What a terribly sad book. It's hard to think that this book is often read in highschool and has to deal with some hard issues of slavery, loneliness, and working hard to make a living. Lennie and George are the main characters that work from job to job to stay alive. Lennie is mentally challenged and means no harm, but tends to kill animals he handles and hurt people when he gets scared. George tries to take care of Lennie and keep him out of trouble as much as possible. They find themselves working on land and cutting/harvesting barley in order to save up for a piece of land that they can live on. Unfortunately the son of the boss had a lonely wife that tries to get the attention of all the guys. Of course the guys want no trouble and try to stay away from her. Poor Lennie starts talking to her one day and touches her hair, but when she starts to get upset, Lennie gets scared and ends up killing her. What I can't believe is that George actually kills Lennie in order to save him from himself and others who are trying to hurt him for killing the lady. I had a hard time reading this book just because of the language and how all the working hands talk. It is realistic speach, but does get a little old after a while and is a little hard to keep up with at times.
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