In this paper, a critical approach is undertaken to scrutinize the novel John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men (1937). The paper employs the concept of intersectionality in order to view the ways in which the novel shows that discrimination based on race, sex, age, and disability is all connected and affects one another. Studying Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Candy, the paper shows that Steinbeck shows their problems as something that comes from many unfair things joined together. Steinbeck shows that in 1930s America, some people were treated in a very unfair way. His novel is not only about their hard lives, but is also about a whole society that was unjust to them. Using an intersectional lens, the present paper demonstrates the way Steinbeck allows people to grasp the extreme injustice of society. Of Mice and Men is an influential novel that proves the fact that social classes do not vary significantly and makes readers remember that these issues still occur nowadays.
Tayib,C K and Hassan,H S . (2026). An Intersectional Analysis of Race, Gender, Age, and Disability Discrimination in Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”. Journal of Language Studies, 10(Issue 1, Part 2), 408-425. doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P2.22
MLA
Tayib,C K , and Hassan,H S . "An Intersectional Analysis of Race, Gender, Age, and Disability Discrimination in Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”", Journal of Language Studies, 10, Issue 1, Part 2, 2026, 408-425. doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P2.22
HARVARD
Tayib C K, Hassan H S. (2026). 'An Intersectional Analysis of Race, Gender, Age, and Disability Discrimination in Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”', Journal of Language Studies, 10(Issue 1, Part 2), pp. 408-425. doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P2.22
CHICAGO
C K Tayib and H S Hassan, "An Intersectional Analysis of Race, Gender, Age, and Disability Discrimination in Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”," Journal of Language Studies, 10 Issue 1, Part 2 (2026): 408-425, doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P2.22
VANCOUVER
Tayib C K, Hassan H S. An Intersectional Analysis of Race, Gender, Age, and Disability Discrimination in Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”. JLS. 2026;10(Issue 1, Part 2):408-425. doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P2.22
