Video SparkNotes: John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men summary
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Who's got their exam tomorrow?
Monday!
Same Monday
***** Yes and 'an inspector calls'... GOOD LUCK !!
K-Dog yup! what you revising on what characters
Real Tallkk Same
I feel sad because all of these people are like ‘ who’s got an exam tomorrow’ but they all said it 4-5 years ago which means they most likely graduated
Bruh same!!💀
Yes I have an assignment due soon
Yeah :/
I’m a freshmen and we have to read it soon 😹😹😹
@@13b1tches Enjoy Highschool man In my Senior Year
That ending hit like a truck.
almost shed a tear
That's why the Title of the Movie fits the Ending to a tee.
More like a BULLET.
I'll see myself out now.
It was depressing I threw the book out my room window aiming for the pool
holy shit it did
This book honestly brought a tear to my eye. You like to think candy and George got a farm for themselves, but in the back of your head you know George and candy died broke and on a farm
JOhn Dough exactly what I thought
That's ridiculous. You have to remember, Lenny was kinda holding George back.
Sure, they got to pool money, but it was only gonna take a month. Give them 3 months and I can't see why they couldn't make it.
“‘I’ll work my month an’ I’ll take my fifty bucks an’ I’ll stay all night in some lousy cat house. Or I’ll set in some poolroom till ever’body goes home. An’ then I’ll come back an’ work another month an’ I’ll have fifty bucks more’” (Steinbeck 95).
This is months old but it helps me practicepp for the exam so :/. no matter how much Lenny held him back, the main reason George even wanted that farm was because of Lenny. George is a fairly average person, and his friendship with Lenny in a world of migrant workers where everyone is lonely and such close friendships were rare is the only thing that made him worth something and prevent him from completely being hopeless. the kind of childish naivety in a depressing adult world that Lenny had and the constant repetition of the dream made him actually believe it and work towards something. That childish naivety is however what brings Lenny's downfall in the novel, as if he was capable of understanding the seriousness of his situation with Curley's wife, she probably wouldn't have died. This is Steinbeck's main argument in the book - that happiness can be achieved through friendship, but cannot be achieved in a world as cruel as the one itinerant workers had. At the same time, being blinded by a dream and child naivety is also wrong and brings to destruction. The american dream is long dead.
@@fishlordusername891 please i wanna ur help
" Curley gets angry because no big son of a bitch laughs at him"
6:08 xD
George killed Lennie because he knew if Lennie was found by Curley and his posse, what they did to him would be much worse than what George did, in essence, saving Lennie from a crueler fate.
Exactly
When I read this I cried. Lenny was so misunderstood. I can only imagine what if feels like. :'(
+Payton Newman The hallucination scene at the end demonstrates that Lennie remembered all the things that George told him not to do, and all the wrongs he had done that he claimed and pretended he had forgotten. Then he ignores his aunt telling him about George and talks to an imaginary rabbit instead, demonstrating that he doesn't care about George, and is only pursuing his dream of tending to the rabbits, using George as a means to reach his own goal, and in the process, destroying George's dream. All in all, Lennie is the selfish one in the story, and George is the one who has to kill his only friend, and has his dream destroyed.
pretty much just copied that from my hw xD
+benjamin smith what did your teacher say about it? Thats quite an in depth thought line. I might have to use that xx
+Payton Newman Yeah, it really shows you how far the treatment of people who intellectual disabilities has come-back then they didn't treat them with dignity and respect like we do now
+Payton Newman Except the book was too shit to properly convey anything close to emotion
Payton Newman lmao Felt* like
This was probably one of the only books that every school is forced to read and yet I actually enjoyed.
Update: Apparently you all didn’t read enough if you think “I” (meaning my own personal experience) means “everyone else.” What books you read and liked are different than mine. Sorry I thought Great Gatsby was Mediocre Gatsby but chill.
The outsiders?
bruh it's booorringggg
I think I might like of mice and men than outsiders
Even in french school we read it lol
How about MOBY DICK!
