Of Mice & Men
By: John Steinbeck
Novel Summary
In the story "Of Mice And Men" two men, Lennie and George, have a dream. A dream of one day owning their own farm with a plentiful acres of land, animals for their benefit, but rabbits especially for Lennie. Why rabbits for a grown man you ask? Well, you see, Lennie is mentally challenged and he loves soft think such as hair, fur, extc. Without this little mental disability the story wouldn't be the same. In fact, Lennie makes the story interesting. He makes vital mistakes ignorantly. This is because Lennie doesn't know his own strength, and when he goes to touch soft things, he always ends up ruining or even hurting them...
Author Bio
John steinbeck was born 1902 and died 1925. As a young boy john loved to read books, it was his obssesion. He grew up with no father, one mother, and two spoiled brothers. Over the years his mother realized his love for books and got him a note book and pencil. When he started out writting all he wrote about where his slow brothers. He got the idea of the story "Of mice and men" from his brothers. He wanted to make a story about a mentally challenged person becuase he wanted to compare and show what it was like to have to deal with his brohers.
Theme Analysis
The theme of the story "Of mice and men", is friendship and brotherhood. No matter what happened, George always stuck by Lennie in his time of need. He didnt care that he was mentally disable at all and he looked passed it. He saw something greater in him that no one else could see. Although George carried lennies weight and he felt as if sometimes Lennie was a burdden he stuck with him because he made a promise to Lennie's Aunt that he'd take care of him but he also did it because he loved him and he knew if he could just get some hard earned money to buy some land , him and lennie could live a great life. He knew if he knew he could keep Lennie out of trouble wich was his main purpose.
Character description
Lennie:Lennie can be described as a child in a man's body. He stands tall with a hunch, broad shoulders, and the only clothes he wears is denim. He's mentally challenge and doesn't understand most things. Being a little slow he has no idea of his own strength. Although he loves creatures, because he doesn't know his strength he ends up injuring or killing them from petting them too hard.
Slim:Slim is a hard working man , he is slim in the body, with average height. He seems to be the only one that understands what George is going through with Lennie.
Curly's wife:Curly's wife is a wondering character. She says she is always lonely because she has no one to talk to. She seduces men, but uses the excuse that she needs someone to talk to when curly's not around.
Quote from novel
"Trouble with mice is you always kill'em..." (George)
This Quote is significant because this displays his strength which causes the main plot in the story.