Of Mice and Men

A detailed Summary of Of Mice and Men

In the beginning of the story, two men named George Milton and Lennie Small are trying to make their way to a small ranch in Salinas Valley, California. George is the leader of their two-man group, despite Lennie's large size. George is filled with determination and confidence while Lennie is a simple man with a big heart.

Up north, they had recently been run out of a town called Weed because of Lennie. First of all, Lennie is not very smart, and becomes frightened and confused easily. Also, he enjoys petting animals and feeling things that grab his attention. One night in Weed, Lennie and George had gone to a pool hall. Lennie saw a girl wearing a bright red dress. He grabbed on to the sleeve of her dress. The girl became scared and screamed and this frightened Lennie. He did not know what to do so he held on to the dress tighter.

The next day, George found out that the girl went to the police and pressed charges against Lennie. The police were all over town looking for him. George and Lennie escaped by hiding in an irrigation ditch until it was nighttime and leaving town. After that, they hitchhiked all the way to Salinas Valley, California.

The next day they arrived at their destination,

I liked this book because it was very concise and to the point. It had everything you needed to know in it and nothing you didn't.

A few minutes later, Lennie returned to the bunk house from the barn. Then he asked George to repeat their dream as he often did. So George began, "When we get enough money we are going to have a little house, a few acres of land, and a few animals. We will be our own bosses and do what we want to do." Candy was still in the room and got interested at hearing this and he asked if he could help them. George hesitated until he heard how much money Candy had saved up and then he agreed that he could be included in their dream.

A few minutes later, someone else walked into the bunk. His name was Curley and he was the boss's son. Curley was really mean to George and Lennie, especially Lennie. George thinks Curley will lead to future problems and advises Lennie to keep out of Curley's way. George is trying to keep Lennie from getting into trouble again, so when they meet Curley's flirtatious wife, George tells Lennie never to talk to her. Later that day, they also meet some of the other ranch people, Slim, Whit and Carlson.

My favorite character was Lennie. I liked him because even though George yelled at him a lot and got mad whenever he did anything bad, he still loved George and always did what he said and never disobeyed him.

After a moment, Lennie realized he had done a bad thing and ran away when he heard George coming. When George saw Curley's wife laying in the straw he knew Lennie had done it. A few minutes later, the rest of the men discovered her. Curley was furious and George was afraid he might kill Lennie so he went to look for him. George already knew the only place Lennie would go, the brush where they stayed the night before they had come to the ranch.

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In the beginning of the story, two men named George Milton and Lennie Small are trying to make their way to a small ranch in Salinas Valley, California. George is the leader of their two-man group, despite Lennie's large size. George is filled with determination and confidence while Lennie is a simple man with a big heart.

When Curley came back into the bunk house, Lennie was still smiling at the thought of his dream. Curley thought Lennie was laughing at him and began to pick a fight. Before long Lennie had a bloody nose. He looked to George for help while Curley continued to hurt him. Suddenly, George screamed, "get him". Then Lennie grabbed Curley's hand right as he was throwing another punch. Curley shrank back in pain. Lennie had broke most of the bones in his hand. Lennie did not get in trouble because Curley told everyone he got his hand caught in a machine.

the ranch where the would be working. That day, they met a guy named Candy. He was an old man who had been working on the farm for many years. He also had an old dog.

I liked this book because it was very concise and to the point. It had everything you needed to kno

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Approximate Word count = 2078
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)

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