and the women were to stay at home..

Because Curley.s wife lived on the ranch with no other women she was

isolated because she wasn.t a man.. .I

never get to talk to nobody.. I get

awful lonely... Her .unimportance. is

confirmed by the author by his not disclosing her name.. She is only referred to as .Curley.s

wife... Curley.s property.Lennie doesn.t react to this isolation because

of his mental inadequacy.. He isn.t

aware of other people.s feelings because he doesn.t have the ability to

understand the meanings of other people.s actions and words.. ..Used to play jokes on .im .cause he was

too dumb to take care of .imself.. But

he was too dumb even to know he had a joke played on .im...Crooks and Curley.s wife take the treatment

harder.. Because of the constant loneliness

they become bitter and twisted, their personalities changed by the way they

have been dealt with.. Neither of them

can see why people have acted the way that they have to them and can.t see that

they are any different to the rest of them..

..You can talk to people, but I can.t talk to nobody but Curley.. Else he gets mad..Frankenstein.s monster is more like Crooks and

Curley.s wife in the way that he reacts to the loneliness and isolation.. He begins life with the intentions of

benevolence and integrity but society.s reaction to his appearance makes him

bitter and twisted.. He is denied any

human pleasure and this gives him the misconstrued view that nobody else should

have any either.. ..My heart was

fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy; and when wrenched by misery

to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change, without

torture such as you cannot even imagine....

This results in a killing spree and the prolonged mental torture of

Victor Frankenstein.The characters of Lennie and Frankenstein.s

monster are sometimes similar.. They are

both killers.. Lennie kills Curley.s

wife and the monster kills William, Elizabeth, Henry, and his actions result in

the framing and subsequent death of Justine..

However, their motives are entirely

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