He dealt with the problem himself rather than having the others do it. It's kind of what Candy said after they killed his dog: "I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no
stranger shoot my dog."
They forgot curleys Vaseline filled glove
Yeah
Of course!😛
Alex Galle, glova fulla VaSeLInE
OH MY GOD😂😂😂😂the best highschool joke😂
"he said he's saving that hand for his wife!" LOL
The moment when you are getting sad of what happened at the end from just listening to summary.
omg same
Same
Crooks doesn't "come in" to the bunkhouse. He only pokes his head around the door due to racial segregation. Important detail overlooked!
Tom Avann damn you really paid attention to this didn’t u
Tom Avann
I know that too man racism is big because of 1930s
Oy vey
Not really an important detail but ok
wait im black and i didnt even notice that
If only Lenny knew his own strength, nothing bad would have happened :(
Lennie
+TALHA AHMED lemmy!!
Teagan Eschborn Lemon
Lennie's disabled and when he gets panicked, he focuses on holding onto the thing he likes and making sure it doesn't escape his grip. He's not aware of his own strength because he doesn't know how to control himself and doesn't comprehend what's good and bad to do.
He's stuck between controlling his strength and emotions
I feel like the only one watching this as I just read the book for fun and wanted to hear some opinions on it
you're not alone; same here
+Mr Banana The rest of us were forced by our schools
so did I
Mr Banana me too!
I just read it too
Good luck to all year 11's for the exam on Monday, may god be on our side🙏🏼❤️
+TheMultiModzz u too
I'm in 9th and doing it
I have my final on this book tomorrow:// thank you the good luck!
I'm in 8th and I'm doing it
I am grade 10 and I have an exam on it.
I know a lot of students are here because they didn't read the book, but please take time to read this short, insane classic. I couldn't set this book down. The emotions grabbed me much harder in the book than any explanation.
I really enjoyed reading it
I'm 20 and I studied this novel when I was 15. Glad to see people still studying this for their exam.
you 27 now that’s crazy
we still do.. we still do
Yep... just finished the book and now looking at summaries to see how accurate they are
Wow now u are 28, I was 2 years old when you did this novel
Had all winter break to read this book and here I am, five hours until school starts.
Who else keeps seeing the TikTok about “you’ll see these two people and understand later” or something like that
Ye I'm just starting to read the book and the end hit me like a truck!😔 I mean george only wanted what's best for Lennie
If anyone is watching this because they dont want to read the book, READ IT!! I read it when I was about ten and it didnt take me very long. It is absolutely worth it.
this book is soooo sad!!!! the end is sad !!!
Its good isnt it?
yeah its ok i guess...BUT ITS STILL SAD !!!!!
I know right!!!! I finished it in english class so I couldn't cry :(
if u cried id b like izzy , r u ok???? then ud b like yea im fine just this book !!!
I remember lamenting the fact that I had to read this in school but as I actually read it, I turned out to be a great book. A truly heart-wrenching story that reminds you that if you have somebody, cherish them because so many people don't have anybody.
A important part is that candy said he shouldn't have let them shoot his dog. He should have done it himself.
Kinda putting George in the perspective that if Lenny will be killed it shouldn't be by a stranger but someone that cares for him. Someone he loves and trust near by and not surrounded by anger and fear.
I honestly find this book so emotional and suggest you read it instead of spark notes.
I seriously cried reading this book
I shouldn't let other people kill me, I should kill myself.
OMG I just read this book because I heard it was good, was so shocked by the ending that I couldn't believe what I just read so I had to watch this video. That book was so good
The ending shocked me as well.
Is your profile pic from Hetalia?
just a random adult here. watching these vids to get a recap on old favorite books i read in school.
Why don't you just read it?
+iM3GTR I never got to read this one in highschool. If i can find a book store I'll probably get it.
Leon C. same
Same
@@user-hi4sm3ig5j I saw the video and I thought I would see how the Internet age presented this story. I hope everybody reads it eventually. This certainly gets the highlights of the story across and will help you pass your test. But there are deeper themes here. This story started out sad and moved the ultimate tragedy.
