Even though John Steinbeck's thought of good literature is not exactly what I think it is, "Of Mice and Men" really made me feel like I was connected with the characters.
Steinbeck's thought of what good literature is, takes me and makes me feel what the characters do. He says in his speech that the human mind and the human spirit are the things that make us feel with the characters. He says in order to understand the personality of the character, we have to make a connection with them. In "Of Mice and Men" there are mainly two characters that I really connect with, and they are George and Lennie.
George says "Lennie ain't got anybody else to take care of him, but me." Now I feel a huge connection with George right there. If you have a younger sibling, like me, they tend to act as if they don't know about right and wrong. My sister and My's relationship reminds me of George and Lennie's, she will do something wrong and I have to clean up after her. I definitely connect with George when ever Lennie gets in trouble, because my sister does the same thing to me.
My sister's actions really got to me when I read this book. All the trouble she's gotten me into and all the things that she clearly does to get on my nerves, makes me wonder if she really is like Lennie. Lennie truly relates to her and I, as in the closeness we have with each other. "I got you George and you got me." is what Lennie says in book and it seriously went down into my heart and sat there, because my sister would have said the same thing.
So, even though John Steinbeck's thought of good literature is not exactly what I think it is, "Of Mice and Men" really made me feel like I was connected with the characters. With George and Lennie it made me think my sister and I have that bond that they have throughout the book. John Steinbeck knew how to make us relate to the characters and that is what good literature is.
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