Miller 1
Ashley Miller
Ms.Williams
Acc English 3
17 April 2000
The story Of Mice and Men is written by John Steinbeck. John Ernst
Steinbeck was a California novelist, he attended Stanford University.
Steinbeck worked at "odd jobs"(Oxford University 722). He started off
writing short stories and romantics. Steinbeck's fiction combines with
"realism and romance, but not always harmoniously"( 722 ). Most of his
stories settings were " rural areas, where people live most happily when
close to nature, but where malevolent forces, such as drought or labor and
market conditions or human greed, destroy this vital relationship"( 722 ).
When Steinbeck is dealing with consequent problems he uses " lyric and
mystical, sometimes realistic and sociological" ( 722 ). Some of the people
didn't like him in the United Sates they criticismed him, but " he remained
popular and esteemed in Europe, and in the year when he published
his account of a tour of 40 states, accompanied by his poodle, and
Miller 2
Travels with Charley in Search of America in 1962"( 722 ).Stienbeck
was the " seventh American-born author to win a Nobel Prize. Stein beck
came to conclusion " that man must take responsibility for his actions and
that man is capable-however reluctantly-of accepting this responsibility"
( French 78 ). Stienbeck's first popular novel was Tortillia flat that got him
started off on a pretty good track. The essential roles in the novel Of Mice
and Men are the characters, setting and theme. They play important part in
this novel.
George is one of the main characters. He is a " small and quick and
dark face " ( steinbeck, book notes ). George is a " itinerant ranch-hand "
( French 75 ). George is guy that acts like he is mean ...