Can somebody tell me the plot of the book called "Of Mice and Men"?

Question

Need it for my homework. thanks

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Mice_and_Men

Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, first published in 1937, which tells the tragic story of George and Lennie, two displaced Anglo migrant farm workers in California during the Great Depression (1929-1939). The story is set on a farm a few miles from Soledad (Soledad is Spanish for Solitude) in the Salinas Valley.

Answer 2

The story begins when George and Lennie prepare to arrive at a ranch to work - and ends in tragedy just four days later.

During those four days, we learn not only about the friendship and dreams George and Lennie share, but about a small community of lonely people on the ranch - all of whom are affected by the events.

The story is told in the third person, so we are provided with a clear, unbiased view of all the characters.

Answer 3

No, because if you read the book, you know the plot, which is just the story line, i.e. what happens. And if you didn't read the book, telling you the plot would be cheating.

What the book is ABOUT, though, is different from what HAPPENS. What it's about is friendship, commitment, love and trust. It's about how people behave when their values are put to the test.

Answer 4

You're damn right you're being blatant about it, as well you should be when your relationship is disrespected. We need more blatant people like you. Until it becomes commonplace, people will still think it's okay to try and force us into compromising about the nature of our relationships to spare their sensibilities. That is straight-up homophobic 'stay in the closet' bulls#!t. I'd have been furious if someone had said that to me. I have not worked this hard, marched so many times, risked this much, and waited this long to have some narrow-minded nitwit tell me I'm being 'blatant' because I consider my man to be my spouse.

Answer 5

I remember doing this book at school

Plot summary

Lennie is a large, strong man with the mind of a child, and George is a smaller man with quick wit who cares for Lennie. Lennie's love of touching soft things results in an accusation of rape by a woman whose dress he felt in the town of Weed. A mob from the town vows to lynch Lennie, which forces George and Lennie to leave their current town and find new work at a ranch near Soledad, California. George and Lennie hope to escape the repetitive, wandering fate of most ranch workers by saving up enough money to buy a small farm of their own, and "live offa the fatta the lan'." Lennie is driven to this goal by the prospect of "tending the rabbits". However, this goal is only a dream until Candy, another worker on the farm, offers to contribute his savings for a place on the farm.

While subjected to the loneliness and mediocrity of the life they presently lead, George and Lennie's prospect of their own farm attracts yet another hopeful, Crooks, the "Negro" stable buck. Despite their best efforts, however, the dream begins to collapse, completely falling apart when Lennie accidentally kills the wife of Curley, a worker and son of the ranch boss. After Curley's wife, who is a tart with a wandering eye, dies in his arms, Lennie escapes to the river where the story had begun, the place where George told him to go should he ever get into trouble (Note the circular ending: it suggests that the workers are trapped in the cycle for ever).

To spare Lennie from Curley's revenge, which would entail much pain on Lennie's part, George quickly kills Lennie with a Luger pistol, stolen from Carlson. He does this by coaxing Lennie with a description of the dream, and shoots him in the back of the head. Slim and George then go for a drink to settle George's nerves. The last line of the book is Carlson, the ranch worker who kills Candy's old dog in a fashion similar to Lennie's killing (which foreshadows his death) is talking to Curley saying, "Now what the hell do you suppose is eatin' them two guys?" showing that both characters never learned the value of compassion and friendship.

Answer 6

It is the epic tale of a time when tired of being oppressed mice rose up to challenge the rule of man...read the damn book! stop looking for the easy solution, who knows you might learn something

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Lennie gets shot in the head by his friend. A coup de grace as they call it.

Answer 9

Well I came here to answer it, but there is no way to beat thumbilinia's answer. By the way, you really should read it yourself, it's a very good (although very sad) book.

Answer 10

Overall Plot

George and Lennie are two migrant American labourers, who share a dream; that one day they may buy a farm, and Lennie will be able to take care of the rabbits.

Although Lennie is physically very strong and has the body of a man, he has the mind of a child.

