Of Mice and Men (opera) opera. The opera was included for performance in the 2011 Opera Australia season and was directed by Australian film director Bruce Beresford.Sarasota Opera presented it in 2013. The Manitoba Opera and The Austin Opera performed it in 2016. SCENE ONE. "Of Mice and Men" is the tragic story of two migrant ranch workers' pursuit of a simple dream: to own a small house and farm of their own. George and his slow-witted traveling companion, Lennie, who has the physique and strength of a giant and a child's mind, are in constant trouble with their employers and the law because of
Catalyst (novel) to the periodic table of elements. The Book Report's Roberta O'Hara liked Kate's inner struggles, describing them as "realistic". 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