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Summary: Of Mice And Men
Review: Of mice and men is written by John Steinbeck.The story takes place in California USA at the beginning of 20th century.We meet Lennie and George, 2 men who travel together to a ranch in southern California.Their goal is to earn enough money to buy their own place and live the american dream.
But on the journey they stumble upon several difficulties.
They get job on a ranch and meet several people who've been working there for some time.
But the thing that makes the story interresting is that Lennie is large and strong guy but is mentaly retardet.So George has to give him directions. The books shows us how two men get along even if their quite different but have the same goal.
It also shows us how people lived during this century.
But it also have some twists and turns , including a unpredictably and tragic ending. John Steinbeck has showed us several things througout this book, how a relationship between two men could be destroyed because of their personalities, actions and their boss wife. My opinion about this book :
Its really good, these situations are normal in nowdays too.
And even if its a old book, you would learn things that no one else can teach you.
If you havent read then your missing something huge.
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Summary: Definitely one of my favorite novels...
Review: Of Mice and Men is by far my most favorite John Steinbeck novel. Of Mice and Men takes place in California where we meet Lennie and George; they are both farm workers going from farm to farm working in the fields. Both Lennie and George are both two different people, but they each have their own strong points and weak points; Lennie is strong, but has the brain of a five year old, George is smart, but not strong like Lennie. A lot of times, George decides for Lennie, and Lennie is almost never left alone by himself. So they come to a farm and do some work, but the farmers wife comes around, and she is known for messing around with the other farm workers, so he keeps his wife on a short lease. As the story progresses, George and Lennie feel their friendship come closer, and you start to care for Lennie because he does not know any better, so you feel sorry for him. Now one night, Lennie is left alone, and the farmers wife comes to Lennie who is in the barn, and hurts one of his animals, so he takes him in his arms and violently shakes her, eventually killing her. The Lennie tries to bring her back to life, then failing. So when George comes back to the farm, so now everyone in the farm goes hunting for Lennie. So with shotguns ready to kill Lennie, George looks for Lennie and eventually see's him, and rescus's him from his misery; killing him with the shotgun. It is a sad tale, but yet very warming and yet very good. This is an American classic, but yet still very good even as old as this book is. A definite read, I have read this book three times and yet it stills one of my favorite books by John Steineck
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Summary: Everybody has a dream
Review: Different people see diffent things in the same book. What captured me the most is the dream shared by George and Lennie and later the others. A dream of having ones own places, a dream of having someone to be there for you. The major characters are drawn together by the same dream, yet be pulled away by the social and communication barriers. The "nigger" don't know how to talk to others without pretending to be angry, the "tart" don't know how to communicate without flirting. Nobody undersand what is in the others mind, yet at the end of the day they are actually the same people sharing the same dream. It is a very well structured story: from the killing of Candy's old dog to the killing of Lennie; from Lennie's anger about the puppy's death to the Candy's anger about the girl's death. I believe this story is still relevant today. Many many temporary agricultural workers are probably still having the same kind of lives. The dreams, many shattered by the harsh reality, go on.
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Summary: An American Classic
Review: This is a straightforward tale told in simple straightforward language about the love (brotherly) and dreams of two men, George and the simple Lennie. It's a beautiful story and few written can equal it.