The two men arrive on a ranch near the town of Soledad, where they are about to start work as barley buckers. On arriving there, they meet Candy, an old one-handed man who mops the floor, and Curley. Curley is the Boss' son, and immediately hates Lennie because of his impressive size. George realises that Curley will undoubtedly cause trouble for them.

After the two men are hired by the Boss, they meet Slim, a jerkline skinner. He has a lot of authority and has earned much respect from the men. They also meet Carlson.

Later that night, after dinner, Slim gives Lennie one of his puppies. Lennie is delighted by the gift, for he loves to pet things like rabbits, puppies and even mice, although he sometimes accidentally kills the creatures, not knowing his own strength.

George confides in Slim, telling him about how Lennie has caused many problems before, like in Weed. A girl thought Lennie was trying to rape her, and they had to flee.

Later that night, Candy overhears George and Lennie talking about their dream, and he asks if he could join them. He has quite a bit of money saved up, and they realise that if they combine their money in one month's time, they will have enough to buy the house. All three of them are excited by the prospect of how close they are to fulfilling their dream.

Still later that night, Curley attacks Lennie when he sees Lennie smiling when Curley is arguing with Carlson. Lennie does nothing to protect himself until George tells him to fight back. Then Lennie crushes Curley's hand. George is worried because he thinks he will be fired, but Slim convinces Curley to tell people that he got his hand caught in a machine.

The next night, (Saturday night) while most of the men are in town, Lennie visits Crooks, the Negro stable buck who lives alone in the barn. Crooks tries to explain the loneliness he feels but Lennie is too worried about George to listen.

After a while Candy also joins them, and when he talks about the house they are going to buy, Crooks becomes interested. However, when Curley's wife appears, looking for company because she is lonely, trouble starts.

When the three men refuse to answer her truthfully when she asks what happened to Curley's hand, she becomes angry. She guesses from the bruises on Lennie's face that he injured her husband in a fight.

Crooks becomes fed up with Curley's wife and asks her to leave. Curley's wife refuses, and insults Crooks, knowing that she can accuse him of molesting her, and she will be believed rather than the men.

Candy says he hears the men returning from town, and Curley's wife leaves, afraid that her husband might find her in the barn.

After Curley's wife has insulted, humiliated and degraded Crooks, he becomes disheartened and withdraws his offer to join Candy, Lennie and George on their farm. Candy and George both leave when George comes to find them.

The next afternoon, Lennie is in the barn. He is worried because he has accidentally killed his puppy and is afraid that George will not allow him to feed the rabbits if he finds out.

While Lennie debates whether or not to tell George, Curley's wife appears, and soon gets Lennie involved in a conversation with her, although George had warned Lennie never to talk to her.

She kindly lets Lennie stroke her hair, but when he won't let go she panics and struggles. She begins to scream, and Lennie is afraid he will get into trouble, so he shakes her to make her stop. He succeeds, but unfortunately he also kills her.

Remembering George's advice to run to the brush by the river if he is ever in trouble, Lennie does so.

Candy discovers Curley's wife, and fetches George. George has to tell the other men, although there will be little chance of taking Lennie alive if Curley finds out that he killed his wife.

When the men hear the news they go into a sort of killing frenzy. When Carlson finds his gun missing, he reports this to Curley, and it is decided that there can be no mercy for Lennie since everyone assumes he has the gun. Without further ado, the manhunt for Lennie begins.

Lennie waits for George to come and fetch him, and while he does, he imagines both his Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit reproaching him. Then George appears.

Lennie persuades George to tell him his favourite story about how he will feed the rabbits. As George tells the story, he withdraws Carlson's gun from his pocket, and at the end of the story, he mercifully kills Lennie by shooting him.

When the other men arrive they are amazed that George managed to get the gun from Lennie and then shoot him with it, except for Slim, who immediately understands what really happened and offers George consolation. The two friends walk off together in sorrow, mourning the loss of their mutual friend.