Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men/ Cannery Row, by Steinbeck

Summary: Chapters 1&2

The book starts out with a description of a beutiful area in California. There are two men walking along a path. The first ones name is George. George is a small guy, while his friend Lennie is a big fellow probably has some kind of mental problem... It seems like george takes care of Lennie, but he makes it very clear that he sometimes dislikes Lennies stupidity. The prblem with Lennie is that he has a very short memory.

In the first chapter it tells us that Lennie and George are looking for a job. George is very irritated at Lennie, because he is carrying a dead mouse. Lennie really likes mice since they are nice to pet, but he kills them all the time since they are so small. George promices Lennie that when they have gotten enough money, they will buy a range and get alot of ranbbits for him instead since they are nice to pet, but harder to kill. George tells Lennie not to talk at the ranch since he doesn't want to mess it up. He also tells Lennie to run to the cave where they are, if he ever gets into trouble.

in the second chapter Lennie and George goes to the range where they are supposed to work. There they meet the boss and his son CCurley, which they really dislike. They meet the other fellows too. There is Slim, Calson, Candy and some other guys. Lennie and George really hates the place and they decide to leave as soon as they get enough money.