Friday, June 4, 2010


Just finished a powerfully moving story of the lonely and dispossessed, Of Mice and Men is the one of John Steinbeck's best-known and most popular books.
The book was telling George and his large, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, with nothing in the world except each other- and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of their own, somewhere to settle and live in peace. Finding work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, they hope to stay long enough to get some money together. But kind-hearted, childlike Lennie is prone to getting into trouble (got to do with his future rabbits!)- unable to control either his emotions or his enormous strength, well he's just like a big baby to me. he is a target for the casual cruelty of others. And when disaster strikes again since he always makes a big trouble, it seems that this time George may not be able to save his friend so he makes unexpected action that killed Lennie by shooting him back of his head!
You see, it was a touchable story for sure, I cried at the last bloody page when George was cried in the bushes mourning Lennie that was lying near to the pond. Yeah I know I know I'm such an emotional person.
Still I've got messages from this story:
First! the friends travels together and George won't ever let Lennie live in the cave himself even though his friend is not bright, dumpy one who always wanted to tend rabbits and pups. This also shows the true meaning of friendships. George had to killed Lennie with a reason - he could not stand to watch his friend suffer.
Second, despite he always got trouble with the hell friend, George still has to take care of Lennie even since he already promised to Aunt Clara, Lennie's aunt.
And lastly is about men - just like Slim said "A guy got to sometimes" after Lennie got killed by George. A man possibly do the craziest thing, unexpected thing like women will never know in many way.