OF MICE & MEN John Steinbeck’s short novel,Of Mice and Men impressed me very much when I read it.It is a novel of about a hundred pages. Its very ‘shortness’,the simplicity of its style, characterisation and the atmosphere increase its impressiveness. The novel describes the relationship between two men.Lennie is a giant of a man with the mind of a child;George,on the other hand,is thin,shrewd and competent. What holds them together is love. They make a living as helpers in a ranch.They are forced to move from place to place because Lennie gets them into trouble by causing accidents. It is only George’s quick tongue and a hurried departure that keeps them out of danger. The climax of the novel takes place when Lennie ,because of his silly ways, misbehaves with Curley’s wife and,out of panic,kills her. A man-hunt is set up. George find Linnie and shoots him,but out of compassion for his friends, who doesn’t know what he has done. George did not want Lennie ...