Of Mice and Men: Critical Evaluation

Of Mice And Men
By John Steinbeck

It has been said that 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck is a novel about two basic needs: The need for companionship, and the need to dream. 'Of Mice and Men's' title comes from the Robert Burns poem 'To A Mouse'
'The best laid schemes o'mice
And men
Gang aft aglay
And leave us nought but pain and grief
From promised joy'

What this literally means is; no matter how well we plan the future, things will often go wrong.

This is very much what the story entails. George & Lennie are two itinerant workers. George has a dream that one day he will own his own land and he won't have to travel around in search of work. But Lennie is George's companion and although large and very strong, he has the mind of a child. Ironic...