John Milton

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a short novel that tells the story of two friends, Lennie Small and George Milton. These two hopeful main characters adventure to a small farm in Soledad, California, in hopes of starting the process of achieving their dream together. They hope to one day live on a small farm of their own, where they can be in charge of the place, and themselves. But, as the story goes along it shows how and why their dream becomes unachievable, although it was so close. Along…

Friendship in Of Mice and Men Friendships are a very key part to living a happy life. Even though, they often put people in the position to be more open to being attacked or criticized. George Milton and Lennie Small show a great deal of this in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Lennie, who is mentally disabled, relies on George for making good decisions and taking care of him. On the other hand, George relies on Lennie for a companion and sometimes to protect him because of Lennie’s big…

John Cage was an American composer that experimented with the very nature of sound and developed new ways of notating music. Cage’s ideas on composition influenced many artists such as painters, musicians, and chorographers. Cage questioned the musical preconceptions that was left from the 19th century. Arnold Schoenberg, a teacher of John Cage, called Cage “not a composer, but an inventor of genius” (Hicks, 1990). Many musicians, and to much of the public, thought Cage’s compositions…

Aristotle described friendship as “it is not for their character that men love ready-witted people, but because they find them pleasant. Friendship is a reoccurring theme in the book entitled Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. During the Great Depression, George Milton and Lennie Small travel around California searching for whatever work they can find George and Lennie make each other stronger by canceling the negative traits of each person. Friendships make people vulnerable to each other…

power to choose – what we want most to be we are.” Good and evil qualities exist in everyone, but life is a balancing act. Each person must spend it discovering who they are and which way their personal scale will tip in the end. George Milton from Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is just another man trying to find his balance as he takes care of his companion Lennie. Together they live the life of migrant workers in the height of the Great Depression, constantly moving from ranch to ranch to…

John Steinbeck in 1937 wrote the noel Of Mice and Men. The novel is about two men, George Milton and Lennie Small, who have a friendship that is more like a brotherhood. The two travel together to find work where George acts more of the older brother and Lennie is more of the younger brother. Lennie, being a forgetful man, may lead one to believe that he has a mental disability but that doesn’t stop him from his hardworking ways. Lennie, not liking the idea of being yelled at by George and only…

In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie Small is a grown man with an intellectual disorder. Eventually, George Milton, his guardian-figure, has a decision to make. He could choose to euthanize Lennie, saving him from a slow, painful death. Conversely, he could sit back and let the people of society kill Lennie in an…

opportunity to achieve success and prosper through hard work, determination, and initiative. Mental disabilities is one among one of the many issues that prevent people from reaching their dream. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells a story of two partners, Lennie Small and George Milton, who dream of owning a home with a bit of land to start a ranch and live off the land. However, all the social issues and obstacles stand in their way of achieving the American Dream of a ranch. Throughout…

The great depression struck and damaged the lives of many, and in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two characters have experienced just that. These characters go by the names of Lennie Small and George Milton; they seek refuge from the situation that had gone on in their original town of Weed. They obtain a job on a ranch and seek to gain a stake as hefty enough to purchase land to start their dream of forming a ranch to work and live on. But Lennie's strength and unpredictable…

The Right Thing Is Not Always Right Have you ever done something that you thought was the right thing to do, although you could have taken other actions? In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, that is exactly what George Milton does to one of his friends! George ends up shooting Lennie Small, a man who is mentally disabled, when he could have taken other actions. George made the wrong decision because he could have just run away again with Lennie, get Lennie arrested, or have someone…