... most superficial but convenient ideational strategy available to him in the 1930s. (Tedlock Introduction XXXIX) One novel of John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, takes place in the Salinas Valley of California. The drama is centered around two itinerant farm workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, with a dream of someday owning a place of their own. Lennie Small is a simple-minded, slow moving, shapeless hulk with pale eyes whose enormous physical strength often ... idealized. The probability being that life, even if they obtained the farm, would not be as they envision. The fruits and veg...

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... . His early novels (Cup of Gold, 1929; The Pastures of Heaven, 1932; and To a God Unknown, 1933) aroused little public interest. The latter novel, however, a mystical story of self-sacrifice, is one of Steinbeck's strongest statements about the relationship between people and the land. Steinbeck turned to filmmaking after the film success of The Grapes of Wrath. He wrote impressive screenplays ... for the Mexican-based The Forgotten Village (1941) and Viva Zapata! (1952), as well as film scripts ... his narrative with serious discussion of the problems of migrant laborers.(Groliers) Of ...

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... outside of Salinas where there were many ranches. They are about Jodi Tiflin, " an eleven year old boy, who had an idyllic childhood, and his disillusionment as he turns from a boy into a man." (McCarthy, 48) Steinbeck's next big California book was Of Mice and Men. It was set in the Salinas Valley and about two migrant ranch hands, " who share a symbiotic relationship that ends when George must kill retarded Lennie ... ." (Hayashi, 84) Lennie has an extreme fondness for soft that keeps him and George constantly on the run. Lennie and George both dream of a day when they will make enough...

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... outside of Salinas where there were many ranches. They are about Jodi Tiflin, " an eleven year old boy, who had an idyllic childhood, and his disillusionment as he turns from a boy into a man." (McCarthy, 48) Steinbeck's next big California book was Of Mice and Men. It was set in the Salinas Valley and about two migrant ranch hands, " who share a symbiotic relationship that ends when George must kill retarded Lennie ... ." (Hayashi, 84) Lennie has an extreme fondness for soft that keeps him and George constantly on the run. Lennie and George both dream of a day when they will make enough...

• Word Count: 1424
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School