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 * Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck **

**About the Book**

Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except each other and a dream – a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie, struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy, becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes; friendship and a shared vision, and giving voice to America's lonely and dispossessed, //Of Mice and Men// has proved one of Steinbeck's most popular works, achieving success as a novel, a Broadway play and three acclaimed films. From Penguin - []


 * About the Author **

Born in Salinas, California in 1902 February, John Steinbeck remains the quintessential California writer. Beginning in the 1930s, he forged a significant place in the culture and letters of the United States as a writer deeply engaged with place, with marginalized workers and ordinary people, and with the political and social human dramas that confronted him. More than any other writer of the United States in the 1900s, he remained engaged in the struggles of his country. He wrote social histories in the 1930s; deeply ecological works in the 1940s; early accounts of the Cold War when covering the Soviet Union in 1947; cultural studies of Mexico and Mexicans from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s; and accounts of the U.S. war in Vietnam in the 1960s. John Steinbeck, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize, wrote as the conscience of his country for nearly 40 years. From Centre for Steinbeck Studies - []

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 * General **

Edition: Year level: 10 Previously used as a text? Film of text available: Yes Gary Sinise production (1992) - [] Themes:

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 * Student Resources **

Copies of related texts available in the library: 4 includes other editions, study guides etc. Please ask the library staff. Additional resources: Wikipedia - [] Summary and themes - [] Characters, plot & issues - [] Spark notes - [] Questions for discussion - [] Vocabulary - []

** Teaching Resources **

Copies of this text available in the library: 2 Copies of related texts available in the library: 4 - includes other editions, study guides etc. Please ask the library staff

Available online: Lesson plans - [] Penguin teachers' guide - [] Resources from teachit.co.uk, mainly PDFs, requires login - [] Resources & activities [] Webquest - [] Qestions for before & after reading -

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