'Of Mice and Men'

I began today with a lazy morning and the lack of energy stayed with me. So, in a brilliant rush of sudden intelligence I decided to do something else, in the least, I wouldnt be wasting my time doing nothing.
Most of the stuff I did might not interest you but what might interest you is that I read 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinback. I wouldnt have come across this book if it was not on our classic read list. Anyway, once again, a great book. At first it left me wondering but then, I realized my error had been that I had not read the introduction, which did a great job at portraying the background of the novel and the author. I admit I was ignorant at both points but soon remedied it and then realized the magnitude of what I had just read. It was like I had just read a second 'Heart of Darkness'[by Joseph Conrad]but much simpler in storyline and structure.
It was quite a contrast to 'The Memoirs...' that I last read. It is Steinback's venture to come up with what he called "neither a novel nor a play but it is a kind of playable novel" and it sure did do him well because it won the Nobel Prize of Literature for him. It is very striking in the contrasting themes that it deals with. On one hand is the dire boredom and unescapable loneliness in the "ranch hand society during the Great Depression" while, on the other, is the unfathomable and yet unswerving friendship between George and Lennie. two of the same class. This has spurred me to read more of this period literature especially because I had conveniently not chosen the American Literature Paper at University. Maybe Joelyn [my American housemate] may enlighten me on it.
As for now, I am quite pleased with this intellectual and emotional relish and am hoping for more spiritual relish as I delve back into the truly bottomless depths of hesed, God unfailing, unending, righteous, true, covenant love, his not being our Master any longer, rather him being our Husband.

- quotes from 1. Of Mice and Men, John Steinback, Penguin Books
2. http://www.exampleessays.com/