In all, he wrote twenty-five books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, and the novella, Of Mice and Men, published in 1937. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful.Ī unique perspective on life's hardships, this story has achieved the status of timeless classic due to its remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films. While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing 'Of Mice and Men' (1937), creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face" Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's
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