Of Mice And Men Literary Analysis

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“Because… Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why” (Steinbeck, 14). Praised for it’s heartbreaking message and convicted for its language and vulgarity, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a literary classic. Brothers in all but blood, Lennie, a grown man with the personality of a child, and George, Lennie’ protector, had traveled to Salinas Valley in search of a job. There, they had planned on making enough money to buy a piece of land that they could call their own, but their hopes were dashed by the promiscuous Curley’s wife. George had warned Lennie against associating himself with her, but with George playing horseshoes, Lennie had a hard time resisting her dangerous allure which caused a multitude…show more content…
Curley, furious at the loss of his wife who he saw as his property, had gathered up the rest of the workers to search for Lennie. Distraught, but knowing that he had to find Lennie, George had come up with a plan. “But Curley’s gonna want to shoot ‘im. Curley’s still mad about his hand. An’ s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good, George” (Steinbeck, 97). With the knowledge that if Lennie were to be found by someone other than him his only options would be death or being jailed for the rest of his life, George had stolen Carlson’s gun and had headed to where he had known Lennie would be. Upon George arriving at the river, Lennie had pleaded with him to not be mad, and then requested the story of what they would do when they had a piece of land to call their own. “Go on,” Lennie said. “How’s it gonna be? We gonna get a little place” (Steinbeck, 105). George had promised Lennie that he wasn’t mad before recounting their dreams of the future, telling Lennie to look across the river as if he could see it. George had then killed Lennie, shooting him in the back of the

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