Comparing Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Barack Obama and George Miller from Of Mice and Men exemplify the aspect of Hope and plans for the future within the american dream.

Many people prefer watching a movie than reading a book, but what they don’t know it that most times a book is so much better than a movie and you can get more details in from a movie. And it’s also fun to let your mind explore while reading a very exciting novel. First let's talk about the setting in both the book and the movie. In books you get to use your imagination which is always fun and can never be wrong. In the book of mice and men I pictured the ranch surrounded by mountains and in a open valley with lots of grass.

Of mice and men, is a classic in American novels. And the movie is very keen, but between the book and the movie there are many differences and similarities. These differences include when George throws the mouse across the water, when the worker asked slim to switch jobs, and when Lennie hallucinated the large rabbit and Aunt Clara. These differences all have adequate reasons why the two were differed. Let me explain them to you.

Life’s friendships are an integral aspect of everyone’s daily routines. Some are waning, some lasting and others, the chance meeting of two strangers, like ships passing in the night. Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men were written about fifty years apart, nonetheless, the two friendships expressed by the two have components that make for strong friendships. The character pairs of Huck and Jim, and George and Lennie, have the qualities that make long lasting friendships. By comparing and contrasting their friendships, the pair which shared the strongest bonds can be determined.

There is an exciting chase across the countryside. These two men jump into the Salinas River. There is this Lady that is in a red ripped dress and running after these two figures named George and Lennie. The hook in the movie is very different from the book. It brings a lot of tension to the audience. George is a protective and caring friend. Lennie is really generous and sweet but also forgets a lot of things. Curley is a very angry and selfish man. Curley’s wife is sympathetic and lonely she doesn’t get to talk to anyone besides her husband Curley. Crooks is a crippled but nice man and he says s’pose a lot. Slim is very understanding. Candy is a very old but sweet man who has a very old dog that is in pain.

Although it would seem George betrayed Lennie’s trust, George was justified in his decision to shoot Lennie because of Lennie’s actions and safety.

“Am I my brother’s keeper? Yes, I am.” Scott, Jill “Brotha”. Since biblical times it has been debated over whether or not “I am my brother’s keeper”. In Mice of Men by John Steinbeck, he takes a deeper look at the meaning of my brother’s keeper. Of Mice and Men is based in California during the 1930’s. It is a tale of two friends who travel across California looking for work, and a place to call their own. While the story is mostly about George Milton, who looks after his travelling companion Lennie Smalls, who has a mental disability; the story is also about how Lennie takes care of George. For instance, they often sit and talk about how they have each other to take care of, and when Crooks makes it seem like Lennie is not coming back, Lennie almost assaults Crooks to protect George. Lennie, more than once in the story offers to leave George, if he feels that would be best, sacrificing his

H. L. Mencken said, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” This quote holds true for today’s man as the dream of freedom is being pushed aside by the need for survival. Especially as the horrors of terrorism and war spread throughout the world, mankind is sacrificing their freedom and bringing the need for safety to the forefront. Man is giving up rights and peace when life is on the line, all in the name of safety.

Of Mice and Men was a striking book about a few men simply endeavoring to get by in the Great Depression. George and Lennie had known each other for quite a while and had developed to rely upon each other. All through the book Lennie got some information about them, about how they would get a place and live respectively, they never got the chance to do that, as life would have it, reality acted as a burden. The most questionable point from this book was the reason George killed Lennie. It was the best choice for numerous reasons, the first being that Lennie was a threat to people around him and additionally himself, the second is that Lennie couldn't make do without George and the last being that if George didn't, Curly would have.

Sometimes decisions are like a drug addiction. You know the choice you need to make (quit for crying out loud!) ,but it may be harder than you choose to think. You know you need to quit smoking cigarettes, it’s taking you down a path to life terminating lung cancer. However, you refuse to jump the derailing train, because your need is stronger than your desire to quit. Because Lennie’s time was out and his train was about to go hurtling off the track, George made the right decision to spare Lennie from the suffering that would’ve followed, and I believe that this was the right decision.

John Steinbeck’s masterpiece Of Mice and Men is a novel and movie about two men named Lennie and George trying to thrive in a struggling world where they realize the American dream is not quite achievable. Even though the novel and movie were both admirable pieces of art, there are quite a few differences between the two. The book Of Mice and Men is better than the movie. This is because of how the characters, plot, and some minor details were not quite up to par with the novel.

The story of Of Mice and men takes place in John Steinbeck’s birth town Salinas, a town in California close to the Salinas River and Salinas Valley. Being born and raised in an agricultural society managed by Capitalism, Steinbeck witnessed the effects it had on the working class. Jay Parini, the writer of John Steinbeck – A Biography, tells us that John Steinbeck sifted through his whole life, all of his experiences, while writing this book. So of course when Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men it easily assumed that he was greatly influenced by his own experiences and personal interactions with migrant laborers. (Parini)

Of Mice and Men, the classic by John Steinbeck was published in 1937. It swept the country, becoming a hit almost instantly. And now it is read in middles schools all over. In 1992 it was made into a movie.

Having to watch a best friend die would be on of the worst fates imaginable, but having to be the one to kill them is indescribable. The story of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck ends with this scene for the two main characters, George and Lennie. Of Mice and Men is about an unlikely pair of friends, ranch hands looking for work during the Great Depression to finance their dream. George and Lennie struggle to find jobs because of Lennie’s mental disability and inability to grasp what is right and wrong. Finally the two manage to get jobs and are close to achieving their dream when things go wrong. Lennie accidentally kills another ranch hand's wife when he “had broken her neck” (Steinbeck, 91). George is forced to face the truth that he cannot

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck illustrates the downfall of two solitary men who have only each other to be liable upon. The greatest tragedy in this story comes from straightforward certainty that Lennie is left alone with Curley's wife in light of the fact that Curley's wife is the genuine scoundrel in Of Mice and Men; only she causes the inconvenience that prompts Lennie's demise. Numerous of George and Lennie’s struggles originate from things they cannot control, such as Lennie’s mental illness and the way that both men are stuck in the deadlock quest for rustic work in 1930's America. In his novella, Steinbeck analyzes the distinctive ways that men and ladies express their supremacy, whereas the men in his story depend on the power