Of Mice and Men Book Review
Uploaded by peacy76 on May 07, 2008
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was first published in 1937. Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men during the Great Depression which was from 1929 to 1939. The book takes place in Salinas, CA which is right in the heart of California and also Steinbeck’s birthplace. Of Mice and Men is based on mental retardation, The Great Depression, and the migrant workers. One of the characters in the book named Lennie was a big guy but had a mental retardation problem which was common during the Great Depression and Steinbeck shows you how sad it was in the book. The Great Depression was the longest and worst period because stock values dropped, food prices went up by 40%, and it was hard for people to find jobs to take care of their family. Which had Steinbeck more motivated in writing this book because he wanted to show us the life back then. The book had migrant workers working in a ranch and trying to make a living each with a different dream. Steinbeck bonds all of the problems during the Great Depression and tells us how life was back then all in a book with a really interesting plot.
The plot of Of Mice and Men is all about Lennie and George trying to make a living with their friendship and other stuff. Lennie is a large, strong man with the mind of a child, and George is a smaller man that is more intelligent who cares for Lennie. Escaping from the town of Weed are the results of Lennie touching a girl’s dress and getting blamed for raping her because of his love of touching soft things. They will have to go and find a new ranch which they do and it is near Soledad, CA. George and Lennie will work there to buy a small farm of their own, and "live offa the fatta the lan" by saving up enough money. Lennie loves to tend rabbits so he agrees with George into sharing his pay to buy that farm so he would tend those rabbits. However, this goal is only a dream until Candy, another worker on the farm, offers to share his savings for a place on the farm and George lets him. But the Stable buck, Crooks, would also like to join George and Lennie’s dream farm. Even after all the efforts they had worked for...