Of Mice And Men Chapter 1 Summary

One day, some men were standing near the Sacramento River. George told Lennie to jump in and he did, even though Lennie didn’t know how to swim. George and the men were able to pull him out before he drowned and Lennie was grateful to George for helping him. This experience made George realize that it was wrong for him to play jokes on Lennie.

This shows that Lennie does not change and is therefore a static character. At the beginning the story, Lennie gets him and George kicked out of the Weed Farm. At the end of the story, Lennie make another huge mistake and has to flee the ranch. This develops a circle where Lennie and George end up right where they started. The first sentence of chapter one states, “A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas river drops in close to hillside bank and runs deep and green.” (Steinbeck, 1). The first sentence of the last chapter reads, “The deep green pool of the Salinas River was still in the late afternoon.” Both sentences describe the Salinas River as being deep and green. This shows irony as well as the circle Lennie traveled in, bringing him right back to where he began. Lennie traveled in this circle by following his violent actions and his unintelligence. (Steinbeck,

Of Mice and Men follows George Milton and Lennie Small in an adventure to get their American Dream. It takes place in 1930’s Soledad, California. The novella, by John Steinbeck, focuses on topics of friendship, masculinity, the American Dream, poverty, loneliness, injustice, and mercy. George and Lennie's’ relationship, has a distinct mentor and protegee dynamic.

Lennie kills the puppy by petting it to hard and he gets really upset. Curley’s wife offers Lennie to pet her soft hair, Lennie grabs her to hard which resulted in Lennie breaking her neck. George and Lennie’s dream of having a farm one day is ruined because of something Lennie did wrong.

Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck in 1937 and was published also in 1937. The novella is set in 1940’s America a time when the rights of women were very different to what they are now. Of Mice and Men is a story about George Milton and Lennie Small, two itinerant farm labourers. They are travelling from a ranch in Weed to another ranch in Soledad. They had to leave the ranch in Weed because Lennie, who isn’t the sharpest knife in the draw, went to feel a women’s red dress and she went screaming to the ranch owner that Lennie was trying to rape her. Once the protagonists George and Lennie arrive at the ranch in Soledad they meet Curley, the boss’s son, Candy, the swamper, and lots of other male ranch workers. They also meet

Of Mice and Men, a novella written by John Steinbeck, is the story of two migrant workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, who dream of owning their own farm. The two men secure jobs at a ranch and soon meet a swamper named Candy and Curley’s wife. Like George and Lennie, these characters also dream of having a better life than what they can accomplish while

The morning bird was playing and singing around the ranch in cool morning. The Sun rays was increasing with. Candy was sitting in the Crooks' room he was drinking tea with Crooks. "Crooks, I saved the money each and every month for more than 3 years, what should I use my money that I saved up all my life? Should I use this money to buy new farm or release our old friend?" asked Candy

Of Mice and Men is a short novel that portrays the American struggle during the Great Depression, through the eyes of migrant workers. There are two men who travel around together, George Milton and Lennie Small. Lennie is a mentally disabled man who George takes care of. George and Lennie meet many different kinds of people at the ranch they work at, and have high aspirations of soon moving into a house of their own.

The personality of George and Lennie are demonstrated by the use of different verbs and adverbs. Typically, the descriptive words used towards Lennie demonstrate his absence of maturity. For example, when Steinbeck mentions “dabbled,” “shapeless,” and “timidly,” he is trying to display Lennie’s indecision and hesitation when it comes to dealing with struggles, conflicts, or anything. On the other hand, Steinbeck uses adverbs such as, “sharply” and “gently,” which suggests the fact that George thinks deeply before he speaks or takes action. Overall, the reader is able to surmise, that Lennie still has state of mind where he requires the care of an adult, in this case, George. In addition, Lennie looks up to George as a role model because he believes if he emulates what George does, he will not land in

other hand, is the taller of the two, but also the dumbest, due to his

“You haven’t seen Curley in a while, have you?” Candy shook his head. “Well, once we got back here from the woods, we realized Curley was gone. Nowhere to be found. So sure, ya would’ve assumed Curley killed ‘im, but no. I took Carlson’s gun, and shot ‘im in the same spot on his neck that Carlson shot your dog, Candy. I could’n’ just let Curley torture Lennie like ‘e would’ve. I needed him to not be in pain, but I’m not sure I did the right thing.”

Throughout this novella Lennie struggles with the aggressive thoughts overcoming his brain. When left alone with ''soft things'' he can get very violent without intending to be, in the book he hurt a puppy without even knowing of it. Lennie has one person that he depends on and it is George – the man who has been there for him throughout his life. Lennie's mental retardation is foreshadowing of the events that will take place, tragic and blood

While waiting to begin their work, George and Lennie met the boss’s son, Curley, who has a little bit of a Napoleon Complex. Curley asserts his power right away by demanding that Lennie answer when he is spoken to. George warns Lennie to avoid Curley so they don’t get into trouble again. Later, Curley’s wife comes into the doorway of the bunkhouse “looking” for Curley. Lennie gets mesmerized by her beauty, but an old swamper named Candy lets them know that she has the “eye”, which means she is a flirtatious woman. George tells Lennie to stay away from her too. A while later, Curley came into the bunkhouse finding Lennie laughing and smiling. Thinking he is laughing at him, Curley gets angry and moves toward Lennie beginning to punch him. George told Lennie to let him have it so Lennie caught Curley’s hand and completely crushed it. The jerkline skinner, Slim, told Curley that his hand got caught in a machine to cover up the embarrassment and so Lennie wouldn’t get in trouble. The next day while the other guys were playing horseshoes, Lennie was in the barn, petting his puppy that he had accidentally killed. Curley’s wife wandered into the barn saw Lennie and wanted to have a conversation with him. He resisted at

The story, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck was first published in 1937. The story is about two migrant workers named George and Lennie, who’s dream is to own farm land of their own. The story takes place on the dusty vegetable fields of a California ranch. George and Lennie find themselves falling into problems and altercations due to Lennie’s mild mental disability. In the end George decides that he cannot afford anymore of the trouble Lennie keeps causing him.

Of mice and men is a Novella written by an author named John Steinbeck in 1937. The book is about two men who have had a hard life but start working towards the American dream. And their opinion, American dream is having a nice farm some animals a dog and family. This includes being free from harm in order the to live a relaxed safe and peaceful lifestyle. Although they try very hard to achieve this, george and lennie failed to achieve the American Dream do to the harsh conditions of society.