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Summary Of "Of Mice And Men"


This classic is set in 1930's California and tells of an unlikely
pair of optimistic laborers who work the dusty vegetable fields of
California. Their names are Lennie Small and George Milton... with George
being the leader. Lennie is a man of tremendous size, but due to a mental
shortcoming had the mind of a young child. George on the other hand was
"small and quick and dark of face".
The book joins our characters on their way to a new job on a ranch
in the Salinas Valley. They are hot and tired and bothered after being
duped by a bus driver into walking about four miles. At this point they
stop for a drink and a rest at a little at a watering hole (the Salinas
River actually). At this ...

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Their goal was to own a shack and an acre of land that they can
call their own and to live of the "fat of the land' and Lennie wanted to
rasie rabbits. This telling of the their dream was greatly loved by Lennie..
especially and only when George told it to him (altough he knew it word
from word). George also blames his current situation of down and out luck
on Lennie because he has to always keep a look out on his behalf. Knowing
that there was a great possibility that something like the incident in Weed
would happen in the new ranch, George tells Lennie to run like the wind and
return to this place near the water and hide in the bushes for George to
come.
After spending a night at the riverbank... Lennie and George head
up to the ranch where they had found work. Post being introduced to their
quarters and some of their bunk mates.. they meet the boss and they
excecute the tension filled process of the interview for the job. George
does most if not all of the talking ...

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Lennie goes to have a chat with Crooks, the black stable-boy
about the precious puppies, one of which had been given to Lennie by Slim.
The next day is the moment of truth.. sitting alone in a barn,
mourning the death of his puppy which he killed because it tried to bite
him, Lennie is approached by Curley's wife. Remembering that George said
not to talk to her.. Lennie tries his best but ends up doing so in his own
childish manner, telling her about his rabbits that George won't let him
have if he found out about the dead puppy. Curley's wife then begins to
tell her tale of woe to Lennie, about how she wanted to be a movie star and
how she had married Curley solely as a method of ...

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