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 don't really know about Steinbeck's political leanings, but I can't say I ever noticed much overt propaganda in his work. I don't really see what the pro communism message would be in Of Mice and Men. Revolutions are always doomed to fail because the proletariat are too stupid to effectively harness their power, even acting under the orders of a vanguard?