George and Lennie have been together ever since they were young, and George just somewhat came to adopt Lennie and take care of him, like a brother. They have always had a dream of owning their own little place, where they can work for themselves, and not have to worry about other people. They have been dreaming about this all their lives, but now it seems like it may actually come t

This book really gives a great example of how life was during the great depression. Men traveled aimlessly from job to job with only the clothes on their backs. George explains it like this:

rue very soon. Unfortunately, one day Lennie unintentionally breaks a lady’s neck so he runs away and George ends up having to shoot him so he will not have to spend a life in prison, or be killed in an even worse way. It is a sad ending, but it suits the book very well.

“Guys like us, that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. They come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and then they go into town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they’re poundin’ their tail on some other ranch. They aint got nothing to look ahead to.”

Often, symbolism and foreshadowing are used hand in hand in Of Mice and Men. For example, Lennie always wants to strok

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