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Summary: tight
Review: Of Mice and Men
This book is basically about two guys named George and Lennie who look out for each other. One has strength, but is mentally challenged and George, on the other hand, is small but smart. He looks out for George to make sure he doesn't get in any trouble. They work on farms cleaning things and doing farm work. Things happen to them and they have to runaway and go work somewhere else. And they meet people that becomes there friends and some people they meet are jerks. Look forward for sluts, guns, swearing, and even braking of necks. 4 out of 5
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Summary: ofmiceandmen
Review: i'm a high school student, one who doesn't normally read "classics" (if this could be called one, i'm not sure, after all, i don't READ EM, usually), last year in 11th grade english i wasn't doing so well, so i had to do some extra credit reading, and i chose of mice and men from a list of 19 other, less appealing books. I never got around to reading it until the next year however, which i guess was better since, i like reading on my own accord, rather than for school. I'm a stubborn person like that. Its a short read, about 120 pages, i think. I thought since i had to buy the book, i might as well read it, i can get it in one sitting, and be done with it. With titles like "east of eden" and "grapes of wrath", i really didn't think i'd like it, i mean "east of eden" is in oprahs book club, and everything about oprah's show disgusts me. Before you judge me, on that statement on oprah, keep in mind i'm a 16 year old, a kid. But back to the point, i read the story.
What really scared me about the book (before i read it) was that it is required reading for some american literature classes. And from my experiences, english classes, have done nothing but to scare people away from books, that all good books, are just complex masses of hard-to-get symbols, metaphors, imagery, blah blah blah.
So thats what i went into the book expecting, to be confused the whole way through because of my inadequate reading skills. But since it was so short, i thought i'd survive at least. The first page and the half of the second page, was describing the landscape, which started to scare me. But once the characters were introduced, it was loads easier to get through. What caught me was that the dog character from looney tunes, the one that always gets fooled by the squirrel hes supposed to chase, sounded alot like lennie "which way did he go, george? which way did he go?", you should know what i mean.
What i really liked about the book was how human it was, especially in a negative sense. Being somewhat of an misanthrope (not REALLY, but i'm not exactly the most optimistic person ever), i enjoyed steinbeck's crack on human nature. Lennie, being too small-minded to use his own judgement, of whats right or wrong, what'll help or harm, whats too much or too little, what to be scared of, what to do, relies on other people's wills, in a mother-son, father-son kind of way. But since, it is an grown man (a STRONG man), the problems of his dependence on others are much more serious (such as murder).
Just read it, its only about 8 dollars, if you don't like it, then its not that much of a loss, but if you give it a chance, on your time, rather than because of a school assignment, you'll probably like it.
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Summary: Great Quick Read
Review: This was an interesting story of two friends and their dreams that are brought to a halt. I saw the story as a picture of the ugliness of humanity, apparently harmless but capable of atrocity if pushed to the edge of one's weaknesses. Even the 'competent' friend in the story, George, could not achieve his dreams. He was impotent to find happiness. I thought the story was fascinating. I could not put the book down, and I read the book in about three hours.
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Summary: The human condition
Review: The human condition, or sometimes lack thereof, is the basic premise for this Steinbeck saga. Shorter than most of his novels (Grapes of Wrath or East of Eden) this easy-to-read book has more in it than meets the eye. The characters are well-developed and the story, while seemingly simple, is actually rather psychologically complicated. By far, this is one of Steinbeck's best books. Also recommended: McCrae's BARK OF THE DOGWOOD
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Summary: for hexums english class book review
Review: Online book review
By Phil Casper
"tell me like you done before" Lennie always asked george about the rabbits.
George always tells him the storry guys like us, that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no gamily. They don't belong to no place they come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to. With us it ain't like that we got a future. We got somebody to talk to and gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us.
George the guy that is sort of the brains of the stuff that goes on and is a good guy...
Lennie isen't the smartest person ever but he is a good worker and a good guy just dosen't know whats going on sometimes. This story takes place at the new ranch that lennie and george are going to I am not exactly sure when it happens though. the problem is that curly wants to beat up lennie and george dosent like it. Sort of at the end lennie has a pup and he accidentally kills it and curly's wife on accident and george and lennie goes to the spot george told him to go to when he is in trouble to find out what happens at the end of the story you must read to find out.
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Summary: Steinbeck's worse....???
Review: Steinbeck himself thought this book was most likely his worst workings.
The story line is quite intresting and humorous from time to time.
Though its plagued with wordiness and underdeveloped characters.
The over all message of the book is excellent and is portrayed as such.
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