1st Novel Assignment - Novel Setting

My novel: Of Mice And Men

        Of Mice And Men is a famous novel written by John Steinbeck. It was published in 1937. Just like other books, the beginning Of Mice And Men has its setting. The setting of the beginning of the book includes many things.
       The novel starts with the landscape of the bank of Salinas River, a few miles south of Soledad, California. "On the valley side, the water is lined with trees", "the sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool"... are good evidences to prove that the story was taken place in a beginning of a spring. Everything is getting back its vitality after the long sleep in the winter. It is a hot day of the spring. The more carefully the weather was described, the less details the timeline was mentioned. Actually, John Steinbeck didn't mention anything about the historical period of the novel. But it's said that the novel takes place during the Depression of the 1930s. Therefore, the place where the novel takes place, the weather condition and the historical timeline of the novel are one important of the setting.
      Another important part of the setting is characteristic (the background) of the characters. The novel starts with the travel of 2 main characters, George Milton and Lennie Small. They were on their way to come to a California Ranch, where they got their new job. They are laborers. George acts like Lennie's Guardian. According to George, his life would have been better without Lennie (Lennie always gets in trouble whenever they get jobs). But it doesn't mean that he hates Lennie. They work, travel, sleep together like brothers. As told in the story (of George), they would have a better life after working couple months, they would get a house, tend the rabbit and many other beautiful things (at their period of time). They seem good people.
      The beginning of the novel is also the new adventure of George and Lennie. They're coming to the new place to work with a hope of a house, a small ranch to live together. Are they going to catch their dream? Is Lennie going to make any trouble? We can not say anything yet.