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Sara Roberge-**The Talker** media type="youtube" key="IU_OT3GYifw" width="425" height="350" The Book, “Of Mice and Men,” is By John Steinbeck and categorized as a fictional drama. It contains 107 pages of classic American Literature. Of Mice and Men is the tale of Lennie Small and George Milton. Lennie is a gentle giant who adores animals such as rabbits, dogs and especially mice. He is rather slow but he has a heart of gold that can not be ignored. George is an average man. He travels with Lennie because, although Lennie drives him insane, they are best friends. Lennie has gotten himself and George fired from every job that they’ve ever had. Despite this, they have a grand plan to someday move to a farm together where Lennie will have all the animals that he wants and George won’t have to worry about Lennie being judged. There they could “live off the fat of the land.” This is where the story begins.

Lennie and George are traveling to a ranch seeking new jobs. While Traveling through the woods, Lennie picks up every mouse he sees and keeps them tucked away in his picket. “What do you want with a dead mouse anyway?” George says on page 6 line 5. He responds with, “I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along.” His overwhelming strength is no match for the mice and he crushed and and killed them with one stroke. This was the last thing George wanted him to do. They had gotten fired their last job because Lennie saw a girl’s pretty dress and started petting it. Because of Lennie’s mental disability, George feared that they wouldn’t last at many other jobs and they wouldn’t be able to persue their dream. Fortunately, when they arrived at the ranch, the boss gave them jobs. Everyone who had been working at the ranch prior to their arrival welcomed them warmly, except one person. Curley was the boss’ son who immediately judged Lennie by his intimidating size and picks a fight with him. Lennie, meaning no harm, does the only thing he knows and grabs Curley’s swinging fist trying to stop him. However, due to his size and strength advantage, he completely crushes his hand. This is Lennie’s ultimate flaw. He doesn’t know any better than to break live things because he’s too strong and in the ending, it gets him in a lot or trouble.

Of Mice and Men is a powerful story of friendship and judgment in those who have disabilities. It contains a life lesson that everyone should learn and a point of view that everyone deserves to see. This book should be recommended to everyone because it really stresses how we as people treat those with disabilities. It’s a short book but an advanced read that takes understanding and lots of thought. The unbelievable ending leaves you not only in tears but willing to appreciate yourself as an individual and appreciate everyone no matter who they are or what disabilities that they may have.

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Matt Elani- Questioner


 * 1) What relationship do George and Lennie have?
 * 2) What are the similarities and differences between George and Lennie?
 * 3) What are some examples of Lennie being misjudged?
 * 4) Describe George and Lennie’s dream.
 * 5) What stood in the way of George and Lennie’s dream?
 * 6) What do all the men at the ranch have in common?
 * 7) Explain the theme of the story.
 * 8) How did the time period affect the theme?
 * 9) Do you think George should have killed Lennie at the end of the book?
 * 10) Explain this quote "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world...They got no family. They don't belong no place...With us, it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us..."


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 * [|**http://classiclit.about.com/od/ofmiceandmensteinbeck/fr/aa_ofmice.htm**]
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