Of Mice and Men
This one of those books that makes you just wonder what the author
was really thinking and what message they really wanted to convey.
This books grabs you from the beginning and never lets go just when
you think it is ok to take a breath Steinbeck gives you something
else to choke on. The plot of this book goes as follows in the
beginning we find two men running from the law, one slower one
named Lennie and the brains of the operations George. George was
asked by Lennie aunt Clara to watch over him when she dies. After
getting in trouble the two find themselves on a new ranch
working.
Right as they stood foot and the ranch they were already outcastes
by the boss's son Curley. Lennie was for warned to stay away from
him but when day they was not the case and it resulted in Curley
getting a broken hand. Now that things have died down a bit the two
settle in for a long while and makes friends with a lot of people.
They meet this old swamper named Candy and they hatch a plan to one
day open their own farm and live of the fat of the land. Lennie is
given a puppy and he goes and starts to pet it, Lennie dose not
know his own strength. Lennie snaps the dogs a neck and tries to
hide it from people. That only last until Curleys wife finds the
dead puppy beside Lennie and tries to worn the others. Now we see a
bit of the beginning but this time only Lennie is being chased by
the law and the farmers. To conclude the plat summery on their
dream....well your just going to have a read it for yourself.
Some of the major issues in this novel our that Lennie is very
slow and George has to tend to him hand and foot this give us the
excitement of the book. Other issues were that Lennie was a lot
stronger then he looks and that everything that he touched seemed
to die or get very injured. This why is the beginning of the book
they find themselves running from the law and trying not to get
caught and getting hung. Most messages in this book are very strong
and clear with direct remarks to racism and other discrimination in
the older days of this book. Other messages in this book I see are
just because the person is different that dose not mean they cant
get the job done right and on time.
I really enjoyed this book and the way the author wrote this book.
He use very interesting point of view and ways to pass them on. The
strong point of this book are definitely the way the writing is
each chapter wants you to just keep reading little bit more and
more. Other strong points in this book are the character traits and
the way that every character had a distinctive way of personalizing
themselves. Some weak points are maybe he could have gone a little
longer book to fit in a little more detail and add more to each
scene and there climax.
The novel had a little affect on me more towards the fact that the
way people and workers were treated after all they were the ones
that kept every farm running and the money coming in. The novel
makes you open your eyes especially being the younger crowd that
racism was a big deal and really was an upfront issue back in those
day. I would read this book again some day down in the future.
My final thoughts on this book are that it was a very good book
and I would recommend this book to any body who wanted a good old
fashion novel. I rate this novel 3 out of 5 stars and would say
that all people should read Steinbeck novel or any other novel that
he has written for that matter. I would say that this book would be
good for all ages and any skill level.