maurice goldston. born feburary 27, 1902 hometown: salinas, california worked on ranches as a child...
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OF MICE AND MENMaurice Goldston
JOHN STEINBECK
Born Feburary 27, 1902Hometown: Salinas, CaliforniaWorked on ranches as a childAttended Stanford but did not graduate Worked odd jobs to support his writing
SUCCESSES
Cup of Gold in 1929 Achieved first monetary and critical success
with Tortilla Flat in 1935 Wrote Of Mice and Men in 1937 Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 with Grapes of
WrathGrapes of Wrath is widely considered his greatest work Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 Died of heart disease on December 20, 1968
OF MICE AND MEN
Their American Dream Takes place on a ranch during The
Great Depression
CHARACTER LIST
George- Main protagonist Lennie- Protagonist- Mental Illness Slim- Wise Farm Hand Curley- Son of farm owner- Entitlement Curley’s Wife- Women/Housewife Crooks- Racism against blacks
PLOT IN A NUTSHELL
George and Lennie are traveling workers
They find work at a ranch ‘bucking barley’
They make friends and enemies Lennie gets into trouble with basically
everyone Lennie accidentally kills Curley wife George purposely kills Lennie for self-
preservation
QUOTES
“We could live offa the fatta the lan'.” “I got you to look after me, and you got
me to look after you, and that's why.” “Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a
little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head. They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their head.”
THEMES AND SOCIAL ISSUES
The American Dream The Great Depression Mental Illness Loneliness Racism Gender Roles Life and Death