Of Mice and Men

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Of Mice and Men

(Novel)

        The story is set at Soledad. The author uses third person point of view. The story began by describing the place and the two characters, George Milton and Lennie Small. Steinbeck describes the two characters as friends who are traveling together to find a job at the ranch. To reach their destination, they took a ride on a bus and later being dropped off near the river. They took their rest along the river and there, Lennie asked George to tell him the story that he usually told Lennie. At first, George refused to tell him the same story but after awhile, he started to tell him about their dreams of owning their on land and ranch. Lennie was so excited and later, George told Lennie to hide in the brush near the river if ever he committed something wrong.

They spent their night near the river and the next morning they went to the ranch and met Candy, who is handicapped. Candy brought them to the ranch owner. At the ranch they met Slim, Curley, Crook and Curley’s wife. The story developed when the conflict arises. Curley’s wife causes the conflict as she tried to have a conversation with the ranch workers. Lennie always be Curley’s aim, as he hates big and strong man like Lennie. When all the men were playing games outside, Lennie spent his time patting the puppy that Slim gave to him. He accidentally killed the puppy and this is when Curley’s wife came in to the stable. Lennie chatted with her and she said that all she ever wanted is to talk with somebody since she is very lonely.

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He had a conversation with her and when she let him patted her hair, he became aggressive and she struggled to get away from him. Threatened by her, Lenny accidentally broke her neck and she died. Remembering of what George told him on the night they spent near the river, Lennie ran to hide in the brush at the place George had ordered him earlier. Candy found out about Curley’s wife and he informed George about it. Afraid of something might happened to Lennie, George ordered Cansy to tell the workers after he went out from the stable. When Curley’s ...

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