California Ranch Life In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men, it was a very interesting and a sad book. In his novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck depicts the essential loneliness of California ranch life in the 1930’s. He illustrates how people are driven to find companionship. People were having a hard time in the great depression. Everyone had to move very far away from their families to go to work, a lot of these people were alone; they were trying find companionship any way the could with workers, bosses, and woman.
Of Mice and Men, there are absence of characters, such as, George, Lennie, Candy, the Boss, Curley’s wife, Curley, Crook, and Slim. Curley’s wife on the other hand was always trying to talk to the guys, but the guys didn’t want to get in any trouble with Curley. Curley’s wife was always looking for Curley because Curley always disappeared from her, so Curley 's wife always checks with the guys that are working, “They swung their heads toward the door. Looking in was Curley’s wife. Her face was heavily made up. Her lips were slightly parted. She breathed strongly, as though she had been running. Curly ain’t been here, Candy said sourly.” (pg.38) Curley’s wife is very …show more content…
God, you’re a lot of trouble, said George.” (Pg 5) George and Lennie call each other family because they both want to live off the fated land and have a garden, rabbits, and have a cabin together. Lennie loves petting soft things such as mice, rabbits, and dogs. Lennie always has a mouse with him so he can pet it while they are traveling, but he always kills the mice, rabbits, and dogs because he squeezes them to hard. George describes traveling together is a good thing because you can talk to someone on the job sites and have a friendship through the