Of Mice and Men

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The compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world Drifters in search of work, George and his simple minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other and a dream a dream that one day they will have some land of their own Eventually they find work on a ranch in California s Salinas Valley, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie, struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy, becomes a victim of his own strength Tackling universal themes such as the friendship of a shared vision, and giving voice to America s lonely and dispossessed, Of Mice and Men has proved one of Steinbeck s most popular works, achieving success as a novel, a Broadway play and three acclaimed films. Read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck – kino-fada.fr The title of this novel is only 50% accurate, a very poor effort Yes, it s about men, but there s little or nothing about mice in these pages Mice enthusiasts will come away disappointed This got me thinking about other novel titles You would have to say that such books as The Slap, The Help, The Great Gatsby, Gangsta Granny, Mrs Dalloway and Hamlet have very good titles because they are all about a slap, some help, a Gatsby who was really great, a no good granny, a woman who was married to The title of this novel is only 50% accurate, a very poor effort Yes, it s about men, but there s little or nothing about mice in these pages Mice enthusiasts will come away disappointed This got me thinking about other novel titles You would have to say that such books as The Slap, The Help, The Great Gatsby, Gangsta Granny, Mrs Dalloway and Hamlet have very good titles because they are all about a slap, some help, a Gatsby who was really great, a no good granny, a woman who was married to a guy called Dalloway and a Hamlet I have no problem with tho...I needed a quick read because I stupidly forgot that the library would be closed yesterday for Veteran s Day I d exhausted my current supply, and I needed a short term fix to hold me until I could get some new product today So I grabbed Of Mice and Men off the bookshelf last night.And I m glad I did because I d somehow remembered that this was a depressing book How wrong I was Oh, sure there were some tense moments like when you think Lennie will accidently hurt Curley s wife in the barn Wh I needed a quick read because I stupidly forgot that the library would be closed yesterday for Veteran s Day I d exhausted my current supply, and I needed a short term fix to hold me until I could get some new product today So I grabbed Of Mice and Men off the bookshelf last night.And I m glad I did because I d somehow remembered that this was a depressing book How wrong I was Oh, sure there were some tense moments like when you think Lennie will accidently hurt Curley s wife in the barn What a relief when George and Candy come in at the last minute and stop anything bad from happening And isn t it nice that the scare changes both Curley and his wife so that they have a much better marriage and new appreciation for each other.Plus, it leads to the great moment when Curley is so grateful that he fronts Geor...Well, somehow I ve managed to read close to 800 books by now, and none of those had been Of Mice and Men That has been remedied now, and I m feeling emotionally drained by it So yeah.I suppose pretty much everyone knows the heartbreaking story of Lennie and George I was relatively unspoiled and still knew what happened in the end I just did not ...Trouble with mice is you always kill em Breathtaking prose, touching characters and a heart breaking ending Who said only lengthy novel can make an impactI remember reading this at school at being completely uninterested in the story I remember the teacher droning on about basic plot allegories before we read each section she would tell us what certain things meant before we had even seen them She would explain how this portrays a vital part of American culture and a vital element of human nature All in all we were told what to see in the book before we even began reading Perhaps she should have just let us read it first, and see what we t I remember reading this at school at being completely uninterested in the story I remember the teache...I think I ve been avoiding John Steinbeck, consciously or subconsciously, ever since I was a horse loving teenager and thought that The Red Pony would be a nice, pleasant book to read.I didn t read any Steinbeck books for years.But I was in the local library, puttering around in the general fiction shelves, and happened to pull this one out and noticed how short it was only 107 pages I had just finished reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which was a 127 page overdose of cheesy 70 s inspirati I think I ve been avoiding John Steinbeck, consciously or subconsciously, ever since I was a horse loving teenager and thought that The Red Pony would be a n...It s the way Steinbeck describes things that gets me Crooks, the negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn On one side of the little room there was a square four paned window, and on the other, a narrow plank door leading into the barn Crooks bunk was a long box filled with straw, on which his blankets were flung On the wall by the window there were pegs on which hung broken harness in process of being mended strips of new leath It s the way Steinbeck describes things that gets me Crooks, the negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn On one side of the little room there was a square four paned window, and on the other, a narrow plank door leading into the barn Crooks bunk was a long box filled with straw, on which his blankets were flung On the wall by the window there were pegs on which hung broken harness in process of being mended strips of new leather and under the window itself a little bench for leather working tools, curved knives and needles and balls of linen thread, and a small hand riveter On pegs were also pieces of harness, a split collar with the horsehair stuffing sticking out, a broken hame, and a trace chain with its leather covering split Crooks had his apple box over his ...Over the past year, I have rediscovered John Steinbeck as a master American story teller Having read Cannery Row and its follow up Sweet Thursday, I realized what a prolific author Steinbeck was and hope to continue my reading with a number of his novels this year One novella I did read while in school but have a fuzzy memory of is Of Mice and Men With a square on this year s classic bingo board being read a group read that you haven t read yet, I decided that it was as good a time as any to Over the past year, I have rediscovered John Steinbeck as a master American story teller Having read Cannery Row and its follow up Sweet Thursday, I realized what a prolific author Steinbeck was and hope to continue my reading with a number of his novels this year One novella I did read while in school but have a fuzzy memory of is Of Mice and Men With a square on this year s classic bingo board being read a group read that you haven t read yet, I decided that it was as good a time as any to revisit this work of Steinbeck s through adult eyes.Near the Salinas River and Soledad, California, two nomadic farm hands...Whatcan I possibly add to a discussion of John Steinbeck s Of Mice and Men without drawing a high school English teacher s salary Considering I m not drawing bored glances from teenagers, I doubt that a check from LAUSD will appear in my mailbox anytime soon Published in 1937, this is the work that the Goodreads algorithms seem to have agreed is the author s most renowned For Stephen King, it s ...This is a story about George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States George Milton is intelligent but uneducated and Lennie Small is extremely physically strong but mentally disabled After being hired at a farm, the pair are confronted by the Boss s son who dislikes Lennie Another worker on the farm offers to help pay to buy a farm with George and Lennie This is a story about George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States George Milton is intelligent but uneducated and Lennie Small is extremely physically strong but mentally disabled After being hired at a farm, the pair are confronted by the Boss s son who dislikes Lennie Another worker on the farm offers to help pay to buy a farm with George and Lennie However, the next day Lennie accidenta...

Of Mice and Men
  • English
  • 26 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 112 pages
  • 0142000671
  • John Steinbeck
  • Of Mice and Men