Of Mice and Men "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck is about two friends who travel together, George and Lennie. George is a little man, who is very level-head and smart. Lennie, on the other hand, is a big man, who doesn't act like a man. Lennie is quite dumb and acts like a child. He is a hard worker, but is not too bright and always has George there to help him out …showed first 75 words of 677 total…

…showed last 75 words of 677 total…and so does everyone else. George then comes to the pond where Lennie is waiting and sees him there. George realizes that Lennie will be killed, so instead of having these strangers kill him... George does. George first tells Lennie about the farm they were going to have so he is happy and then kills him by shooting him in the back of the head. The men soon come and see what George has done.