I found a book of Steinbeck stories at a yard sale and it included it. In school the only Steinbeck we read was The Pearl. The book also has The Red Pony which I liked. What did y’all think of Mice and Men? I thought it was a good but sad book and I watched the movie (black and white one) afterwards. I didn’t see the foreshadowing until after the fact.
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I read the book and saw the Gary Sinise movie in high school almost 25 years ago.
Being disabled and having worked with mentally-disabled people, it still hurts to think about.
It's exactly the kind of person/character we built institutions for. To keep them away from the rest of society, while still maintaining something resembling human rights.
I’ve only seen the old movie with Burgess Meredith. I need to see the Sinise version. Yea that scene at the end was heartbreaking. I couldn’t imagine having to do that to a friend. How long did you work with the mentally disabled?
My high school years. I was an aide for a couple of students who had cerebral palsy and mental retardation. As in actually retarded, not the internet kind.
I lost touch after graduation, though.
John Malkovich is horribly miscast in that movie.