The book, Of Mice and Men, is one that invokes thought in the reader. Although the book is well written, the movie does not come close to those same standards. After reading the book, then watchisng the movie, I saw some major differences as well as some insignificant differences. However, there were a few that were very obvious. One glaring difference that I saw involved the character simply known as "Curley's wife". One difference transpired …showed first 75 words of 558 total…

…showed last 75 words of 558 total…important. It is very influential when determining an opinion of the characters. The omission of that one particular scene changed my entire perception of the character. It helps to minimize the bad aspects of Curley's wife's personality, and underlines the fact that she is very lonely and in need of someone to befriend. This goes to show that any difference between a movie and a book can change one's entire opinion of one more characters.