Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck
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Of mice and men by john steinbeck. Steinbeck has told it with both passion and dexterity. Published in 1937 it tells the story of george milton and lennie small two displaced migrant ranch workers who move from place to place in california in search of new job opportunities during the great depression in the united states. Summary read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. One of the author s most profound works.
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John steinbeck s of mice and men is a touching tale of the friendship between two men set against the backdrop of the united states during the depression of the 1930s. The predatory nature of human existence. Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm workers as. John steinbeck s of mice and men is a parable about what it means to be human.
Of mice and men teaches a grim lesson about the nature of human existence. Of mice and men is a novella written by john steinbeck. The water is warm too for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool. Published in 1937 it narrates the experiences of george milton and lennie small two displaced migrant ranch workers who move from place to place in california in search of new job opportunities during the great depression in the united states.
Steinbeck s story of george and lennie s ambition of owning their own ranch and the obstacles that stand in the way of that ambition reveal the nature of dreams dignity loneliness and sacrifice. The patient comradeship is developed in a series of homely episodes conveyed in the vernacular of two lonely men blundering about their small world of mice and men is the dark side of an idyll atkinson contemporary nyt review. Of mice and men is a novella by john steinbeck that was first published in 1937.