Q: Although literary critics have tended to praise the unique in literary
characterization, many authors have employed the stereotyped character
successfully. Select a work of acknowledged literary merit and, in a
well-written essay, show how the conventional or stereotyped character or
characters function to achieve the author's purpose.
In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the author presents the characters in a stereotypical manner. Many of the characters such as Lenny, Curley's wife, and the Boss, are characterized in a well-known, cliche fashion. However, this technique facilitates the reader's ability to understand the novel. The purpose of the novel was demonstrated and made evident through Steinbeck's conventional approach.
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