I find it so ironic that Lenny always keeps pet mice that he ends up killing, and in the same way Lenny is goerge pet mouse, because he has to take care of him and ends up killing him.
that moment when the teacher says i need quotes... *my face* t(~.~)t
stop effin her dude.
“You crazy bastard!”
Dude, I never read this book at school, I just literally came here to understand a twitter meme where George points the gun to Lenny’s head while saying “vibe check”
omfg hchhjfjfsa
NAWWWWW
This was a beautiful book. I actually cried at the end.
I don't have an exam, I wachted a Family guy episode and just wanted to know more haha
Quinteros me too
Same lol
Who else didn't read any of the book and has a test tomorrow on it?
Me dude
How can you say "me dude" when this comment is 1 yr old xD
Mago lol
Dead Carrot me sis
Me!!!😔😭😭😭
Don't forget the foreshadowing
How is that?
SPOILERS but also good advice if you're reading this for school below
If you have to write an essay, either write it on the parralels of Candy letting the other men kill his dog vs George killing Lennie himself or Carlson and the other men's loneliness vs. Candy and his dog, and George and Lennie
Good luck 9th graders
I just finished reading this book,and i absolutely loved it. I personally think the book talks about mental illness,using other people for your own personal benefit,and loneliness. But that's what i personally think. I loved it 8/10
2 hour lit exam tomorrow guys :(
+NiceBee BetaNic With Poetry as well :(
Same
+TJ Freak what character was questioned this year
+NiceBee BetaNic good look i have the exam aswell
+NiceBee BetaNic uh.. I get one hour! Done with life
my exam is tomorrow and i have to remember stuff i read two years ago. Thank god fo spark notes, they have such good recap videos (: now to study for the rest of the night. WISH ME LUCK!! (:
did you do good on that test 3 years ago?
this video makes the ending part seem plain and boring
Deva-Putra Wardiman the ending IS plain and boring. Other books like the lord of the flies, the sun also rises and the great gatsby had better ending than this.
Thas crazy bro but who tf asked
Smokey Brown no it wasn’t it was rather intense and emotional as Gorge slowly came to motion as he was about to execute Lennie.
Am I the only one watching this because of an exam on this
Nope me too
Drama Llama We all are
I'm watching this the night before my English as I have not studied
Drama Llama youre not alone fam
Even though I watched this i think I still failed...
I pulled it and pulled it together until the end hit me like tsunami
And I just halted for a moment and shed a tear for poor Linnie ...
This is such a compelling story of loneliness, friendships, needs and dreams ..
Damn so good!! thanks
ready for the exam lol
watching this the morning of my exam!
Greetings from Greece! I heard this on an old recording of a greek radio-theater show, and since I wouldn't have the time to read the original, I found this very helpful to see and compare how well the translation and acting held up!
On a sidenote, the intro music they used was "Oh Susanna"!
May you guys get a good grade! Being forced to read a story almost always ruins it. I'm glad I had the chance to hear it on my own :)
You should read it too. It is only 106 pages long. Totally worth it.
Dying at the fact that i'm not the only one coming here for revision for the exam tomorrow XD
'no big son of a bitch laughs at him' lmao.
fun fact this youtube video in 2010 is helping me more than my teachers
I didn't read this book in school, it was in the 1960s, but I read it because I loved to read John Steinbeck's work. But when I saw the movie, it really shook me. It was a very hard life for migrant workers back then. The people who were displaced because of the dust bowl incident, must have been frightening to have to go somewhere else to make a new living. I was born and raised in California, and it was a very agricultural community where I was raised. The places that were mentioned in the book and movie were real places in California. It was very close to home.
As a Woman who understands the writers point of view...you did a great job narrating and research. I encountered this book in junior high and & high school. (In the 90's.) I own the book and the black and white version on DVD.
Thank You for this video;
From: #EastOaklandCA✨
There's a movie?
