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 an
They have got a lot in common, not physically, but they are both lonely and excluded from the others. George is just an average worker, and only gets jobs because he controls Lennie. The others do not hate him, he just gets left out because he is old. The dog was once a sheepdog, but has aged and now is only kept around because he is liked. On the rebound she met Curley and married him because he was there. He doesn't do much on the ranch, but he can do small odd jobs about the place. She is heavily made up with contrasting colours on her face. She does not know Lennie and that inevitably causes her death. My opinion on this book is that it tells a story of what can happen when you try to break a link. She doesn't like him, and says that 'he ain't nice'. All of the typical workers live, work and die. Curley's wife's loneliness causes her to talk to Lennie, because only he will let her talk eventually. He is different from the rest because he is black, in a time where racial prejudice is strong. George and Lennie were different because they had each other to call a 'friend', or just companionship.
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