![]() ![]() Steinbeck's tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Of Mice and Men also represents an experiment in form, as Steinbeck described his work, "a kind of playable novel, written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands." A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films. But after they come to work on a ranch in the fertile Salinas Valley of California, their hopes, like "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men," begin to go awry. ![]() Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own-a couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. George of the famous duo leading John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men exclaims with disdain after first meeting Curleys wife, the newly married young woman living on the ranch. Steinbeck graduated from high school and went on to Stanford University. ![]() He worked at various jobs and one in particular as a ranch hand on some of the local ranches later led him to images used in Of Mice and Men. An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. In high school, Steinbeck did well in English and edited the school yearbook. ![]()
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