My Review
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 to suffer a worse fate at the hands of the estranged ranchmen. It is like killing a pet who is in pain.
The relationship between the two men is very impressive in the novel.
They dream of a day of having their own farm where they would be their own masters. While they dream we know that I will never come true. George could have lived a better life for himself, but his sense of duty and devotion to Lennie prevented him from being a worldly success. Lennie is like a child and George looks after him with the devotion of a mother.
Steinbeck I known for his sympathy for the poor and the oppressed.
George does not boast of his human qualities. This fact makes him more admirable. The awareness of the essential decency and nobility, inherent in even the simplest and lowliest of men that makes Of Mice and Men an impressive and heart – warming experience.
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 to suffer a worse fate at the hands of the estranged ranchmen. It is like killing a pet who is in pain.
The relationship between the two men is very impressive in the novel.
They dream of a day of having their own farm where they would be their own masters. While they dream we know that I will never come true. George could have lived a better life for himself, but his sense of duty and devotion to Lennie prevented him from being a worldly success. Lennie is like a child and George looks after him with the devotion of a mother.
Steinbeck I known for his sympathy for the poor and the oppressed.
George does not boast of his human qualities. This fact makes him more admirable. The awareness of the essential decency and nobility, inherent in even the simplest and lowliest of men that makes Of Mice and Men an impressive and heart – warming experience.
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