John Steinbeck, chronicler of the Depression-era common man, has created many indelible characters, but few resonate with us with the impact of those odd couple drifters, George Milton and Lennie Small, in Of Mice and Men. A symbiotic team where most migrant workers are loners, scrappy, parental George is unusually protective of hulking, slow-witted Lennie. For quite … [Read more...]