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"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in
the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place." (George
p.13)
"Ain't many guys travel around together. I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other." (Slim p.35) "When they can me here, I wisht somebody'd shoot me. …….I won't have no place to go, an' I can't get no more jobs." (Candy p.60) " I seen hunderds of men come by on the road…..Ever'body wants a little piece of land….Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody never gets no land…..it's just in their heads." (Crooks p.76) "The characters who power Of Mice and Men live on the fringes of society; they're marginal, shambling men struggling to survive." ( Mark Horton in a review of the film) The above quotations capture the loneliness and desperation of the migrant farm workers during the Great Depression. Journey into the time period of the novel and experience some of the Signs of the Times. Click on "Task" (left hand tool bar) to continue.
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