Of Mice and Men Resources

Film starring Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney, Jr., directed by Lewis Milestone

Film for TV starring Robert Blake and Randy Quaid, directed by Reza Badiyi

Film, 1992, starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.

Barn scene where Lennie kills Curley’s wife, rather dramatically done, and invoking some interesting sympathy for the woman.

Listen to Robert Burns’s poem, the source of the title of Of Mice and Men

A poster for the 1939 film.

The chilling moment of truth for Lennie, with Curley’s wife. Photo of Peter Stackpole as "Lenny" from the 1937 Broadway production at the Music Box Theatre.

An image of Hugo (based on Lennie from Of Mice and Men) from Warner Brothers’s "The Abominable Snowrabbit" holding his very own rabbit.

A neat little essay full of random thoughts on the idea of "mice and men." Draws on Robert Burns’s poem, Steinbeck’s novella, and a reference of the same idea in Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

A collection of links giving background on Depression-era America, including the plight of migrant workers and the exodus from the plains. There’s also some of Steinbeck’s own story, and links to some helpful sights evaluating his work.

A very useful source for thinking about Of Mice and Men within the context of Steinbeck’s other works. Especially helpful when examining Steinbeck’s genesis as a writer for America’s poor, as the site tracks the evolution of Steinbeck’s ideas and writing.

A link to Robert Burns’s poem (from which this book gets its title) with annotations for the some of the more difficult and archaic words.

Has great links for more information on John Steinbeck.