Of mice and men

Author: John Steinbeck

Subject: Criticism; English as a Second Language; Men's Studies; Social Science; Fiction; Literary; Male friendship; John; People with mental disabilitie; Men; 1902-1968; Steinbeck; Salinas River Valley (Calif.); Ranch life; Cowboys - Fiction; Male friendship - Fiction; Western stories; Foreign Language Study; Salinas River Valley (Calif.) - Fiction; American; Classics; Mentally handicapped; Literature: Classics; General; Literary Criticism; People with mental disabilities; Cowboys; Ranch life - Fiction; Literature - Classics; Psychological fiction

Publisher: Penguin Classics (1994-01-16)

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SUMMARY: While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing "Of Mice and Men" (1937), creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal; a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful.