Book Review On Of Mice And Men

In the beginning of the story, two men named George Milton and Lennie Small are trying to make their way to a small ranch in Salinas Valley, California. George is the leader of their two man tribe, despite Lennie’s intimidating size. George is filled with determination and confidence while Lennie is a simple man with a big heart.

Steinbeck not only uses realism to make an impact on his readers but he also uses strong characterization to his advantage as well (Howard). By using characters such as Ma Joad and Curley's wife, he is able to personalize the novel for the reader. This technique that Steinbeck uses makes the reader feel like he/she can relate with the characters' struggles, therefore, creating a greater sense of understanding toward the characters' situations (Horn). These two characters can best be described as strong, courageous, and they show great amounts of

In life we are part of many roles that create dangers we face that may lie beyond our understanding. Even though these roles are hard to understand, they can give meaning to our life. In John 's Steinbeck "Of Mice and Men," we see these men 's day to day lives, the main character; George takes care of his friend Lennie who has difficulties understanding the rules of the world we live in. Through the story there are many ups and downs mostly involving Lennie, who is trying to see through the eyes of George and to do and be as George is. For this reason George is constantly trying to think of what is best for Lennie. Through all of this they face even more dangers and still try to find a way to raise money for a farm to

The story “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature. “Of Mice and Men” is about two characters George and Lennie. George is very smart but short. Lennie on the other hand is the complete opposite. He is big and has a mind of a child. In “Of Mice and Men” George and Lennie have a dream to own a piece of land somewhere in California. In this story Lennie is being made sympathetic by Steinbeck so then the story is more relatable. Steinbeck is doing this by showing Lennie to have some mental problems and also to make him act like a child in a manly ranch in California.

We live in a world of dreams and desire to achieve, but sometimes we end up without achieving them. Therefore, Steinbeck brought this clearly as we see Lennie died without actually achieving his dreams. Also friendship has been expressed as the main theme in the novel. Despite the difficult moments they went through, George and Lennie’s friendship is all against the challenges. The two shared well dreams and loved one another so much. This is a great virtue even in modern

Despite the fact that some characters found in this book are quite cruel, others promote important lessons and morals. “Teenagers can identify with characters in such novels and use them as role models for facing their own challenges.”(Young Adult Literature) Teens look towards books for inspiration and advice for their own life. Of Mice and Men gives teens hope of addressing their own. This book teaches teens to go after their dreams, no matter what anyone says. George and Lennie have a particular energy of determination that is inspiring to the reader. "O.K. Someday—we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and—" (Steinbeck 14). This dream that George and Lennie have, inspires the reader to also follow after his or her dreams. George and Lennie are two very inspirational young men who motivate the reader to have their own hopes and dreams for the future. Having something to look forward to keeps people happy and arouse their good spirits. Overall the inspirational characters in this book, share and unforgettable lesson, that schools should not got against and

All throughout the book Steinbeck embedded small seemingly insignificant details that have evidently paved the road to the ending of the book. Small things such as Lennie liking to pet

Imagine living in a time where racism and poor undeveloped towns are still around and there are a lot of obstacles and events that take place. This was the time during the 1930's when two protagonists named George Milton and Lennie Small, who had planned to work in a ranch in a a town called Weed. In this ranch, both characters face different types of problems within the new workers that they're going to live with. Lennie Small is a character set to mentally special and is always in trouble and has George, his best friend, is always getting him out of it. In the book, we will see how. Lennie is the most sympathetic character due to his mental disability, having a mind of a child in a man's body, and how unintentionally he kills whatever pets he gets.

Steinbeck explains his inability to fit in his throughout childhood, despite his parents prominence in the town, through the brothers Cal and Aron. Each brother exhibits

John Steinbeck’s story, Of Mice and Men, is a book about two friends, George and Lennie, who travel around the country working together. George is a small man who is in charge of taking care of Lennie, his big huge friend who is mentally disabled. This in itself helps to provoke sympathy from people reading the book due to his increased responsibilities, however there are more things that occur to make us sympathize with George. When things happen to Lennie, like when Lennie gets into a fight and depends on George for instruction on how to handle things, is another important example of things that happen in the book, making George’s hardships apparent, which make people have an increasing amount of sympathy towards him. Also, at the end of the book, George is pushed to shoot Lennie because of the bad things he accidentally did, which had extremely bad criminal consequences.

Chapter 3: “George half-closed his eyes.”I gotta think about that. We was always gonna do it by ourselves." Candy interrupted him, "I 'd make a will an ' leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, 'cause I ain 't got no relatives or nothing"”

The reader is exposed to dialogue among characters, for the first time, in chapter two, allowing the reader to easily identify Steinbeck’s distinct writing style. The introduction of dialogue allows the reader to notice the varying

George is a young man who has had bad experiences with Lennie who has gotten him kicked out numerous jobs and killed Curley’s wife.John Steinbeck the author of the novella Of Mice and Men,has A focus On two migrant farm workers following a dream.George even says that life would be so much easier without Lennie.”God a’mighty if I was alone I could live so easy.I could get a job and work and no trouble”(11).After George says this he quickly realizes that Lennie is hurt so he says he isn’t mad at him.By the end of the book the same events happen under different circumstances,George calms down Lennie and kills him to save him from a painful death.Although he has to live with the pain of killing his best friend.Finally George had bad experiences with Lennie,and having to kill him George felt more pain than Lennie.

The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck depicts the american dream by telling a story of two friends named Lennie and George who share a dream of having their own farm. Lennie is a more sensitive character who doesn’t have much of a brain and George is a very independent and strong character. In the text Steinbeck was successful at making Lennie sympathetic because he shows with different events in the book how Lennie reacts to them based on his character traits.

Of Mice and Men is a novel set on a ranch in the Salinas Valley in California during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The title of the book is a reference to Robert Burns's poem To a Mouse. (1759 - 96):