of men and mice
Bookreport on „Of Mice and Men“
The novel „Of Men and Mice“ was published in 1937 and is written by John Steinbeck. The first
edition of the book has 107 pages and can be devided into six different sections. The novel plays
during the Great Depression, in California. The Author himself grew up in a fertile agricultural
valley about twentey-five miles from the Pacific Coast. The maine Charachters are two migrant
workers, Lenni Small and George Milton. Two very different men, who travel from farm to farm,
trying to earn enough money to buy their own little house with some animals. In the following text
will be a short summerary of the books content and subsequetly the story and writing style of the
author will be analyzed.
The story opens with the description of a riverbed in California, a beautiful, wooded area at the
base of “golden foothill slopes.”Two men walk along the path. George, is small, wiry, and
sharp-featured, while his companion, Lennie, is large and awkward. They start having a
conversation and it becomes clear that the larger man has a mild mental disability, and that his
companion looks out for him. In the following paragraphs the reader learns about the two men 's
plan to work on a ranch where they are expected to work on the next day. George, the smaller man,
decides to stay the night and light a fire. He sends Lenni into the woods to get some wood, when he
returned George noticed a dead mouse in Lennie 's hand. He insists on Lenni handing it over and he
throws it away. Asked why he would carry a dead mouse around Lenni explains his sadisfaction
when patting the mouse. George starts a long speech about how much better he could get along if he
didn 't have to care for Lennie. The incedent causing the two men to leave their old ranch is
mentioned. The locals assumed Lenni assaulted a girl, even though he was only obsessed with the
soft dress she was wearing and wanted
The novel „Of Men and Mice“ was published in 1937 and is written by John Steinbeck. The first
edition of the book has 107 pages and can be devided into six different sections. The novel plays
during the Great Depression, in California. The Author himself grew up in a fertile agricultural
valley about twentey-five miles from the Pacific Coast. The maine Charachters are two migrant
workers, Lenni Small and George Milton. Two very different men, who travel from farm to farm,
trying to earn enough money to buy their own little house with some animals. In the following text
will be a short summerary of the books content and subsequetly the story and writing style of the
author will be analyzed.
The story opens with the description of a riverbed in California, a beautiful, wooded area at the
base of “golden foothill slopes.”Two men walk along the path. George, is small, wiry, and
sharp-featured, while his companion, Lennie, is large and awkward. They start having a
conversation and it becomes clear that the larger man has a mild mental disability, and that his
companion looks out for him. In the following paragraphs the reader learns about the two men 's
plan to work on a ranch where they are expected to work on the next day. George, the smaller man,
decides to stay the night and light a fire. He sends Lenni into the woods to get some wood, when he
returned George noticed a dead mouse in Lennie 's hand. He insists on Lenni handing it over and he
throws it away. Asked why he would carry a dead mouse around Lenni explains his sadisfaction
when patting the mouse. George starts a long speech about how much better he could get along if he
didn 't have to care for Lennie. The incedent causing the two men to leave their old ranch is
mentioned. The locals assumed Lenni assaulted a girl, even though he was only obsessed with the
soft dress she was wearing and wanted