Of Mice And Men
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Of Mice And Men
John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, in 1902. He was raised in a
fertile agricultural valley about twenty miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the
valley and the coast would become the setting for some of his novels and short
stories. In 1919 he attended Stanford University, where he took literature and
writing classes. In 1925 he left the university. He did not attain a degree
before his departure. For the next five years of Steinbeck’s life, he worked
as a laborer and a journalist in New York City. Then he worked as a caretaker
for an estate in Lake Tahoe. During these five years, he was also working on his
first novel, Cup of Gold. He then got married and moved to Pacific Groove where
he published his next two books, The Pastures of Heaven and To a God Unknown. He
also worked on some of his famous short stories. He gained success and financial
security with his book Tortilla Flat. This was full of stories about
Monterey’s paisanos. In 1952, he published East of Eden, a story about the
Salinas valley and Steinbeck’s own family history. The last decades of his
life were spent in New York City and Sag harbor with his third wife. Throughout
Steinbeck’s life he published twenty-five books. After his death in 1968, four
more of his books were published. Six years before his death, John Steinbeck won
a Noble Prize. Of Mice and Men The book Of Mice and Men is about the trials and
tribulations of friendship. Throughout the book, George is continuously telling
Lennie that if he were alone he “could live so easy.” When Lennie gives his
answer of leaving, George instantly jumps down Lennie’s throat and reminds
Lennie that he “was jus’ foolin’” and wants Lennie to stay. The
relationship these two characters posses is that of best friends who will be
together until the end. Since George never wants Lennie to go off on his own he
obviously cares. George gets Lennie out of numerous situations throughout the
length of the book. When Lennie is accused of rape, George and him leave town
together. When Curley picks a fight with Lennie, George is the one who convinces
Lennie to “get ‘im.” And finally when Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s
wife, George is the one who puts Lennie out of his misery in order to keep
“‘im [from] get...
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