Bi o g r a p h y

Born in 1902 in Salinas California.

Worked his way through Stanford University but never graduated.

Went to New York to become a free lance writer but failed and than soon returned to California.

Began to publish short stories and novels, one he became known by was Tortilla Flat in 1935

In Dubious Battle Of Mice and MenThe Long ValleyThe Grapes of WrathEast of EdenThe Winter of Our DiscontentTravels With Charlie

THE MEANING

B ehind the title of Of Mice and Men lies a poem called “ To a Mouse on Turning Her up in Her Nest with the Plough”

The poem is about the comparison between strong people and weak people.