Essay Archive - Of Mice and Men: Lennie and George
Of Mice and Men: Lennie and George
Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is the story of two
simple farm hands, Lennie Small, who incidentally, really isn't very small, and
his better half, George Milton, on their quest to have "a place of their own,"
with plenty of furry bunnies, of course. Sound strange? Read on to get clued
in.
The book opens along the banks of the Salinas River a few miles south of
Soledad, California. Everything is calm and beautiful, and nature is alive.
The trees are green and fresh, lizards are skittering along, rabbits sit on ....
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