Of Mice and Men (opera) pets in the future, and then pleads with George to recount once again their dream. George, to humor Lennie, tells in great detail about the house and farm they hope to have one day soon. Lennie, unable to restrain his excitement, joins George in the telling. As the two men happily settle down for the night, a police siren whines ominously in the distance. SCENE TWO. George and Lennie arrive at a ranch the following day, having been hired by Curley, the disagreeable, contentious young owner of the ranch. Before their arrival, Curley and his wife, a cheaply pretty and
Catalyst (novel) Catalyst (novel) Catalyst is a 2002 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson about a senior named Kate Malone. Teenreads.com put "Catalyst" on its Ultimate Teen Reading List. It is set in the same fictional setting of Anderson's previous novel "Speak". The book tells the story of Kate Malone, a preacher's daughter and high school student who is excellent in chemistry and aspires to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but faces multiple tragic situations, ranging from rejection by MIT, to her neighbor Teri Litch's house burning down at the end of her senior year. Throughout the novel Anderson makes extensive references