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Of’ Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

In the ninth grade, one of our school books was called Of’ Mice and Men. I thought that this was going to be another boring book, but to my surprise, it ended up to be one of my favorite books ever. Steinbeck writes about two friends, George Milton, who is small and stern, and Lennie Small, who despite his name is very big and strong. Lennie also mentally challenged. Lennie and George run from the police after a girl accuses Lennie of rape, to a town called Soledad. Here, Lennie and George work on a man’s ranch called curly. Curly is very small and acts too tough for his own good. The Two dream about the day when they make enough money to but their own farm. Things seem to be going good, when Lennie is talking to a women only known as Curly’s wife. She lets him touch her hair because it is really soft. He likes the feeling of it so much that he keeps on pulling on it. She struggles and screams, which sets Lennie of to grab her tightly and shake her. This ends up breaking her neck and she dies. Lennie remembers that George told him that if he ever got in trouble to hide in the bush down by the creak. When George and everyone else finds out about Curly’s wife, George remembers what he told Lennie and runs down to the creak. The rest of the group follows George. George gets to Lennie before the rest of the group and talks to him about the farm. He makes Lennie think of good thoughts. George tells Lennie to face the river and think about all the good thought. George Pulls out a gun, and kills Lennie.

The author shows that sometimes in order to protect someone, you sometimes need to hurt him or her. I agree with this because it is like having a very sick pet. In order to protect it, you have to put it down so it won’t suffer.

In the ninth grade, one of our school books was called Of’ Mice and Men. I thought that this was going to be another boring book, but to my surprise, it ended up to be one of my favorite books ever.