Of Mice And Men

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Title: Of Mice and Men

Author: John Steinback

Setting:

1.Characters: Lennie, George, Candy, Slim, The Boss, Curley, Curley's Wife, Carlson, Whit, and Crooks.

2.Place: Salinas Valley, California

3.Time: 1937, Depression Era

Plot:

1.Problem: George and Lennie are Laborers in California's vegetable fields. They try to get work anywhere they can. George and Lennie are not just any California Laborers. For they have a plan: to own an acre of land and have a shack to call their own. When they acquire a job on a ranch in Salinas Valley their dream seems to be within their grasp. But George cannot guard Lennie from the provocation of a flirtatious woman neither predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things he learns from George.

2.Major Events:

1. This novel takes place in the California valley along the Salinas River. There are two settings: the banks of the Salinas River and a nearby ranch. George Milton, small and smart, and his friend Lennie Small, a large man with mild retardation, are on their way to jobs at a ranch. When they stop by the Salinas River to take a break from their long walk.

2. Lennie cannot remember where they are going, and George, annoyed, reminds him about their jobs. Lennie looks in his pocket for his work card and finds a dead mouse, which he found by the side of the road. Lennie likes to pet soft animals, like mice and puppies, but he is very strong and often kills his delicate pets. George reminds Lennie that he has his work card and demands Lennie to give it to him. Lennie tries to hide his mouse from George, who eventually gets it from him and throws it across the river. That evening, Lennie goes to find his mouse, which makes George very angry. He argues with Lennie, but soon feels bad and tries to console him. George tells Lennie how one day soon they will own a farm of thei...