Of Mice And Men: A Comprehensive Comparison Of Novel And Movie

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and his curse. Like the child he
is mentally, he loves animals, but he inadvertently crushes them to death.
Women, to him, are rather like animals, -- soft, small, and gentle. And there
lies the tension that powers this narrative to its tragic conclusion.
The film version and the novel are very similar. There is minimal
description in the novel, enough to set the scene, and the rest is dialogue.
The film's story is very pure and lean as Steinbeck's original.
Producer/director Gary Sinise and screenwriter Horton Foote don't try do
anything fancy, they don't try to make it anything other than exactly what it is,
a timeless simple story. Sinise and Foote make American Literature teachers
everywhere proud; they have left the film's story uncluttered. Everything is
very clear, and makes sense within its context. They remembered "Of Mice and
Men is a classic for a reason, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The screenplay and the novel are not synonymous but they are very ...

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plays a larger role in this film
than in the novel. This character steadily develops as layers are peeled back
like an onion. The wife in this version is far more predatory and dangerous
than in Steinbeck's novel. Initially she acts quite sluttish, but she
eventually shows to be naive, lonely, and trapped in an abusive marriage. She
acts as a feminist voice that Steinbeck probably never intended.
The film version is different because downplays the novel's political
subtext, a call for humane socialism where people take care of one another.
Instead, the film version focuses on the human condition on the individual level
only. We are given characters, a setting, and events. The ...

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