Of Mice and Men

Student recommendation:

"Short and not so sweet with lots of foreshadowing and symbolism. Note that it has some racist language." 

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression

They are an unlikely pair: George is small and smart; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed their version of a family, clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation.

As labourers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. 

When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him.

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