The television show “What Would You Do” and the book, Of Mice and Men, Both show examples of ageism. “Ageism is a form of discrimination and prejudice, particularly experienced by seniors”(Ageism). In the episode, teen actors were asked to be rude to an elderly actor, to see if people on the street would stop them. A middle aged man stepped in, ordered the kids to stop and quoted “ They have so much Wisdom, they thought us. We learn from each other. Old people are great, I love them.” The book show ageism in the same way. The ranchers were discriminating Candys dog for being old and smelly. Candy was hurt, he glanced around the room to see if anyone would stick up for him, but no one did. Carlson, a rancher, stated “An’ he ain't no good to
