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Of Mice and Men is a novel by John Steinbeck written in 1937 which tells the story of George and Lennie, two of many men displaced by the Great Depression. Lennie is a large man with the mind of a child, and George is a small man with a quick wit. The title of the story refers to a line in "To a Mouse" by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Steinbeck originally intended it to be a play. In many ways, the novel is structured as a play, with several long scenes, stage direction like descriptions, and large amounts of dialogue.

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

When Lennie accidentally kills the wife of their boss's son, George kills him to protect him from the wrath of the men who are chasing him.

The novel was made into two films:

1939, directed by Lewis Milestone
1992, John Malkovich (Lennie) actor/director Gary Sinise (George)

The novel was banned from various American school libraries or curricula in 1993 and 1994 for "profane language, moral statement, treatment of the retarded, and the violent ending". Nevertheless, it now appears as one of the possible books that can be studied for GCSE English in BritainThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly.

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