Of_Mice_And_Men_Book_Review

Of Mice And Men Book Review Of Mice and Men is the story of George, the main protagonist, who is small in stature along with his friend Lennie Small whom George looks after as a favor to Lennie’s aunt. Lennie, a man very large in stature and simple minded, likes to pet soft things. This is why they are searching for work at the start of the story. George and Lennie are farmhands by trade who constantly have to look for work throughout parts of California because Lennie, being mentally handicapped, always gets them into trouble. George and Lennie find work at a nearby farm harvesting grain, but before going George tells Lennie that if he gets into trouble again to meet him in a certain designated spot to hide away from the farm. George and Lennie stick together because of the human need for friendship in order to avoid loneliness. The other prevalent theme in the novel is the American dream, and how this dream goes wrong for George and Lennie, which represents the reality for most of America during the Great Depression. George and Lennie’s friendship is a peculiar one because farmhands tend to wander from farm to farm by themselves. mice, men, lennie, george, dream, farm, because, lennie’s, one, farmhands, during, work, together, story, pet, own, land, alone, 1930s, trouble, things, tells, takes, steinbach, soft, reality, order, novel, great, friendship, friend, dreams, depression, day, curley, california, american