When Mr. Christopher revealed to the class that Of Mice and Men was his favourite book, I was honestly disappointed: I've always had prejudicial views on it, perceiving it as the 'set three' text. However, after reading it last night, I now understand. in comparison to To Kill a Mockingbird, it's a slightly more infantile novel consisting of themes such as: loneliness, loyalty, friendship and justice (probably), whereas mockingbird tackles prejudice, isolation, (loss of) innocence, appearances versus reality. However, I've never cried so much over a book as I did for of mice and men. I don't know whether it was just personal (partially due to the superflous dog deaths) but I think it's the kind of book that will cause each individual to cry - on at least four occasions - for different, personal reasons. You think of 'OMAM' as the novel studied by lower sets for GCSE because it's pretty straightforward in contrast to the complexity of Mocki...