John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

John Steinbeck's book Of Mice and Men is a classic because it has withstood the test of time, keeping its ability to deliver it’s powerful messages. Classics are books that “exert a peculiar influence, both when they refuse to be eradicated from the mind and when they conceal themselves in the folds of memory, camouflaging themselves as the collective or individual unconscious”. Each time one rereads a classic they discover new things about about the book as if it is the first time. John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men is a classic because of the deeper meaning behind the plot, the life lessons that can be learned, and the culture brought back from our history.
The deeper meaning behind the plot in Of Mice and Men is one of the leading