Loyalty, friendship, loneliness, survival and the dreams that keep us going - this is the essence Steinbeck captures in Of Mice And Men. Set in 1930s Salinas, two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, arrive at a ranch, hoping to earn enough money to fulfill their dream of living off the fat of the land. Their dream captures the imagination of other workers on the ranch, only to be shattered later by a tragic mistake.
Lennie, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man, is obsessed with things soft and cuddly. This has made George cautious about ...Read More
Loyalty, friendship, loneliness, survival and the dreams that keep us going - this is the essence Steinbeck captures in Of Mice And Men. Set in 1930s Salinas, two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, arrive at a ranch, hoping to earn enough money to fulfill their dream of living off the fat of the land. Their dream captures the imagination of other workers on the ranch, only to be shattered later by a tragic mistake.
Lennie, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man, is obsessed with things soft and cuddly. This has made George cautious about who the gentle giant associates with and he promises to allow Lennie to "tend to the rabbits" on their future land to keep Lennie calm and reassured. But when a ranch boss's wife is found dead in the barn, it's obvious that Lennie, albeit accidentally, killed her. Realizing they can't run away anymore, George is faced with a moral question: how should he deal with Lennie before the ranchers find him and take matters into their own hands?
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