This is one of my favourite books at the moment please take the time to actually read it , it's worth it. I cried numerous times while reading it. It's amazing
Thanks dude. This really helped me understand the book better. This book really is a sad one and made me realize a lot more than what I perceived it to be
hello , please is that's story of the murder..? ghanks
U prob already graduated
@@christianatern1241 ye
pov: ur trying to do some night-before-exam cramming
Haha yeah
I graduated high school just before the boom of the internet. If you wanted Cliff Notes, you had to actual go and purchase the physical notes. Since I barely had a job, let alone a license, it was easier and less expensive to just read the damn book assigned to us. I'm glad it played out this way, I wasn't at the time, but now I'm glad I actually read all of those books...in their entirety. I'm also glad I didn't have to deal with social media back then, but that's a whole other story that doesn't have Cliff Notes yet. Or maybe it does, idk.
Cliffs and Brodies comments
It really helps explaining while I'm reading the book. Nice illustration too!!! Thank you it really helped
The drama ramps up so quickly in the last third I got whiplash while reading. I see why schools choose it so often, it's relatively short but so full of character and themes to deconstruct in a class. I read it on my own time though, really enjoyed it
I have left revision so late I am literally having late night trauma john $teinbeck style baby
literally same, earlier this week i was like "i'll watch the film at the weekend, it'll be fine" but fml, im screwed
I did read it when I was 12. Three things I remember: 1. People find value in close relationships over monetary gain. 2. Common bonds and familiarity steel one during times of trouble. 3. Compassion and forgiveness, though costly, make the world go 'round.
Good luck with yourself.
wow thanks you too
i cry ... really i really cry.... I pity lennie and his loneliness.
This is beautiful if only I saw this 2 hours ago. This has plenty enough to create a relatively strong understanding of the book for my project!
i have a test on this and i didn’t listen to anything the teacher said now i’m here
Who has an exam tomorrow?
yep
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Ok chat, who does have his english exam tomorrow?
this helped me sooo much, my teacher told the class to read it again, but this basically told me all the interesting parts of the novel :D
Ahhh i just Come Back to get this Memories Truly one of The Best Books i've read
Good luck to everyone sitting the exam tomorrow !!🎈
Did anyone get a decent grade by watching this for an exam?
B+ I'll take that all day from a 10 minute video
+Tom Pham HEEEELLLL YEAH!
A+
I aced it :))))
This totally answered my homework. THANK YOU SPARKSNOTE!
I love this book so much it's been so many years since I read this
This is such a great summary thank you!
Year 9 English exam :D
Joshua Marino crazy that your a junior now or senior
Thank you so much for this video. It helped me write a summary on the book a lot.
This is an excellent idea for people like me who really should be able to have conversations about great novels but can't be bothered reading.. Or because of dyslexia so thank you.
Fuck this exam tommrow 😴
+Ryan Wiggins LMAO
After George about Lenny's crime, he knows that Lenny has become too much of a problem and prevents the pair to be truly happy in the lonely migrant worker community. His fateful decision is truly decided by his care for Lenny. George has been his guardian since Aunt Clara died and wants to protect him. He doesn't know how to protect Lenny at the end since the situation got way too out of hand. George felt that the best way to protect him was to shoot him. Lenny's death parallels Candy's dog.
Yes, I was thinking this all along.
I wonder if it'll parallell my suicide.
How have I just found this channel?? I’ve read most of these but this is really awesome content instant subscribe 🤙🏼
got an exam tommorow, SparkNotes you da goat
Who else has the exam tomorrow? : /
+Alphawolf me
Me good luck guys
Good luck everyone, we'll do this together : )
Me
+Alphawolf me good luck to everyone
Wow, that got dark and sad real fast.
No matter how many times I read this book it makes me cry every time💀🙁
This is literature at its finest
You saved me about 2+ hours of reading, thank you
11 years ago damn
Damnnnn these comments are old
Im failing this tomorrow.
haha same with me
Lol same
better than reading the book
PeeJayTOCool M.C. You're a fucking idiot of you don't read this book.
