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Differences Between Of Mice And Men Movie And Book

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Of Mice and Men was a book written by John Steinbeck in 1937. It is a story about two young men, George and Lennie, who travel around together trying to get enough money to get their dream ranch together. They enjoy each other’s company but Lennie is always getting in trouble. As a result, George has to take care of Lennie and he often gets mad at him. The story goes through the young men’s journey and the struggles they face with their life on a new ranch. In 1992, Gary Sinise (who also played the role of George), directed a movie based on the book. Many times when they make a book into a film, they have lots of differences, and this movie is no different. Some of the differences include characters such as Candy or Curley’s wife and scenes …show more content…

Additionally, she expressed that she was not happy with her life and her marriage. Whereas in the movie, she was a lot more vocal about it. She was more vulnerable and emotional. In the book, Curley’s wife kind of felt like a villain but in the movie, it tried to make you feel bad for her. Likewise, there were a couple of extra scenes with her in the movie that were not in the book. The director probably did this to get her more involved. Furthermore, there was definitely a connection between her and George that was not in the book. His vision must have been to make her more a part of the story. Another character that is different in the movie is Candy. In both the book and the movie, Candy is an elderly man with just one hand. While he seemed to be sad in both the book and the movie, his emotions came out even more in the movie. Candy was more eager when George and Lennie told him about “the place,” he got more depressed when they killed his dog and was sadder when Lennie killed Curley’s wife. The director must have done this to show that Candy was youthful and full of hope inside. But he also used Candy to show all the emotions of the scene where Lennie killed Curley’s

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