Book Cover Project: Of Mice and Men

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Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great DepressionGeorge Milton, an intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a man of large stature and great strength but limited mental abilitiesare on their way to another part of California in Sole-dad. They hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennies part of the dream is merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm. This dream is one of Lennies favorite stories, which George constantly retells. They are fleeing from their previous employment in Weed, California, where they were run out of town after Lennies love of stroking soft things resulted in an accusation of attempted rape when he touched a young wom-ans dress, and would not let go. It soon becomes clear that the two are close friends and George is Lennies protector. The theme of friendship is constant throughout the story.

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Lennie Small: A mentally disabled, but physically strong man who travels with George and is his constant companion.[4] He dreams of living off the fatta the lan and being able to tend to rabbits. His love for soft things conspires against him, mostly because he doesnt know his own strength, and even-tually becomes his undoing.

Candy: An aging ranch handyman, Candy lost his hand in an accident and worries about his future on the ranch. Fear-ing that his age is making him useless, he seizes on Georges description of the farm he and Lennie will have, offering his lifes savings if he can join George and Lennie in owning the land. The fate of Candys ancient dog, which Carlson shoots in the back of the head in an alleged act of mercy, foreshad-ows the manner of Lennies death.Curleys wife: A young, pretty woman, who is mistrusted by her husband. The other characters refer to her only as Cur-leys wife. This lack of personal definition underscores this characters purpose in the story: Steinbeck explained that she is not a person, shes a symbol. She has no function, except to be a foil and a danger to Lennie.[4] Curleys wifes pre-occupation with her own beauty eventually helps precipitate her death: She allows Lennie to stroke her hair as an appar-ently harmless indulgence, only for her to upset Lennie when she yells at him to stop him mussing it. Lennie tries to stop her yelling and eventually kills her by recklessly breaking her neck.

George Milton: A quick-witted man who is Lennies guardian and best friend. His friendship with Lennie helps sustain his dream of a better future.

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Author

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). As the author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen nov-els, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

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Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the lone-liest guys in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place....With us it aint like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.

He dont give nobody else a chance to win--

Well, you aint bein kind to him keepin him alive.

I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldnt ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.

Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.

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MoodBoard ResearchCharacter: Lennie

Object: Rabbit/Gun

Place: Farm

Blurb: In order to represent igno-rance of Lennie, the design is simplified through shapes.

Blurb: In order to represent the setting, the design is shown through a dream like imagery.

Blurb: In order to symbolize the rabbit, the design is represented through the imagery of color and form.

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Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place. . . . With us it aint like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We dont have to sit in no bar room blowin in our jack jus because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us. Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place. . . . With us it aint like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We dont have to sit in no bar room blowin in our jack jus because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us. Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place. . . . With us it aint like that. We got a

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Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place. . . . With us it aint like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We dont have to sit in no bar room blowin in our jack jus because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us.

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Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys

in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place. . . . With us it aint like that. We got a future. We

got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We dont

have to sit in no bar room blowin in our jack jus be-cause we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all any-body gives a damn. But not us.

"Brutality and tenderness mingle in these strangely

moving pages....The reader is fascinated by a certainty of

approaching doom." Chicago Tribune

....In sure, raucous, vulgar Americanism, Steinbeck has

touched the quick in his little story." The New York Times


"Brutality and tenderness mingle in these strangely moving pages....The reader is fascinated by a certainty of approaching doom." Chicago Tribune

....In sure, raucous, vulgar Americanism, Steinbeck has touched the quick in his little story." The New York Times

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Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys

in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place. . . .

With us it aint like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk

to that gives a damn about us. We dont have to sit in no bar

room blowin in our jack jus because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail

they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us.

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"Brutality and tender-ness mingle in these strangely moving pages....The reader is fascinated by a certainty of approach-ing doom." Chicago Tribune




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John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). As the author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.


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Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great DepressionGeorge Milton, an intelli-gent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a man of large stature and great strength but limited mental abilitiesare on their way to another part of California in Soledad. They hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream is merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm, but all that leads into some trouble.









Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation

during the Great DepressionGeorge Milton, an intelligent

but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a man of large

stature and great strength but limited mental abilitiesare

on their way to another part of California in Soledad. They

hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down

on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream is

merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm, but

all that leads into some trouble.

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Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great DepressionGeorge

Milton, an intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a man of large stature and great strength but

limited mental abilitiesare on their way to another part of California in Soledad. They hope to one day attain their shared

dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream is merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm,

but all that leads into some trouble.

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John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-win-ning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). As the author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collec-tions of short stories, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

"Brutality and tender-ness mingle in these strangely moving pages....The reader is fascinated by a certain-ty of approaching doom." Chicago Tribune

Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great Depres-sionGeorge Milton, an intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a man of large stature and great strength but limited mental abilitiesare on their way to another part of Califor-nia in Soledad. They hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream is merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm, but all that leads into some trouble.


Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great Depres-sionGeorge Milton, an intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a man of large stature and great strength but limited mental abilitiesare on their way to another part of Califor-nia in Soledad. They hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream is merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm, but all that leads into some trouble.


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John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.

(February 27, 1902

December 20, 1968)

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Two migrant field workers in

California on their plantation during the

Great DepressionGeorge Milton, an

intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small,

a man of large stature and great strength but limited

mental abilitiesare on their way to another part of

California in Soledad. They hope to one day attain their shared

dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of

the dream is merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm,

but all that leads into some trouble.

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.

(February 27, 1902

December 20, 1968) was an

American writer. He is widely known

for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The

Grapes of Wrath (1939) and the novella Of

Mice and Men (1937).

As the author of twenty-seven

books, including sixteen

novels, six non-fiction

books, and five

collections

of short

stories,

Steinbeck received

the Nobel Prize for

Literature in 1962.

Brutality and

tenderness mingle

in these strangely

moving

pages...The

reader is fascinated

by a certainty of

approaching doom.

Chicago Tribune

John Steinbeck

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Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation

during the Great DepressionGeorge Milton, an intelligent

but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a man of large

stature and great strength but limited mental abilitiesare

on their way to another part of California in Soledad. They

hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down

on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream is

merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm, but

all that leads into some trouble.

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