SuperParkerBrothers so Einstein and Isaac Newton are both idiots ?
His reaction was more his way of dealing with the death of Lenny. Sure Lenny was borderline useless most of the time and was way more trouble than he was worth, but George still cared for him. Throughout the book George always dealt with things like it wasn't his problem and that it was being forced onto him by others. Him just saying "I killed Lenny; Lets go back" was him trying to say "I fixed the problem for you guys and forget it ever happened." was him trying to get away from what he did.
Well i don't have to read the book for my exam and you sir just got a sub for thanks
Dude this is so helpful thank you guys!
Why did Lenny have to be killed? D: He was my favorite character... reminds me of the butterflies that keep coming to me when they are in pain ;-; you just have to let them be...
He had to die, if he wasn't killed he would either end up to one of 3 things.
1: Killed by Curley because of revenge for his dead wife.
2: Sent to an insane asylum because of his disability.
3: Sent to prison where he would die, from a sentence of "rape" and murder.
Also because they were gonna have to run away all the time and they wouldn't get anywhere in life. And back then if the cops ever got a hold of him they would've tortured him and George didn't want him to have to go thought that
Meant though not thought lol
Butterflies come to you when they are in pain? What?
Yeah just let him be... just let him kill everyone by accident. Btw. the, would have lynched him, if it was not for George
was anyone else meant to read the book for school but couldnt be fucked?
Yes!😂😂
Yep 😂
+Zane Fields How did yous all go, my book is meant to be read by tomorrow. What a joke, on the holidays, the teacher can go fuck herself ahhaha :')
yup
+TIP- The Italian Plumber a little late but same i have to write a expository about this and us as a class just started reading this today
Hi, I'm French. I read this book during my second year of high school (we have 3 years of high school in France) and it was a pleasure to discover the english literary...
In french, Of mice and men is Des souris et des hommes
Enjoy ;)
Yeah, I’m from Quebec and even though it’s been over-done in this comment section, I do actually have an exam about it tomorrow- I’m in secondary 5 (which is, according to Wikipedia, the equivalent of Première au lycée (?) (j’ai jamais compris l’affaire où vous comptez vos années d’école à l’envers (comme combien d’années il vous reste au lieu de ça fait combien d’années que vous étudiez-) en tous cas 🤷♂️) and we also read the French version~
That was all lol
i knew i was going to cry while reading this book, so im emotionally preparing myself
Have to read this for American Lit and I already read the book twice before we started on it in class. I cried a lot and we're only halfway done in class. Its gonna be so difficult at the end. :(
God bless you all have a great day, And holidays!
Beautiful story.. man it got me so good as a kid. Our teach read it to us as kids in junior high.. man it really got me into reading for fun too..which was her entire point
Really appreciate these videos!
Of Mice and Men and Unseen Poetry exam tomorrow!
I shouldn't be doing this, pulling a all nighter because I haven't studied. Ah... hope it's worth it.
I managed to come out with an A on literature; however, no.
I could have gotten an A* had I simply slept for 8-10 hours.
Sleeping is the most crucial thing as GCSEs are at the very least 65% common sense.
Medical Student an*
THANKS YOU SO MUCH I HAD TO DO THIS FOR MY WORK
Lmao, I’m watching this cuz I have a test this afternoon. But it felt like it explained shit clearly enough. Thank you.
Does everyone in year 11 have this as their semester test?
Yes
Is the best for lenny. Let the long term suffer end
I'm here because I love Of Mice and Men. It's great literary classic, and one of my favorite books.
Very quick read. Read it in an hour or so one Sunday morning. Couldn’t put it down, once I started.
These are good, well put together... but Curley's wife looked identical to the first woman...
i using this to write my essay. i didn’t read the book so this is gonna have to work
Im so thankfull that I pass the test by watching a 10 min video.
THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM WAS MUCH HELP ON MY SUMMER PACKET HOME WORK X)