Elements in an interpretation of "Of Mice and Men"
Door Morten Caspersen
1. The great depression
1.1. Poverty
1.2. Unemployment
1.3. Disaster in agriculture
1.4. Okies
2. Survival of the fittest
3. Characters
3.1. Lennie
3.1.1. Soft things
3.1.2. Strength
3.1.3. Like an animal ( no super ego)
3.1.4. Like a child
3.1.5. death of
3.2. Slim
3.2.1. God-like
3.2.2. ...but what good did he do?
3.3. George
3.3.1. Reason
3.3.2. Super-ego
4. Destiny of Man
4.1. Pessimistic
4.1.1. Lonely
4.1.2. wanderers of the earth
4.1.3. Competition, aggression
4.1.4. Hierarchy
4.2. Optimism
4.2.1. Community
4.2.2. Fellowship
4.2.3. Social responsibility
4.2.4. Peace (with the land)
5. Character-relations
5.1. Hierarchy
5.2. Scapegoatism
5.3. Loneliness
5.4. Being marginalised
5.4.1. Gender
5.4.2. Race
5.4.3. Age
5.4.4. Handicap
5.5. Balance between...
5.5.1. Reason (George)
5.5.2. Appetite and power
5.5.2.1. Lennie
5.5.2.2. Curly's wife
5.5.2.3. Curly
6. Dreams
6.1. George's dream
6.1.1. Why did it die?