Summary Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The quote shows George is getting more upset with Lennie and is having less patience with

In Chapter 2 for Of Mice and Men George and Lennie finally arrive in the Bunkhouse. When the old swamper named Candy came in to help out George and Lennie, he was telling them about how the boss was. Later on the boss came in and was interrogating George and Lennie because George was talking for Lennie and he was getting suspicious, thinking they were trying to pull something over him. After the boss left the Bunkhouse, Curley (the boss's son) came in and started talking to Lennie about if he is spoken to he needs to answer the person himself. Once Curley left, Candy came back and was talking to George about how Curley is good with his hands.

The story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells the story of two characters, George Milton and Lennie Smalls who are working on a ranch to save up enough money for their dreamland. At the beginning of this story, Lennie and George travel together to find their new job. George makes sure Lennie knows not to say much so they don’t lose their jobs. At the ranch, they meet many important people with specific and significant jobs. George and Lennie have always talked about living in a house together with rabbits.

Soledad was like a ghost town. A small building at the end of the street had a Susy’s Saloon sign swinging in the wind above. The bar was backlit with the silhouettes of the usuals. The smell of whiskey pierced the air. On the back wall was a long countertop slightly sticky from all the beer spilled.

They are doomed from the start because of Lennie’s fatal flaw—he is developmentally disabled and therefore incapable of bringing the dream to fruition—but his naïveté also allows both him and George to pursue the dream. Lennie’s innocence permits George to believe that the dream might be attainable: “George said softly, ’I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would.’” Lennie is the keeper of the dream; he does not question its inevitable fulfillment, he simply believes. Without this innocence, George would be like all the other ranch hands, wasting his money on whiskey and women, drifting aimlessly from one job to the

As Slim looked at Lennie’s body he said, “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me”. George looked stunned and shocked, but he mumbled, “No, I need to take care of his body. I can’t leave my best friend like this.”

Everyone goes back to the farm after the incident. Its hush-quiet like a mouse there. Because Curley's wife died, Curley is more furious than ever. He then breaks the ice. “Everyone out now!”

together and resolves the situation that the troublemakers presented peacefully and strategically. This theme of strength in numbers is brought up again, only this time with tactile proof that if the migrants band together and take a stand, they can make a difference. Summary • The Joads arrive at the new camp. This is a government camp where community elected officials run the camp by creating laws and punishing those who disobey.

One day Lanie and her family were getting ready for the 12th of May, they were all scared and hoped that they wouldn't get chosen because their littlest was Jamey and she was 11. Then the day on the 12th of May Lanie, her family, and the rest of the community all have to line up to be counted. Lanie and all the people are scared because if the population of the community is over 400 then they will have to fight to death. The leaders of the community choose the youngest kids of four homes.

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Chapters one and two are about Lennie and George who Have arrived on the banks of the Salinas River in California looking for work. Two migrant workers named George and Lennie are looking for jobs during the great depression, but they can’t because Lennie keeps losing them due to the fact that he has special needs. George is a small, quick man with dark eyes; Lennie is actually completely different from George he is a naive, unintelligent mountain of a man who loves soft things (way to much). Lennie comes up to a pool of water and drinks; George yells at Lennie because the water is not so clean, but of course Lennie didn’t know and then asks George for some but he refuses. When done George looks

Later on as the book progresses, Lennie and George make some friends on the ranch. They meet Candy who is going to tag along with them to their ranch. They also make enemies though, in the form of Curley who wants to fight Lennie just for being big and tall.

George is telling Lennie what their future will look like and that

George foreshadows an event where Lennie is dull-witted, and he might have to run, go to jail, or even be killed. In addition, George replies to Candy about getting that little place for them to stay, “I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed that we’d never do her,”(94). George knew that from the beginning that they would never get a place with Lennie's blunders and

Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck Pivotal Moment Essay John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, explores the story of two migrant workers, George Milton and Lennie Small during the period of the Great Depression in the United States. The two men are quite contrasting with George being “small and quick and dark of face” whereas Lennie, who is a large, unintelligent man. Throughout the novel, the characters experience conflict however, remain unified as they dream of owning a ranch in the future. A pivotal moment in the novel occurs in chapter five when Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife marked by “ And she continued to struggle, and her eyes were wild with terror... and her body flopped like a fish.

Their dream helps keep Lennie out of trouble, gives George hope and stability, it also gives them both the gift of companionship and friendship, though the dream ends up affecting both men very differently. For