Of Mice and Men in popular culture and Lennie-type characters to serve as comic relief. Other examples in animation include: http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/03/16/the-walking-deads-the-grove-is-steinbecks-of-mice-and-men-with-the-undead/ Of Mice and Men in popular culture Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, which tells the story of George and Lennie, two displaced migrant workers in California during the Great Depression (1929–1939). The story is set on a ranch a few miles from Soledad in the Salinas Valley. Since its initial publication in 1937, it has been frequently referenced in popular culture. Homages to the characters Lennie and George have been especially popular in American cartoons and animated films. The "New York
William Lennie William Lennie William Lennie (c. 1779–1852) was a Scottish grammarian. He was the author of textbooks on English grammar, including "The Principles of English Grammar", which became a widely used textbook in British and American schools. Lennie was born circa 1779. Lennie began his career as an English teacher in Edinburgh in 1802. He authored textbooks on English grammar. His "Principles of English Grammar" was "universally used wherever the English language is spoken." In the 1830s, Peter Bullions, another Scottish grammarian, revised "The Principles of English Grammar" book and sold it in the United States. Lennie died in 1852 in