Compare And Contrast Of Mice And Men

Ever since 1896, novels have been turned into movies. This idea gives the opportunity of one’s creativity from a novel to be shown on the big screen. Due to a novel’s popularity, it is usually made into a movie. Sometimes, a screenplay writer or director may put their own twist on the novel. A wonderful novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, is made into a movie in 1992. The movie retells the novel, which is first published in 1937, based on two different men trying to find a job during the Great Depression. While the Of Mice and Men novel and movie have some similarities, the screenplay writer and director make a few differences from Steinbeck’s version.

The screenplay writers’ job is to show the author’s creativity from the novel for the audience. Therefore, the novel and the movie version of Of Mice and Men have some similarities. The

movie uses the same dialect of the characters from the novel. Most of the characters are uneducated or have a low educational experience. In the movie, they keep the conversations from the novel very similar. As expected, they keep the settings of the 1930s and country area the same. The movie also gives the idea that George is like a father figure to Lennie because he's always telling him what to do. George undertakes this role since Lennie’s previous caregiver, Aunt Clara, passed away.
Even though it is the screenplay writers’ job to portray the author’s vision, they may add their own details to the script.

The movie version of Of Mice and Men has many different changes from the novel. One of the major differences between the movie and the novel is that the movie does not include Candy or Curley’s wife walking into Crooks’ bunkhouse. I feel like this is one of the most significant parts in the novel, one they should not have taken out. They also portray Curley’s wife in a different light. In the novel is shown as only being flirtatious and leading people into trouble, but in the movie she is shown of being lonely and her "flirting" is just a reason to have someone to talk to. The final scene in the movie is also different than the final scene in the novel. In the movie, George is not hesitant to kill Lennie after he has killed Curley’s wife. However, in the novel it is very hard for George. It shows in the movie that George feels somewhat guilty because it shows scene of their good times together. This evidence just shows how screenplay writers can take away some of the author’s creativity with their

own.
If I had to choose I would chose to read the novel over watching movie. The movie lacks the amount of details the book details. That is one of the many differences the movie and the novel have. However the novel and the movie share a good amount of similarities to show the author’s vision. The writers keep the settings and the dialect of the characters the same which is a key factor. Overall the movie of Of Mice and Men had many differences while still giving the same message that the novel portrays.