“I don’t like this place George. This ain’t no good place I wanna get outa here” (Steinbeck,). Of Mice and Men is a book written by author John Steinbeck. This novel is about two men, George and Lennie, who hope to one day have a farm of their own. To make this dream come true, they began working at a farm with a bunkhouse. This bunkhouse was used by John Steinbeck as a symbol of the cruel world of reality and discrimination.. As soon as George and Lennie arrive at the bunkhouse, the can sense that it is a bad place to be. It represents the cruel world of reality and unfairness. When they meet Curley’s wife, George can tell that she will be trouble. Lennie was instructed to stay away from her, for if he was to talk to her, there would issues.