A review by nanditagoswami
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

5.0

This is a tiny and a powerful book. In my opinion , a very heart-breaking book set in the times of The Great Depression. 
We follow George and Lennie , as they move to get work in a ranch. Lennie is developmentally challenged and George is often exasperated with having to keep a lookout for him. 
They chase the American dream where George and Lennie just want to get enough money to buy a piece of land , grow their own crops and live off of that land and its produce ( Lennie just wants to pet some rabbits). Although Lennie is an innocent guy , his strength that causes him to unknowingly kill beings weaker than himself ( a pup , Curley’s wife ).

Eventually, it gets too much for George , and he realizes that the other farm hands would not forgive Lennie this time , he takes matter into his own hands and kills Lennie. I also see this a way out for himself - he was so tired of being the responsible one all the time , running away from stable jobs because of Lennie’s unwitting faux pas’s and always having to keep an eye on him so that he doesn’t get into trouble that he finally gave up and spared him jail / murder at the hands of others.