John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men ‘Of Mice and Men’, a rather interesting novel, written by John

Steinbeck in 1937, was derived from a poem ‘To a Mouse’ by Robert

Burns. The novel is mostly set on a ranch, portraying the life of the

two protagonists, George and Lennie, and the shattering of their

so-called ‘American dream’ - a hope to have their own small holding.

George and Lennie are said to be an unlikely pair. George is seen as

the leader between the two. He is “small and quick, dark of face, with

restless, eyes and sharp, strong features”. He had “small, strong

hands, slender arms, and a thin bony nose”[1]. Lennie, on the other

hand, had a lot of his choices made for him. He was the total opposite

of George. He was “a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale