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Summary: The Life Of The Migrant Workers.
Review: George Milton and Lennie Smalls are two migrant workers from great depression.They are going to Soledad California In 1937. George is small and quick, but Lennie is big strong,and has a small mind.Lennie seems to be a gentle,dumb,mentally retarded man.They go to different places because Lennie always gets in trouble. They don't have a family to care for them.George and Lennie have each others to talk to them.They plan to save their money.They want to change their life in their futures. Lennie and George are working very hard in the bunk house with other workers.The other workers always fight and never stay together,because they are best friends and they need each other, so they don't feel lonely.They go from town to town for a good life. I recommend this book for people who want to know the significace of life,of friendship, of trouble, and the work.
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Summary: Of Mice and Men
Review: George and Lennie are best friend. George is a small guy but he has a quick mind and is dark of face. Lennie is a huge man, and has the mind of a young child. They feel lonely. They need each other. they work togeter and begin their dream in the bunkhouse. Those days, some conflicts happen in this little house. And then, George and Lennie need to face these problems.
I love this book. The book is great as welll. Because it completely decribes everybody. I can see the hardship of their lives. Sometimes you have no choice. I learned something from this book. What happens in the bunkhouse? How do george and lennie face their problem? You will only find out if You read it! I think you can learn something from
this book too.
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Summary: of mice and man
Review: Lennie and George are two migrant workers from the Great Depression.They are best friends and they are always together, but other migrant workers are lonely.George is "small and quick and dark of face",Lennie, a huge man, has the mind of a young child.This is Ironic, because he is strong and big.They dream to own a place of their own, but Lennie gets into a lot of problems in of the towns, they work in.One of his big problems is that he likes to pet, but he pets things too hard, because he doesn`t know his own strength.
I recommend this book, because it shows you a big and strong man who has the mind of a young child and his relationship with his best friend, that a lot of time happens in real life.This book is really interesting.
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Summary: An Easy Read
Review: Of Mice and Men was an excellent book. It tells the story of two men traveling and working together. Beginning in nature, it gives a sense of peacefulness. As the story goes on you learn about how one man causes trouble for the other. It tells of their big dreams for the future, but with a surprise, twisted ending, you learn there dreams will never come true. It is a very easy read while still giving a good story.
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Summary: Really good book
Review: I had to read my mice and men in 8th grade. So it would be easier, I got the book on tape. It was easier indeed. Of mice of men is one of the best books that i have ever read. I think that it is great the relationship between Lennie and George. And how the other's character just fit into the book. I would totally recomend this book to ANYONE
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Summary: "To your own friend be true"
Review: Inspired by Steinbeck's centennial celebrations last year, I picked up a copy of "Of Mice and Men" because I had read it was a thriller of sorts. As a mystery fan and writer, I am always interested in sudden apocalyptic dénouements. I read the book in a couple of hours and, let me tell you, I'm still thinking about it two days later. The story of George Milton and Lennie Small - who was, in every sense of the word, a "brute" - develops fast up to its high climax, and its end hits you like a thunderstorm. They are a couple of illiterate men who travel together, going from ranch to ranch in the Salinas valley at the time of the Great Depression, and "buck barley" for a living. They have no home or family, but they have each other, and they have a dream, which is repeated as an omen throughout the story: to save enough money to buy their own ranch and "live on the fatta the land." George, with a small physique, has assumed the role of caretaker of Lennie, who is mentally retarded but naturally (or unnaturally?) strong. This trait of his had cost them their last job, but no matter what, they continued to stick together, true to their dream and their promise of honest friendship. Two days later after they arrive at their new place of work, the picture is totally changed and - in order not to give away the ending - I'll say so is the dream. This is an excellently crafted novella, where every single character, event and word has been assigned a key role; and only a writer as talented as Steinbeck could have achieved it. It no only takes full manageability of the writing craft, but also an implicit trust on behalf of your readers in order to accept such a moralizing tale. Personally I like Steinbeck's omniscience, and anyone who knows about the context of his lifetime would understand why he thought a writer should always offer something for the betterment of mankind. "Of Mice and Men" offers a perspective into us. It is a rite of passage from dreams to reality and back, an understanding of the true nature of friendship and the shattering reality of its breakage, where the pieces can no longer be picked up because they are no longer important. A novel that will make you want to hug the people you consider your friends.
