All good books or movies must have three specific qualities. The first quality of a good book or movie is believable characters. The second quality of a good book or movie is a well-written plot. The third quality of a good book or movie is a universal theme. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck must fulfill these three specific qualities in order to be classified as a good book. Set during the Great Depression, this novel teaches its readers that not everyone’s life is what they want it to be. The main characters, George Milton and Lennie Small, should be examples of believable characters, because they both display signs of loneliness just as everyday people do. George and Lennie start off the story by walking to a nearby ranch in search of …show more content…
The three make a pact to let no other person hear of their plan. Curley visits the bunkhouse again in search of his wife, and is angered by Lennie, thinking that he is laughing at him. He punches Lennie several times, but Lennie does not fight back until George tells him to let Curley have it. Lennie grabs Curley’s hand and crushes it. One night, while the rest of the men are at a local brothel, Lennie visits Crooks, an African American “stable buck”. Crooks is rude and at first until he realizes that Lennie wants to be his friend. Curley's wife sees the men talking and tries to join them, claiming she is lonely and only married Curley to get away from her mother. When Crooks tells Curley’s wife that she should find Curley instead of talking to men, she calls them useless cripples and tells Crooks that she can have him hung, and that she is being nice. The next day, Lennie accidentally kills his puppy. Curley’s wife finds him and comforts him. Lennie tells her that he loves to pet soft and furry things, and she tells him that her hair is incredibly soft, and that he should feel it. He grabs her hair too tightly, and she begins to scream. Lennie attempts to silence her and accidentally snaps her neck, killing her. Lennie runs away to a piece of the Salinas River, where George told him to meet in case either of them gets into trouble. The men back at the ranch discover that Curley’s wife is dead, and assemble a lynching party. George runs away and finds Lennie, telling him that it wasn’t his fault that Curley’s wife died. George begins to tell Lennie the story of the farm they will have together, and as he describes the farm they will have, George shoots Lennie in the back of the head. When the other men find George and Lennie, George tells the men that Lennie had the gun, and that he took it from him and