"There are too many misfits and unusual characters in of mice and men for it to be described accurately as a true life story"

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Mice and men

"There are too many misfits and unusual characters in of mice and men for it to be described accurately as a true life story"

This is a book written by John Steinbeck in 1937. John is from California and was born in 1902. The book is about two people called Lennie and George. John went to university in 1919 where he studied literature and writing courses.

The two main characters in this book are Lennie and George they both drifters with nothing in the world apart from each other and a dream that one day they will own there own land and settle down somewhere nice to live.

George is a small dark haired man who looks after Lennie he is reasonably smart, he has no family, no land or no money and tends to be very suspicious of people when he first meets them. George is very pessimistic he always sees the bad side of things even if it is a very small problem.

George is trapped in his partnership with Lennie his conscience and sense of loyalty means he sticks with lennie through thick and thin. He is Lennie's minder and instructor he is always telling lennie what is right and wrong and he is probably always thinking about what lennie is up to when he is not around him.

George has very big mood swings through out the course of the play one minute he is very depressed and down then he is very optimistic and cheers full, with Lennie he is sometimes very angry with him for no apparent reason and then he can also be very reassuring that everything is going to be ok with him and Lennie and they are going to be fine. At the start of the play George is very down and upset as him and lennie have just fled from there place of work because Lennie has stroked a girl in a red dress and worried her. This means that George and Lennie are out of a job again and have to fine another place of work. The only thing that keeps George going his is dream of living a better life.
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Lennie on the other hand is the central character of this play and the most interesting he is very likeable he has the " feel sorry " kind of personality you can help but feel sorry for him and the life he has lead. Lennie has lots of different types of attributes we would often associate with a "villain" such as being destructive and harm full but he can also be kind and harmless. He is a very complicated character.

Lennie is a very tall man with big powerful hand and arms. He is a great farm ...

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