The book of mice and men was written by John Steinbeck. It was published for the first time on November 23, 1937. It has been handled as fiction, novella and tragedy genres. The book is intensely covered by two main characters. The Protagonists of the novel are "George Milton and Lennie Small.". Their set in their world is big for them and they have a small dream for us, and they both live for this dream and never separate from each other. The Antagonist of Mice and Men is the "Curley" character known as oppressive and feared by the farm workers and his wife. Because of Curley, everyone lives in insecurity and fear. The setting of the events is a farm South of Soledad, California. This is an environment where agricultural work, livestock and homeless people live and work on the farm. The boss and his son live in a separate big house, while the employees have rooms outside. There is an outside barn for horses, and inside the staff, their rooms have straw beds. The pilot of this novel is about the friendship of two people, but this is not an ordinary friendship novel. The characters are quite opposite to each other but they are just as close to each other. Human, Friendship and Social relations are emphasized. In the book, we can quite observe the difficulties experienced by the workers, racial discrimination, class discrimination, negative reactions to hopes. The writer John Steinbeck tried to explain these over two characters.
George Milton's character is smart and protective of these two people. Everyone calls Lennie small "crazy". Lennie, on the other hand, is difficult to understand according to George but is a large and strong character. These friends have a dream, this dream they have dreams of buying their own farm and growing something in their gardens, feeding pigs and rabbits. Lennie is especially overly enthusiastic about the bunny dream and what she wants most. Another feature of Lennie is that he loves to caress. He loves to caress rats, causing them to break their necks, and George argues with Lennie. George complains to Lennie with words like "I would have been more comfortable if it wasn't for you." Lennie replies that "I go every time you want, I go to the George, I find a cave in the mountain and live there", but George is constantly giving this speech by saying "I want you with me."
but still, they do not leave. The ending of this novel quite tragically ends with the murder of Lennie, as well as the murder of her favourite friend George. George's Dreams are cut short and he loses his best friend. Internal conflict is that George promised Lennie's aunt. Aunt Clara looked after Lennie, but George was unable to do so because of what Lennie caused. External conflict is between Lennie and Curley. After the hard fight between the two on the farm and Curley inflicting violence on Lennie, George encourages Lennie to attack Curley with the words "get him, Lennie ..". At first, Lennie is very scared, but then Lennie suddenly hits Curley very hard and knocks him down. Curley is the loser in this match. The climax of this novel is the shooting of Lennie, George's closest friend and partner in the life they dream of. The style of the novel mice and men is descriptive and in the form of drama. Conversations take place in the form of dialogue. The author did not write everything clearly but used an imaginative and refreshing writing style by the readers. For this reason, this novel has enabled it to be played on theatre stages as a play and to be the subject of movies. Of mice and men in point of view is a third-person omniscient. The narrator expressed the movements and the feelings were given by the characters. The tone of Mice and Humans is in the form of a heavy tongue. It does not include jokes or entertainment, so it has a very serious tone. This situation becomes more evident as the events progress.
Characters :
Lennie:
Lennie is big, strong, childish, and mentally inadequate. Because of his mental inadequacy, George is always by his side and guides him. Because he is extremely powerful and can damage things around him with his sudden movements, he is warned by George and is not left alone. George and Lennie work together as migrants on a large farm for a dream. Lennie loves to caress pets, hair and clothes, but he always hurts because he does it too much.
George:
George is Lennie's partner and only friend. He is a smart and fast man. George is aware of his responsibilities so Lennie is entrusted to him.. Although he often complains about fulfilling his responsibilities, he never leaves Lennie alone and protects him.
Candy :
Candy is an old mechanic working on the farm. Thinking that he loses his hand and therefore it will not work, Candy offers Lennie and George to share their dreams and wants to contribute to the money they have saved. so he tries to improve his own future.
Curley:
Curley is the son of the boss and he is very rich. He does not like big people, since he is a fighter, he is generally prone to fighting with everyone. All the workers and his wife on the farm do not like him because he is a malicious person. Curley is injured after Lennie and Curley have a clash. This is a huge disappointment and anger for him.
Curley's wife:
Known as a woman on the farm who always acts flirty with men. Everyone tries to run away from her because they are afraid of her husband. She comes to the guys under the pretext of "I'm looking for Curley" and tries to talk. Additionally, the woman doesn't like her husband Curley either. She thinks there is also the capacity to be famous for her beauty. The woman's End in the book ends tragically with her death.
Crooks:
The person in charge of the black barn and takes care of the horses. People do not invite him by discrimination because of his race or skin colour.
● The names of the other characters in the novel are slim, Carlson, aunt Clara, whit and the boss.
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