There are at least four ideas of "place" in Of Mice and Men to be considered. The first idea could be the "place" considered as the setting of the beginning of the story, where we see an idilic place, a wood full of trees, but also with a sense of destruction as we see the footsteps on the grass and the broken trees. The importance of this setting of the beginning is that it is repeated at the end of the story, where we find and idilic wood and some predator animal which could prepare us for the tragical ending.

Another idea of "place" is the ranch from which George and Lennie come and the ranch to where they both go; these are physical places, from the first one they have to scape because of Lennie and in the second is where the whole action of the novel is developed. The second ranch is a microcosm where everyone plays a role, from The Boss to Crooks. Each of the characters which live there are really determined by that place.

Within this place, the ranch, we find a very special place too; Crooks´ private room. He does not allow whites in but he lets Lennie to g

In that moment where they are talking about their dream the fact that will destroy the dream enters the room, it is Curley´s wife. Candy tells Curley´s wife that if they were fired they had enough money to buy their own "place". She laughs and she shows it´s impossible.

The story goes on and when George and Lennie meet Curley ( The Boss son), George reminds Lennie about the place where they have to meet if something goes wrong. This is a clue to think that somethig wrong will happen that will make Lennie go to that place where George is repeatedly telling Lennie to go if something goes wrong.

o in. They share a lot of things, specially the fact that they are rejected by society, Crooks because he is black and crooked, and Lennie because he is mind-retarded. Crooks´ private room is a place of isolation within the microcosm that the ranch is.

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