Of Mice and Men: Book review

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Of Mice and Men: Book review

Main characters

George Milton                Lennie Small                Crooks

Slim                        The boss                Curley

Curley’s wife                Carlson                Whit                Candy

Book details

Title:                Of mice and men

Author:        John Steinbeck

ISBN:                0-14-118510-4

Published:        first published by Covici, Friede Inc. 1937

                Last published by Penguin Classics 2000

Others:                winner of the Nobel Prize for literature

Summary

Lennie Small and George Milton, are walking on their way to a nearby ranch. George scolds Lennie for playing with a dead mouse and warns him not to speak when they arrive at their new place of employment. When Lennie complains about not having ketchup for the beans they eat for dinner, George becomes angry, and tells Lennie that he would be better off if he didn't have to travel with him. George soon tells his dream: he and Lennie will raise enough money to buy a patch of land, where they will have a small farm with a vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch. The rabbit hutch is the only detail of the plan that Lennie consistently remembers. George tells Lennie that, if he gets into any trouble he should return to the brush near the river and wait for George to find him.

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When George and Lennie reach the bunkhouse at the farm where they will work, an old man named Candy shows them their beds. Later, the boss questions George and Lennie and finds them suspicious because George speaks for Lennie. He cannot understand why George would travel with Lennie until he explains that Lennie is his cousin. After the boss leaves, his son, Curley, enters the bunkhouse looking for the boss. Curley’s wife visits the bunkhouse later that night searching for Curley and asks the other men if they knew where Curley was. Later, Curley returns looking for his wife, and ...

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