This was the perfect book to read after Moby Dick. Moby Dick was long and difficult. Of Mice and Men was short and simple. Simple and easy and a little fun. I don't see why it was such a classic but I guess it was a nice story.
I think I will like this more when I get to reading Grapes of Wrath. I think as I read more Steinbeck that I will appreciate it more. This story just seemed too short and kind of pointless. Not much happened. I liked the characters but it was just a tale of about a three day span in the life of these two Depression era workers.
It was a bit of a sad tale. A bit that I think people can relate to. These two guys were dealt a bad hand in life and had a dream. It was a simple dream and they lived a simple life and all they wanted was to reach that dream and own their own piece of land. George wants the land and Lennie wants the rabbits, oh he wants the rabbits. But like most things in their lives, things get out of hand and the dream is ruined.
I won't ruin it, the end is sad and the book is like 100 pages so check it out. Just based on the length of the book it is worth checking out. Maybe you can enjoy the simplicity better than I. It wasn't a great book but I have read a lot worse and I'm sure I will read a lot more.
NEXT UP: #22 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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