Of Mice and Men

Author Facts

• John Steinbeck
• An early draft Of Mice and Men was ate by his dog
• He was a Nobel Peace prize Winner
• He hated being famous

Authors Attitude

• The authors attitude in this book is that he wants to show that hard times offer real characteristics of people to show.

American Background

• The Dust Bowl
• Poverty
• Stock Market Crashed
• Radios for entertainment

National Background

• World War 2
• Hitler- German elections
• Emelia Earhart got lost

Time Period

• Dust Bowl Era
• 1937
• Television and Radios

Main Character

• George- is a not kind person, acts like big brother, and demanding
• Lennie- nice spirited, not that bright, and scared

Conflict #1

• One conflict in this novel is when George has and internal conflict of taking care of Lennie and how hard it is on him.

Conflict #2

• Another conflict is George and Lennie versus society that are sometimes violent towards them.

Predictions

• I predict that George will get sick of taking care of Lennie and that he cant keep his promise to him.

Best Event

• The best event so far is all the times George has to stick up for Lennie and help him out. It really shows how much he cares for him.

Worst Event

• The worst event in the novel so far is when Lennie is playing with the dog and he accidentally kills the dog.