Of+Mice+and+Men+themes

Racism - worse in the past rather than the future

Segregation - against handicapped and color

Retardation - Mental disorders - how people were treated with it

Euthanization - killing people for benefit - mercy killing

Role of Women -curly's wife -how they were treated poorly

Responsibility of others - George to Lennie

Importance of Friendship - Lennie and George

Impossible American Dream - how it can't happen - Lennie's farm... unlikely to happen