Of Mice & Men

Origin
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a novella about George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers who travel the state of California during the Great Depression. The book itself has been a frequent target of censors for vulgarity, offensive and racist language.

As a mentally challenged man Lennie is a gentle giant who loves to pet or stroke soft things a little too tightly holding them. This is made known when he accidently strokes a rabbit and puppy to death. Eventually, which working as a ranch hand, Lennie is confronted by the ranch owner's wife who admits her ambition to be more than a ranch owner's wife. Since Lennie thinks her hair is pretty and soft she lets him stroke in. Feeling his strength she panics and he accidentally snaps her neck. George arrives and knowing that Lennie is facing a lynch mob he mercy kills him.

Effects
Reader wants to kill their best friend after reading book.