Of Mice and Men Symbolism

Stein Beck book of Mice and Men had lots of symbols. The best symbol is Lennie’s puppy. His puppy symbolizes dream, joy, and new begging.

Lennie’s puppy symbolizes dreams, Lennie and George had a dream of having a little house, and couple of acres. A cow, some pigs, and ‘live off the fattest lands’. They were going to have a big vegetable patch, rabbit hutch, and chickens. Lennie would tin the rabbit’s and feed them alfalfa.

Joy was also a symbol of Lennie’s puppy. A puppy is so fun to play with. You can spend time with it, a puppy can listen to all of your problems. A puppy is a great friend, you could never stay mad when you see one. The puppy also brings joy to Lennie and George because ‘George said if Lennie don’t hurt the puppy then he could tin the rabbits”, when they get there own farm. They would be on their own. Where they would live off the fattest lands. They would not have to sleep in no buck house. They would have there own room’s to there self’s. George would tell Lennie “If we don’t like a guy we could tell him to ‘Get the Hell out”. It’d be our own, and nobody could can us. If a friend comes over, why we’d have an extra bunk, and we’d say, “Why don’t you spend the night”? And by God he would.

New beginning is the last symbol of the puppy. When Carlson wants to shoot Candy’s old dog and say’s that he can replace it with one of Slims puppies. When Carlson kills Candy’s old dog it was like shattering his old dreams. The puppy is like building up to Candy’s new future with Lennie and George, and their new farm.

In conclusion the story of Mice and Men showed lots of symbolism. The one that stuck out the most was Lennie’s puppy, because it show’s dreams, joy, and new beginning.