Of Mice and Men
The title of the story is Of Mice and Men. The date of it's original publication was in 1937
The authors name was John Steinback. He was born in 1902 and died in 1968.
The main character is named Lenny. Lenny is a big man. Lenny is mentally retarded and is cared for by his friend George.
George is a small and stubby. George is the only friend that Lenny has and is his savior in every dumb thing Lenny does. George was basically given the job of caring for Lenny.
A few miles from the Salinas River. Close to the hillside banks. In a very nice southern area with a river, mountains, and beautiful sandy land.
The narrator is John Steinback.
Lenny was a mentally retarded guy that had a fascination with mice. Lenny and George had a dream of having their own farm with many animals. Lenny especially wanted mice in his farm. But they had to work on farms in order to get money to fulfill their dreams. But every time that they would work on a farm Lenny would find a way to get them fired. When they got to work on this farm with many people they met a guy that had the same dream as Lenny and George. There was a woman who was Curly's wife. She would try to seduce Lenny into a relationship but Lenny wasn't very conscious of it. Curly's wife began to talk to Lenny and then Lenny was petting her hair and with his enormous strength broke her neck. Lenny was told by George that if he ever got into any trouble then he should meet him in safe place.George found Lenny there and shot him in the back of the head.
The general tone was calm and at the same time sad.
I liked the style because he wrote the story so realistically. The grammar was written in a southern way. Kind of like they do in the southern areas.
I think that the story's main theme was a life full of the unexpected.
Should George have shot his friend Lennie? George probably did the right thing by shooting Lennie. How can we condemn George for sparing his friend Lennie the pain and fear of being killed by someone else? He did something society sees as wrong, but he did it for a good reason. Lennie didn’t deserve to die, but there was no other alternative. Curley wanted to kill Lennie, and since George cared for Lennie, he figured the best thing would be for him to put Lennie out of his misery.
1936: Of Mice and Men, set around Soledad, was produced as a novel and then as a play.
One reason Lenny and George are both different is by Lenny being less mature than George. For example, in the beginning of the book when Lenny and George were walking to get to the ranch, Lennie had a dead mice and was trying to be clever by trying to hide it from George. For that he could be able to keep it. He didn’t succeeded and was told like a kid to get rid of it and when he denied, George was the adult and threw the dead mice away. (pg.6) This shows how Lennie is less mature than George because no adult would be walking around with a dead mice and trying to hide it from someone. Proving
7. The Salinas Valley is located at the Middle Western part of California, south of the Monterey bay. It is surrounded by mountains on the east, and west side and open to the bay in the north. With the parallel mountain ranges and the border with the bay, this would create a high humidity area with rain clouds being trapped in the channel between the mountains.
Early in the movie one of the other workers shoots Candy’s dog. The dog was Candy’s only true friend. Candy said he should have been the one to shoot his best friend, not some stranger. This is one of Candy’s biggest regrets. This is a lesson George learns later in the movie when he is forced to make a tough decision whether to kill Lenny himself, or watch as Lenny gets lynched. George can not bare the idea of this happening to Lenny. George takes Candy’s advice and decides since Lenny and him are best friends he should take it upon himself and shoot Lenny. This example of George killing Lenny shows that George can only live with himself if he has his self- respect and self- esteem. Although he is killing Lenny it shows he has self- respect and self- esteem because Lenny is his only friend and rather than watching him get tortured and lynched he takes it upon himself to end his only friend’s life. Lenny isn’t smart enough to realize what will happen to him, so George makes this decision. This is when George knows he can’t live without self- respect and self-
Disappointment is someone being sad or mad about something they have done or failed to do. Disappointment can be caused by other people’s actions. In the book “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck, the characters of Crooks, Candy, and Curly’s wife all suffer from disappointment of life. Crooks suffer from disappointment from how nobody wants to play or talk to him just because he is black. Also Curly’s Wife suffers because women don’t have that much of rights so she gets treated badly. Candy gets also treated badly because he is old and only has one hand to use so he can’t do that much work. All of the people in the book get treated badly because the book “Of Mice and Men” is made during the time period that the great depression was so there wasn’t that much of rights towards women and black people.
George has a small figure and is considered tiny against his tall and heavily built friend Lennie. However, he shows great dominance over him. He demands that Lennie hand him a dead mouse that Lennie had kept secret from George. He also makes sure that Lennie is to not talk when they first show up to the farm. George manipulates his power against Lennie to take charge in the duo. Despite the fact that Lennie’s robust body has more strength and power against George’s, he is still the one who is in command in the pair.
In 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck George is seen as one of the main protagonists of the novella. He is portrayed as a very selfless and noble character as he takes care of Lennie and defends him from the more malicious characters, such as Curley and his wife. George represtents the lack of opportunity for workers in 1930s Amercia as he is forced to travel around constantly and make little money for his work to survive from month to month.
In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck brings out the themes of Lonliness and companionship, and strengths and weaknesses through the actions, and quotations of the characters. Irony and foreshadowing play a large roll on how the story ends. Lennie and his habit of killing things not on purpose, but he is a victim of his own strength. George trying to pretend that his feelings for Lennie mean nothing. The entire novel is repetitive in themes and expressed views.
The book of mice and men is a fiction written by john Steinbeck (1902-1968). John Steinbeck writes mainly short stories and novels, he was born in Salinas California, which is the same area where the book of mice and men is set. He is became widely known thanks to his peace: tequila flat. Steinbeck's novels have themes of social criticism in them, a lot about the economic problems in rural labor. Good examples of books written by John Steinbeck: dubious battle (1936), of mice and men (1937), the long valley (1938) and east of Eden (1952).
The movie of Of Mice and Men had many differences while still giving the same message that the book was portrayed to have. One of the major differences was that Candy never came into the room when Lennie and Crooks were talking to each other. This was major because Crooks never found out that the plan was true about the little house. In the book after he heard Candy talk about it he wanted to get in on the deal. Also the movie it never showed Lennie have his illusions of his Aunt Carla and the rabbits when he was waiting by the pond.
... well to portray how life actually was in those times. Most of his elements are true and add to the validity of the story and personality of the characters in it. He gives his readers a look into the world of a Southern style of life in the given time period.
It was a beautiful day outside. The sun was coming through the windows so you could see the dust particles floating around. The birds were chirping, the chickens were eating, and the leaves of the trees were rustling from the breeze. But there was still a cloud cast over the farm, reminding the farmhands what had happened less than a day before.
1.) George- A small man who travels with, and takes care of, Lennie. He frequently talks about how much better his life would be without having Lennie to take care of. George's behavior is motivated by the desire to protect Lennie and, eventually, he wants to lead them both to the farm of their dreams.
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