A review by botulinum
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

can’t believe i listened to tiktok again and got crushed like this (a compliment). not much was going on in the story and I appreciated that it got straight to the point without much ado or filler paragraphs. The simplicity of the story is what makes it a tragedy: a dream, hope; reality crashing down and killing it. The dream catches on, inspires joy in a lifeless heart and hope is poisonous, and despite. One knows life will come in the way, expects the world to say no and still, despite rationale and reason, one hopes. The dream is close to the touch, and as close as it gets: gone.