Many movies are derived from novels, and all of them have major differences from the book version. While there are many similarities in the movie and the book Of Mice and Men, there are many differences also. Some differences are presented through the characters, scenes, and the way the actors play their roles.
Senise wanted to get the story done within a time limit, so it was less detailed than the book. In Steinbeck's novel, character image plays a crucial role in the story. Slim was considered the prince of the ranch, and was important to the ranch. He was looked up to by the other ranch-hands, and was always asked for his advice on subjects they needed help on. Curly wife’s isolation was her motivation for being a flirt, because she did not know any other way to be, or how to start talking to another man other than her husband. The main difference is that Gary Sense’s story starts out backwards and is told through flashbacks.
The setting in the novel is only different in where the bunkhouse is described. Crooks played an average 1930's semi bondage Negro in the movie. The plot was largely differentiated in each media. The most important one, however, was in the end where George killed Lennie. The bunkhouse wasn't a very material area; it was just described through the light it contained. She was considered off limits to everyone, and was known as Curley's property. His character was displayed through his room rather than his actions and name like in the novel. The settings in the movie Of Mice and Men were almost identical to the settings that were described in the novel. The story was set in the United States near mountains and streams, ranch country. At the start of chapter 2 Steinbeck described the bunk house and in the movie it looks just as he describes. “The bunk house was a long rectangular building. Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted. In three walls there were small, square windows, and in the forth a