Of Mice and Men (1937), written in the same genre as The Grapes of Wrath, that of a story about migrant farm workers and their lives as a reflection on society, was the book that thrust Steinbeck into the limelight as a national celebrity. He won many awards and honors including being picked as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Year. Steinbeck's style is what earned this praise, that of a natural flow …showed first 75 words of 1666 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1666 total…their friendship as it is a strong statement that society's judgements of people are subject to the position that the majority shares. Thus only those who know the judged well, their friends, can make such judgements for otherwise we would all be thrown in the "booby hatch" and be "collared, like . . . dog[s]." Each one of us has irregularities, but if judged solely on those differences, without explanation of them, we would all be guilty.