What I Thought of... Of Mice and Men!

 Of Mice and Men was a really good book. I am usually not a big fan of reading unless the material is really interesting to me, like a car magazine, comic book, etc. This book wasn't any of these things, but I still found myself enjoying it from beginning to end. It gave me some insight as to how difficult it can be to achieve the American Dream, as that was what George and Lennie were doing. They were stuck working low wage jobs, and on top of that, Lennie kept getting them fired. George could have just left Lennie and worked by himself, but he couldn't do that. They were practically brothers, and George knew that Lennie couldn't survive on his own. Lennie was a great and strong worker, but his brain did not work at the capacity most people's do. He was a good person, in my opinion, but without supervision his strength could become deadly, as we saw towards the end of the book when he killed Curly's wife on accident (while playing with her hair, wow). If he hadn't been left alone he probably wouldn't have killed her, and George wouldn't have had to kill him. In the end, it's sad that one best friend had to kill another, even if it might have been the best thing to do.

"I was only foolin', George. I don't want no ketchup. I wouldn't eat no ketchup if it was right here beside me."

"If it was here, you could have some."

"But I wouldn't eat none, George. I'd leave it all for you. You could cover your beans with it and I wouldn't touch none of it."