Summary Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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In the story “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck suggests that as humans, we crave contact with others to give life more meaning. This story took place in the early 1930’s after the stock market crashed. The main characters George and Lennie are traveling around in search of a job. George is small and intelligent and travels around with an oversized, clumsy bear like man named Lennie. George constantly talks about how his life would be so much better if he didn’t have to babysit Lennie, but no matter what happens George has Lennie’s back. In the beginning of the story, Lennie walks in on crooks and sees the small corner of the barn he sleeps in and starts to question Crooks. Crooks immediately gets defensive and starts to interrogate Lennie. Then