Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck
Read around 5/16/05:
Missed reading this one in highschool, so picked it up from the library a few weeks ago and read it in a day or two. I was rather suprised by how short it was, I'd forgotten it was a novella (or short story, whatever you want to call it...)
Basically, it's the story of two migrant farm workers, George and Lennie, who've formed a friendship unusual among the roaming men. Lennie is the sweet but simple-minded giant who doesn't understand his own strength, and George the somewhat intelligent but otherwise average farm worker who watches out for his friend.
They share the American dream of saving up and buying a piece of land of their own, and are close to reaching their goals when Lennie inadvertently runs into trouble with the boss's wife.
I really enjoyed this book, though I would have hated it for its ending if I'd read it in highschool. Like all of Steinbeck's writings that I've read, it's depressing with its portrayal of the hopeless pursuit of the American dream by the workers and the rottenness of human nature. On the brighter side, a rare friendship exists between George and Lennie, though it ends in tragedy.
Missed reading this one in highschool, so picked it up from the library a few weeks ago and read it in a day or two. I was rather suprised by how short it was, I'd forgotten it was a novella (or short story, whatever you want to call it...)
Basically, it's the story of two migrant farm workers, George and Lennie, who've formed a friendship unusual among the roaming men. Lennie is the sweet but simple-minded giant who doesn't understand his own strength, and George the somewhat intelligent but otherwise average farm worker who watches out for his friend.
They share the American dream of saving up and buying a piece of land of their own, and are close to reaching their goals when Lennie inadvertently runs into trouble with the boss's wife.
I really enjoyed this book, though I would have hated it for its ending if I'd read it in highschool. Like all of Steinbeck's writings that I've read, it's depressing with its portrayal of the hopeless pursuit of the American dream by the workers and the rottenness of human nature. On the brighter side, a rare friendship exists between George and Lennie, though it ends in tragedy.
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