... to keep hold of the dress. When the police came I yelled to Lennie to run, and that was the end of our job-hunting in Weed: Lennie was wanted for rape. That's when we decided to move on so we travelled to a ranch and when we got there everyone was welcoming, apart from a guy called Curley (he was the the bosses ... son) He was well built, a champion boxer for the area. Curley was married to a young lass on the ranch. She loved to tart herself up like a dog's dinner. I felt sorry for her because there where no other women on the ranch and she was not allowed to talk to anyone, because Cu...

• Word Count: 1076
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... another ranch up in a town called Weed. Lennie, being curious and fascinated with soft things, grabbed a young girl's dress and tore it, causing her to scream and accuse Lennie of rape. This is why the pair fled to an area near the Salinas River to find work. George and Lennie really believe that they will be able to get enough money ... from the beginning to ultimately be doomed. The title of the story "Of Mice and Men" refers to the fact that dreams don't always go right. What happened to Candy's dog was foreshadowing what eventually ended up happening when George had to shoot Lennie....

• Word Count: 812
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... place during the great depression in California. There are two main characters named Lennie Small and George Milton who have just escaped from a farm after Lennie was wrongly accused of rape. Lennie is a mentally deficient, yet submissive man. George on the other hand is a smaller man but he is the one who takes care of the both of them and gets ... mainly because she is so lonely, being the only women n the ranch. Another worker on the ranch is Slim. He had just received a new litter of puppies from his old dog and decides to let Lennie visit them and pet them. That night, Lennie is pe...

• Word Count: 696
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School