Of Mice and Men
This novel is set on the Californian Grain Farms in the 1930's. The town is called Soledad and is four miles south of San Jose. The inspiration for the book probably came from a poem by Robert Burns. The poem was about the plans of mice and men going wrong. The book generally is about all of the migrant workers, all with their own dreams. The main characters George and Lennie go from farm to farm, trying to work up a stake and save enough to buy their own farm. The other characters in the book are also all lonely in their own way. Crooks is black and the blacks are seen as outcasts. Curley's wife is a woman and therefore insignificant, perhaps this is why she has not been given a name. Candy has become old, and without his hand is next to useless. George is a typical migrant worker. He's not particularly strong, but he's smart and good at his job. The difference between him and the rest of the workers is that he has someone to call a friend. Lennie is the opposite of George in every physical way. He's much taller and better built, and consequently an amazing worker. Unfortunately for him and George he is not very intelligent. George enjoys going to brothels, getting drunk and generally wasting his money. Lennie adores animals
The white people exclude him, so instead of pleading with them he decides he is going to exclude them as well. Perhaps to signify the fact that she is insignificant, though not to this novel, she is called Curley's wife, and not given a name. Lennie looks up to George and has a great amount of respect and admiration. The others all agree that the best thing for the dog is to shoot it. She is heavily made up with contrasting colours on her face. She does not know Lennie and that inevitably causes her death. He can remember people who have come and gone previously. There is a very strong bond between the two. All of the characters in the novel are lonely, and the only thing that separates them is that some know it and some don't. He realises that he only believed it because he kept saying it to Lennie. He is different from the rest because he is black, in a time where racial prejudice is strong. He has a companion, his dog, whose life parallels his. He has also been crippled, and so his life is very bad. He has lost his hand in an accident, which makes him even less useful.
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