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Similarities Between John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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In the story Mice and Men it took place in California on their plantation during the Great Depression. George which was an intelligent but uneducated man and Lennie which was a little slow are in Soledad on their way to find new jobs in California. They want to settle down on a farm and have dreams of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream is to tend rabbits because he loves touching soft animals. although he always kills them. There dreams cannot come true because Lennie is always messing up there chances by getting them kicked out. They had fled from Weed, after Lennie touched a young woman's dress and wouldn't let go, leading to them getting chased by guards. It soon becomes clear that it is gonna take them a while to get there dreams right despite his antics. After being hired at a farm, they run into a guy name by Curley which is the Boss's small, aggressive son with a nasty attitude and starts to bully Lennie. …show more content…

In contrast, there is a nice old man they met his name is Candy, an elderly ranch handyman with one hand and a old dog. Slim, an intelligent person whose dog has recently had a litter of puppies. Slim gives a puppy to Lennie and Candy because he wanted to do something nice and he wanted to accomplished his friendship with fellow ranch-hand Carlson. In spite of problems, their dream is not coming true because they don't have enough money to get there own

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