Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Novel Summary
Two workers known as George and Lennie are let off a bus from a farm in California where they are due to start work. George happens to be a small dark man, and Lennie is the complete opposite of him with a shapeless face. Some things are a little difficult because it is clear that Lennie has a mental disability. Good fortune smiles upon them greatly when they get great work near a ranch at soledad. It also features their co-workers candy crooks and curley a man who is not faithful with his anger management problems. Because of Lennies child like mentality, they cannot hold a job long enough to get what they need done.
Themes
George and Lennie have dreams about owning a farm. Although it crumbles in failure. Lennie's disability makes him thought of as a child. Unless a man is a itinerant worker while the Great Depression is going on, he just about as lonely as you can be. Also lennie is a child trapped in a strong and powerful mans body.
Quotes
Chapter 1, page 7:
“I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail.”
- George
Chapter 3, page 56:
“How long’s it gonna be till we get the little place an’ live off the fatta the lan’ –an tend the rabbits?”
- Lennie
Chapter 3, page 61:
“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t of ought to let no stranger shoot my dog.”
- Candy
Event Information
John Steinbeck
American novelist who portrayed the plight of migrant workers during the great depression.
When?
Tuesday, Feb 10, 1987, 06:15 PM
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Lennie
The least dynamic character. He is devoted to George and the vision of the farm. He also possesses incredible physical strength . Lennie is a huge and lumbering person, don't let the last name Small fool you.
Crooks
Crooks is a lively sharp stable handed person. He takes his name from his crooked back. He also understands and undergoes what loneliness can do to a person.
George
A short tempered but loving and devoted friend. Unlike other characters in the novel George progresses throughout the story. He is a hardworking man who does not give up on things. Although is he very impatient he finds a way to get what he wants.
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