Summary Of Steinbeck's "Of Mice And Men" With Background About Steinbeck

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heard of a ranch that was four miles
ahead of them and they could get a job there. George told Lennie that if
he would get into trouble at the ranch, that he should come back and hide
in the bush. Sunrise had came and the two men began their walk to the
ranch. When George and Lennie arrived, they saw a huge long rectangular
building where the bunks were inside, the walls were white and the floor
was wood. The old swamper showed Lennie and George to their assigned bunks.

While George and Lennie were getting settled in, a stocky man stood
in the doorway. He had on blue jeans, a flannel shirt, a vest, a coat,
boots and spurs. George and Lennie quickly knew that the man in the
doorway was their boss. With a deep voice, the boss asked, “You got your
workslips?” George quickly reached in his pocket and pulled out their
slips and handed them to the boss. The boss then told them to go out
after dinner and help out with the team by picking up barley at the
threshing machine.
After ...

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to take the puppy.
Curley came flinging open the door as he walked inside. The boys
knew there was going to be trouble. Lennie began laughing at something
Candy said to Curley. Curley then got angry and raged at Lennie for
laughing and told him to get up and fight like a man. Lennie wouldn't hurt
a fly on purpose. So he just stood up
and stared at him. Curley was a small statured man, but he went ahead
and took a swing at Lennie and broke his nose. While all of this was
taking place, George was yelling, “Get him Lennie! Get him!” So Lennie took
it upon himself to do what was right and when Curley took the second swing,
Lennie grabbed his hand and then Curley hit the ground, ...

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