Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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I had done a collage about the character george from of Mice And Men. I had made my collage not in order I made it so when you look at it you can see all the different things at once. The first image is of the great depression a time where many people were unemployed. George happened to be one of them until he come to the Ranch. The Ranch picture in black and white is where George and lennie worked when they had to leave Weed.They had to leave there because they had to get out of trouble and George took care of the situation.That is what the picture of the two guys leaving is.

There plans there big so they worked with passion.The picture of the farm represents george's dream to own land. As George worked at the Ranch,people say Ranch worker

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