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Summary: "of mice and men"
Review: "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck is a very interesting story where two men with different personalities live their lives in a form of a "family". George and Lennie are the main characters of this story, between them exists a good balance because George is the one who posesses the intelligece and Lennie is the one who posesses the strength. George always tries to keep Lennie away from problems but can not guard lennie from the things that Lennie likes. "Of Mice and Men" is a really good book so I`m going to give it 3 stars because from there you can learn and be excited at the same time .I think that you are never going to expect what is going to happen there, so try to read the book and then you will see that my recomendation is good
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Summary: Of Mice and Men - Book Review
Review: A few miles south of soledad, the salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs dep and green. There were two guys names George and Lennie who were walking on the path. They both were dressed in denim trousers and denim coats with brass buttons. Both were black, shapless hats. Lennie was a strong man and has a young child's mind, while George is small, and has a boney nose. They were going to soledad to work and live on the ranch. When they get enough money they will live-off-the-fatta the lan'.
I like this book a lot, because it has a lot of adventures, and a lot of excitement in the book. I will recommend this book to the world, becuase I think they will like it a lot, and they will share it with everybody they know about it uniqueness of writing and emotion John Steinbeck put into this. I give the book 5 stars because this book is so good that I don't want to let it go.
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Summary: Of Mice and Men - Book Review
Review: A few miles osuth of soledad, the salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs dep and green. There were two guys names George and Lennie who were walking on the path. They both were dressed in denim trousers and denim coats with brass buttons. Both were black, shapless hats. Lennie was a strong man and has a young child's mind, while George is small, and has a boney nose. They were going to soledad to work and live on the ranch. When they get enough money they will live-off-the-fatta the lan'.
I like this book a lot, because it has a lot of adventures, and a lot of excitement in the book. I will recommend this book to the world, becuase I think they will like it a lot, and they will share it with everybody they know about it uniqueness of writing and emotion John Steinbeck put into this. I give the book 5 stars because this book is so good that I don't want to let it go.
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Summary: Of Mice and Men
Review: Of Mice and Men published in l937, is the tenth book written by John Steinbeck. Even though the book only covers a three-day span, it portrays the full spectrum of human emotions including physical pain, tenderness, friendship, pity, and jealousy. Steinbeck's sensitivity for the common man is evident in this work and the others produced during the 1930's. It has been claimed by many that this period saw Steinbeck's greatest works. The social injustices of the 1930's are depicted in Of Mice and Men. His political concerns for equality and happiness for society is a major theme in this novel and his concern for the poor and below average is also evident.
The protagonists, George Milton and Lennie Smalls, are laborers looking for work on a small farm in Salinas Valley, California. Lennie, the bigger of the two, is mentally slow and this seems to always get him in trouble. George stays with Lennie to take care of him after his Aunt Clara died. They both had big dreams of owning a ranch. This is another one of Steinbeck's major themes, the search for the American Dream. However, for Lennie and George the American Dream, to buy the ranch and "live off the fatta the land," is not achieved because of their limitations.
Slim, Curley, Curley's wife, Candy, and Crooks, the antagonists, work at the farm along with George and Lennie. This is where many conflicts happen, such as the fight between Lennie and Curley. The final conflict between George and Lennie at the river brings to reality the importance of friendship and the desperation of loneliness.
This novel is also famous because it depicts Steinbeck's well-known style of writing, which includes such literary devices as symbolism, irony, metaphors, parallelism, alliteration, and repetition. In the opening paragraph by repeating such words as, "with the..." the author easily moves from one repetition to another. Some of his descriptive sentences, like where he describes "The path through the willows," have a rhythmic quality that adds poetic meaning to this novel. Another device Steinbeck uses is the simile. His phrase "the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray sculptured stones" is a striking example.
I really enjoyed reading Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. Its down to earth humor shows compassion in a time where there was none. I really liked his characters and how they are developed in the story. They are believable and bring out the appropriate emotions in the reader. Steinbeck's use of simple plot, natural dialogue, and natural setting, makes this an easy and enjoyable book to read. This timeless classic is a book that I would recommend to anyone, for it is a story that withstands many readings by many generations.
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