Set in Soledad, California on a typical Western Ranch, we find George and Lennie. Of mice and men is a novel which shows the trials and troubles of true friendship. This novel, with all of its twists and turns is a great piece of American Literature. .
There are two main characters, George and Lennie. Lennie is a huge man with incredible strength but has a child's mind. George is a fairly sized man who is not amazingly brilliant but has good common sense. What one-man lacks, the other makes up for. It is a perfect example of how opposites attract, They are a perfect match, that is why they have a truly great friendship. .
Although, no matter how much he tries, George cannot make up for the huge gap in Lennies mind. Lennie is so childish it is hard to believe, for example when he sees something he is interested in he automatically wants to grab them. Throughout the book, the stress of Lennie's retardation begins to weigh down on George. Because of Lennie, they are nomads. Wherever they go, Lennie gets them in trouble. At there last location in a town named Weed, Lennie grabbed a woman's dress to feel it's texture it startled the woman as well as Lennie and with his overwhelming strength he ripped the women's dress. So, once again George had to rescue Lennie, and with that they had to move again. George knew he could leave Lennie and have a great life, but what are friends for. He couldn't just abandon Lennie. .
So on to the next ranch they went. As they live there new lives out at the new ranch they think they have it made with the exception of two individuals who Lennie is order to stay away from. The only female character in the novel, Curley's wife is never given a name and is only referred to in reference to her husband. The men on the farm refer to her as a "tramp," a "tart," and a "looloo." Dressed in fancy, feathered red shoes, she represents the temp-tation of female sexuality in a male-dominated world.
