Related to Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men contained lots of conflict, but both books had a different way of working out the main problem. In Huckleberry Finn, Huck solves problems by being humble and not asking anything in return. He secretly does one minor action to help solve the rest of the problem; such as when he is attempting to hide the money from the con artists for the Wilks’ money to keep. Once the townspeople realized the money was gone, they immediately expected Duke and Dauphin to be a scam. Although no one knows how the money got where it did, Huck wanted nothing in return for his good deed. In Of Mice and Men, however, they solve their problems by violence most of the time. But I think the violence only started mainly because if Curly being the way he usually was. Because he always wanted to fight with bigger men, it caused everyone else to think and act roughly around one another also. Before Curly came towards Lennie and George, they and everyone around them were being neutral. However, when Curly came and started picking on Lennie, tension built up around everyone—even when Lennie never conversed with Curly before.
These two different writing styles that Twain and Steinbeck have written are very unique and creative in their own way. Both authors approach these storyline encounters very differently. However it still makes both styles enjoyable for the reader. Twain writes Huck as a harmless boy when it comes to conflict. Steinbeck, on the other hand, approaches story conflicts into a more physical stage. One might prefer Twain over Steinbeck or even vice versa, but both writing approaches keep the reader wanting more.
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