PART TWO

1) Summary of your novel's plot written in your own words. Do not copy and paste this from the internet. It must be your own ideas and words.

Include a picture of the novel's cover.

 The book I am reading is called "Of mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. The book was published in 1937 and tells a traumatic story of two men called George Milton and Lennie Small who also live during the time of the 1930’s. These two men travel around working on different ranches around Salinas, California during the period of the Great Depression. They both have the American dream of someday, being able to fully sustain themselves, live on a farm, and raise animals. At the beginning of the book George and Lennie are in the process of moving to a different farm after being forced to hit the road after Lennie was accused at attempted rape in Weed, California. The two men had gotten their work card for entry into the next ranch but then decided just to camp out in the forest for a night and cook a can of beans. In this section of the book we get to know all lot more about the two main characters. George, is a small man skinny while Lennie is quite the opposite large, and with a shapeless face. George although in the beginning of their friend ship always used to trick Lennie into doing things because she is quite childish and would not know the outcome, he is very loving towards Lennie is a little brother kind of way and somehow feels responsible for him. Lennie is clumsy, gentle and curios about the world. In the morning the workers arrive at the destination of the ranch in Soledad, California where George and Lennie are shown their bunk house to where they shall live for the time that they work there. They are welcomed by the residents already living there Candy (“swamper”), Slim and crooks. They also met the new boss his son Curley who also works there at the ranch as well as Curley’s wife.