Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men is a novella written by author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States. Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm workers as a teenager in the 1910s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in "The Grapes of Wrath"). The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a
Tragic hero genres follow the archetype of the tragic hero. Examples of such characters include Anakin Skywalker from George Lucas' "Star Wars" films, Okonkwo from Nigerian author Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart", Arthas Menethil from the video game franchise "Warcraft", and Stannis Baratheon from George R. R. Martin's novel series "A Song of Ice and Fire" and the HBO television series adaptation "Game of Thrones". Some film historians regard Michael Corleone of "The Godfather" a tragic hero, although using traditional literary conventions, the character would more closely fit the role of villain, not tragic hero. Tragic hero A tragic hero is