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1、ThePredatoryNatureofHumanExistenceOfMiceandMen teachesagrimlessonaboutthenatureofhumanexistence.Nearlyallofthecharacters,includingGeorge,Lennie,Candy,Crooks,andCurley’swife,admit,atonetimeoranother,tohavingaprofoundsenseoflonelinessandisolation.Eachdesiresthecomfortofafriend,butwillse
2、ttlefortheattentiveearofastranger.Curley’swifeadmitstoCandy,Crooks,andLenniethatsheisunhappilymarried,andCrookstellsLenniethatlifeisnogoodwithoutacompaniontoturntointimesofconfusionandneed.Thecharactersarerenderedhelplessbytheirisolation,andyet,evenattheirweakest,theyseektodestroythos
3、ewhoareevenweakerthanthey.PerhapsthemostpowerfulexampleofthiscrueltendencyiswhenCrookscriticizesLennie’sdreamofthefarmandhisdependenceonGeorge.Havingjustadmittedhisownvulnerabilities—heisablackmanwithacrookedbackwholongsforcompanionship—CrookszeroesinonLennie’sownweaknesses.Inscenessu
4、chasthisone,Steinbeckrecordsaprofoundhumantruth:oppressiondoesnotcomeonlyfromthehandsofthestrongorthepowerful.CrooksseemsathisstrongestwhenhehasnearlyreducedLennietotearsforfearthatsomethingbadhashappenedtoGeorge,justasCurley’swifefeelsmostpowerfulwhenshethreatenstohaveCrookslynched.T
5、henovellasuggeststhatthemostvisiblekindofstrength—thatusedtooppressothers—isitselfbornofweakness.FraternityandtheIdealizedMaleFriendshipOneofthereasonsthatthetragicendofGeorgeandLennie’sfriendshiphassuchaprofoundimpactisthatonesensesthatthefriendshave,bytheendofthenovella,lostadreamla
6、rgerthanthemselves.mThefarmonwhichGeorgeandLennieplantolive—aplacethatnooneeverreaches—hasamagneticquality,asCrookspointsout.Afterhearingadescriptionofonlyafewsentences,Candyiscompletelydrawninbyitsmagic.Crookshaswitnessedcountlessmenfallunderthesamesillyspell,andstillhecannothelpbuta
7、skLennieifhecanhaveapatchofgardentohoethere.Themenin OfMiceandMen desiretocometogetherinawaythatwouldallowthemtobelikebrotherstooneanother.Thatis,theywanttolivewithoneanother’sbestinterestsinmind,toprotecteachother,andtoknowthatthereissomeoneintheworlddedicatedtoprotectingthem.Giventh
8、ehars
