Suggestions for Further Reading

Of Mice and Men: Suggestions for Further Reading

 

 

David Seavey published this cartoon in 1989 in USA Today.  It shows mice, including one named “Censorship,” chewing a copy of Of Mice and Men, a perennially banned book since its publication in 1937.

 

 

American Library Associations discussion of books that were banned from schools during the 20th century. The site supplies the dates and places where Of Mice and Men was banned due to parental and school board concern over what they called profanity in the text.  Steinbeck's other award winning work, The Grapes of Wrath, is also listed on the site accompanied by details behind its ban.


Highly detailed list of the vocabulary, allusions, and idioms found in each chapter of Of Mice and Men. All terms are defined, and some are even accompanied by links to pictures of what the vocabulary word means.

 

Monterey County Historical Society's chronology of Steinbeck's life and the publication dates of his works.

 

http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/prose/ofmiceandmen.htm   This site highlights character development and main themes found in the book.  The site also looks at Steinbeck as a writer and discusses how effectively he uses structure, time, and setting.  There are also questions that will prompt students, teachers and individual readers to respond to the text.

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Steinbeck/mice.html This site offers a plot review and maps of California marked with the places mentioned in the novel.

http://www.jdlh.palo-alto.ca.us/pr/micemen_floyd/  This site offers an overview and performance history of the opera version of Of Mice and Men composed by Carlisle Floyd.

http://www.sinisefans.org/mice/  This site offers photos from the 1992 version of the Of Mice and Men film.


http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html  Library of Congresss Voices from the Dust Bowl collection that discusses migrant workers experiences in California.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Sites overview of the Great Depression that explains why it was the most severe economic depression that the United States has ever experienced and offers external links for further reading about the Great Depression.