The novella Of Mice and Man it’s an example of how the majority of people lived back then in the 1930’s. Steinbeck chooses George and Lennie to be the main characters in the story. I’m going to describe and tell you how they are and their personality and actions. First, I’m going to start with George. The author describes him as, “Small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and a bony nose
John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a novel about two migrant laborers – named George and Lennie – working on a ranch in rural California during the Great Depression. George and Lennie are both farmers and friends who find a decent job working on a ranch. Both George’s and Lennie’s life is going well until Lennie commits an inadvertent yet serious act: he kills Curley’s wife. Because of Lennie’s action, George has to make a choice about Lennie; and George decides to put Lennie down. By discerning
George Milton and Lennie Small are the two main characters in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, which is set in California during the early 1930s. George and Lennie are migrant workers that are trying to find work so that they can purchase property. They find jobs on a ranch; but this opportunity is short-lived, which leads to George shooting and killing Lenny with a gun. The purpose of comparing and contrasting George and Lennie is to show how different people living during adverse circumstances
Dreams in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, an influential writer in the 1900’s, composed many novels that recount life in the Great Depression. Though he is most famous for his innovative novel The Grapes of Wrath, he is also well known for his unique novel Of Mice and Men. Similar to The Grapes of Wrath, the background for Of Mice and Men is also inspired by the lives of people in the Great Depression. Of Mice and Men portrays the lives of two men, George Milton and Lennie Small, who
Lee and John Steinbeck created believable characters in the novels you have studied? Who made their novel more believable than other? Is it Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ or is it Steinbeck’s ‘Animal Farm’? To compare and contrast the two similar but very different novels in the introduction, firstly both novels share the same country background and similar time period. However, Steinbeck uses more symbolisms, often symbolising the society, within the characters and their actions, and