Discrimination in Of Mice And Men Discrimination is not just based on skin color, but also on age and gender. A book that shows this is John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, a story about two friends, that have a dream to live on there own farm, Lennie Small and George Milton, who go to a farm where they see discrimination first hand. The victims of discrimination in this novel are: Crooks, a black …showed first 75 words of 547 total…

…showed last 75 words of 547 total…a sweet old man, is also discriminated against. Many people were discriminated in the novel Of Mice and Men: Crooks, Curly’s Wife and Candy, all for different reasons. In spite of this, Steinbeck knew that discrimination is a poison in the human heart. This is shown by the fact that all three characters insist that their rights be observed. Steinbeck, through Of Mice and Men, wrote to the world against the evils of discrimination.