Compare varying ideas of "place" in John Steinbeck´s Of Mice and Men. How does the dream of "a place" figure in the lives of characters in the novel?There are at least four ideas of "place" in Of Mice and Men to be considered. The first idea could be the "place" considered as the setting of the beg...

Of Men and Mice The first conflict in the novel was George and Lennie's dream of owning a farm. After George kills Lennie, he says that it was just a stupid dream and that he knew deep down inside that it would never come true. He said that he repeated the dream so many times to Lennie...

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 mig...

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 mig...

"No matter how hard you try, you may never achieve your dreams." This shows that in the book, dreams don't tend to come true. In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie, two men, are on a quest to try and achieve their dreams. George and Lennie work on a ranch where they meet ...

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 mig...

Often overlooked is one's intellectual self. In the story, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, however, it isn't going unnoticed. Portrayed perfectly as the victim of low intelligence, Lennie is the target for many attacks. It's as if an invisible barrier has been put up, in which he ...

Often overlooked is one's intellectual self. In the story, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, however, it isn't going unnoticed. Portrayed perfectly as the victim of low intelligence, Lennie is the target for many attacks. It's as if an invisible barrier has been put up, in which he ...

The one who had it the worst was Crooks, because he was black, unlike George and Lennie, he had no chance to even try to get a new life.  He was stuck as the Stable Buck and could not leave.  Crooks wanted to follow George and Lennie with their plans for the house, but racism got in the way.  Whe...

George was in a state of shock after he had shot Lennie. All of the workers were suspicious of George and they were all talking about the incident when George went back home. Curley was very angry and he was looking to cause trouble as usual. Curley came up with a preposterous idea that George ha...