of mice and men

     

Of Mice an Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers in Great Depression-era California.

Trivia about of mice and men

  • In this Steinbeck novel, Lennie has nightmarish visions of his dead aunt Clara & of a gigantic rabbit
  • Itinerant workers George & Lennie dream of owning a ranch; Lennie accidentally kills a girl; George kills Lennie
  • 2 guys dream of owning a farm, one kills the boss' daughter-in-law, then his pal kills him
  • 1937:"Lennie spoke craftily, 'Tell me -- like you done before...about the rabbits.'"
  • Migrant ranch hands Lennie & George dream of buying a farm in this Steinbeck work
  • George & his simple-minded friend Lennie are this book's main characters
  • George said, "No, Lennie, No! / I won't get you a guppy! / You think I've forgotten / what you did to that puppy?"
  • George S. Kaufman helped John Steinbeck turn this work about George & Lennie into a play
  • "Lennie held his closed hand away from George's direction. 'It's only a mouse, George'"
  • Steinbeck:"De Ratones y Hombres"
  • James Earl Jones appeared as Lennie in a 1974 revival of this play based on a Steinbeck novel
  • George finds out Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket in this Carlisle Floyd opera based on a 1937 novel
  • Carlisle Floyd's opera based on this Steinbeck work has rodentia & homo sapiens in its title
  • "With the first pick in the NFL draft, the Chicago Bears select...Lennie!" George beamed. Now they could buy 200 rabbit farms!
  • "Lennie said, 'I might jus' as well go away. George ain't gonna let me tend no rabbits now.'"
  • "O.M.A.M."
  • The "best laid schemes" of Steinbeck borrowed a line by Robert Burns to title this short novel
  • John played Lennie & Gary Sinise was George in a 1992 film adaptation of this Steinbeck novel
  • "George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain't gonna let me tend no rabbits"
  • John Steinbeck first titled this story of George & Lennie "Something that Happened"
  • George Milton, Lennie Small
  • Steinbeck:"And Carlson said, 'Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?'"

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  • “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been” - Kurt Vonnegut.
  • Everytime I listen to Second & Sebring by Of Mice And Men I tear up because there is so much emotion behind that song and the lyrics
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  • Finally made it to a Broadway show. Of Mice and Men was incredible. James Franco and Chris O'Dowd both brilliant, and love Leighton Meester.
  • I'm Not a Tart: The Feminist Subtext of Steinbeck's <i>Of Mice and Men</i> via @HuffPostArts
  • Leighton Meester wrote a feminist essay that will make you rethink "Of Mice and Men"
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  • Leighton Meester has written a feminist essay that would make Blair Waldorf proud
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  • Leighton Meester Sounds Off On the Feminist Undertones in <em>Of Mice and Men</em> via @marieclaire
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  • The first show during this NY trip! "Of Mice And Men" @ Longacre Theatre
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  • Can not express enough how well Of Mice and Men was done. Highly recommend, beautiful show.
  • Leighton Meester Puts Gossip Girl WAY Behind her With This Incredibly Powerful Essay On Feminism! Read Her Tho...
  • Interesting Op Ed from @itsmeleighton "I'm Not a Tart: The Feminist Subtext of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men"