Of Mice and Men--Compare Contrast new/old

Of Mice and Men Of Mice And Men is an unbelievable tale of two partners, George and Lennie. It was originally written by John Steinbeck, and was set in the early 1930's. It was then made into a movie version directed by Gary Senise. Many aspects differ from Steinbeck's novel and the movie. Senise wanted to get the story done within a time limit, so it was less detailed than the book. In Steinbeck's novel, …

…novel. Like the bunkhouse in the book, the rivers image was used to display important parts in the movie. It was given much detail and a number of events happened there. The most important one, however, was in the end where George killed Lennie. Instead of the movie ending with Carlson's words or confusion like in the book, Lennie and George are shown walking off into the sunset together to search for a new town.