Of Mice and Men

Life during the Great Depression was a time of hardship and suffering for Americans nationwide. Many left their homes to search for work, hoping that one day they would be able to settle down on a piece of land of their own. George and Lennie, the two main characters in Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, had to endure these same conditions. The two men wander from ranch to ranch, always winding up on the run because of Lennie’s tendency to touch soft things. The two men had to run from Weed, their last job location, because Lennie touched a woman’s dress and she complained of harassment. Incidents such as these have always happened before, and it seems to be a reoccurring pattern among the two men. Wherever they go, no matter what they do, something bad always happens to them. Their situation is the same with their new job in Salinas, where George ends up shooting Lennie. The end was inevitable, George could do n...