Of Mice and Men

“Of Mice and Men” is a book that I am reading in American Literature class. This book is an about two guys Lennie and George that have to move from their hometown to a ranch where they work in the field all day. Their living conditions on the ranch aren’t very good. They share a bunk house with Slim, Candy, and Carlson. Their bunk is pretty full for just being on a ranch. Lennie isn’t very smart, he acts like a little kid, but he is really big guy. George is smarter than Lennie and is smaller than him. Lennie and George have a dream where they will save up enough money to buy a farm house. They also wish to raise rabbits on their farm, and Lennie wants to be responsible to take care of them and feed them. Lennie likes to pet soft thing like objects and animals. But their dreams get ruined when Lennie kills Curley’s wife. Which Curley is the boss’s son. Lennie was in the barn and she made him mad and he started shaking her and he broke her neck. After George walked into the barn and sees Curley’s wife dead he goes and looks for Lennie at the place where he tells him to go if he ever got in trouble. So when George finds Lennie at the place that he told him to go he talks to him and tells him to look at the river bank where George pulls out a gun shots Lennie in the back of the head. After that Curley, slim and Carlson get their and told him what happened. Once slim got done talking to Lennie the story ended and his dream was crushed. My opinion of this book is that it’s a good book. John Steinbeck is a very good author and thats one of the reasons why i liked this book. It has lots of ups and down that George has to go through just for a friend. George also lost a lot of opportunities that he could have had in having a better life with someone else or with finding a better job. That is what George went through for a friend. So that is my opinion.