Book Title: Of Mice and Men by <span>John Steinbeck Setting Time:1937 Setting Place: </span><span>South of Soledad, California</span><span> Summary of the Story: The story evolved on the two displaced migrant ranch workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, who move from one place to another place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States. Purpose of the Author: The story/novella is based by John Steinbeck on his own experiences working alongside with the migrant farm workers as a teenager in the 1910s. Because he has experiences which he thought might be a good story to tell, he was inspired by how the migrant farm workers were working and he was able to witness how hard the life of a migrant farm workers was and thought that it was a great story to tell and get inspired.</span>
In this short excerpt, it shows a suggestion, friendly request, and advice. This could be helpful for Rainsford. Even though, the general is cynical and makes fun of the accident he knows that this is useful and needs to tell him to avoid this place.
He describes this place with its name and gives a hint that it is not a place to go. His story has an idea that Death Swamp is a bad place, not safe for people and animals. This is his contribution to a dialog with Mr. Rainsford.
