Of Mice and, Men is, a novel that is set in the context on a ranch in the valley of Salina in California. This novel represents the period of the great depression of 1930's. This work of John Steinberg is so exceptional that this novel recognized Steinbeck as the federal writer. The name of the novel presents the idea that sometimes even the best devised a plan of mice and men go awry. This novel can be considered as the inspiration of Robert burn's poem “To a Mouse”. For the ...