Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The title of the book i am writing about is 'of mice and men' and is

written by John Steinbeck. This book is set in western America in the

sub urban areas. The book is set in 1937. The job of farm labouring is

a boring one because the men who work there usually travel by

themselves, this is different in George and Lenny's case because they

travel together everywhere they go. They both have each other for

company, although Lenny has the capabilities of a child. In the time

the book is written America is in depression, many businesses failed

and many men worked for low pay contracts at different ranches across

America. The American dream is to live in small town or in a suburban

area where grass and trees simulate the country. This dream home is a

permanent seat, not rented but owned. This dream is bound to fail

because everyone wants that dream and it cost a lot of money, most of

the men working in America with this dream are on low salary so can

never afford the American dream.

George is one of the main characters in the book, he travels from

ranch to ranch with Lennie. George gets Lennie out of trouble when he

does bad things. The dream George has is to live in a small house and

have a few acres of land and live off of the fatter of the land and

not to go to work on the land when they don't feel like it or the

weather is horrible. This dream usual for the time he is living in.

This is the type of dream that people have in them days. Georges dream

is that 'were gonna get the jack together and were gonna have a little

house and a couple of acres and some cows and some pigs and we'll have

a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it

rains in the winter, we'll just say the hell with goin to work'.