Of Mice And Men Book Review

Of Mice and Men; A magnificent manuscript

In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, a pair of friends, George- a quick-thinking gaurdian, and Lennie- a very slow thinker with a hulking body, travel along the countryside, picking up jobs where they can, with intents to buy a house and get away from the transient kind of life they had. After starting what is to be their last job before settling down and finally purchasing their own plot of land, things begin to go wrong for Lennie, a forgetful soul who can hardly control his own impulses. When a death occurs on the farm, it is the responsibility of Lenny, the guardian, to protect his friend from the hands of the malefactors. The climax is one of the most heart wrenching transpirations I have read to date.

Initially, I decided to read John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men for dubious reasons - to be more well-read and maybe earn brownie points with future English teachers. Plus, Of Mice and Men is one of the shortest classics, and in the time given to furnish a paper, this route was the most appealing. Thus, it would be a correct assumption that when I sat down to venture into the world of literature, my attitude was certainly not one of eagerness. Despite all this, I was completely enraptured. Steinbeck transported me from my honors English mindset to delight. This book is everything someone with a spare couple of hours needs, and it is in the reader's interest to read this novella immediately.

with simple language and what I refer to as "down on the farm" dialect.

Of Mice and Men focuses on the most important of human relationships: between a man and his best friend. In this case, however, the relationship is atypical, since Lennie is a large man with a child's mind and his friend George seems both fiercely angry and protective. Such a relationship does need illustrating, as it occurs in real life. The protective aspect of George comes to a pinnacle after Lennie has murdered, and a merciful death at the hand of a friend and a torturous death is the dichotomy. This decision has been made in history, and for it to be portrayed in a book is important. This series of events is also a tugger at the proverbial heartstrings, which is something any person needs now and again.

One reason this book will retain a considerable berth in my heart is because of the depth of word, and the issues brought up. My example is a conversation held between Lenny, Candy, an elderly worker with no hand, Crooks, the stable buck, and the wife of the boss' son, who is not given a name. This exemplifies America's treatment of the undesirables during the Great Depression. Curley's Wife denounces them as "Bindle stiffs- a nigger an' a dum-dum and a lousy ol' sheep". These may have been the sentiments

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