What is it about of mice and men that appeals to most audiences?

Steinbeck has a way of conveying the mood, themes and texture in his writing. Of Mice and Men is a character driven novella. George and Lennie, our protagonists, are simple characters yet easily identifiable with readers. Their language is also simple yet conveys a depth that really touches core traits of human desire, love and longing. Check out this quote when George muses, as he often does, about life without Lennie,

"If was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want. Why, I could stay in a cathouse all night. I could eat any place I want, hotel or any place, and order any damn thing"

George goes through this speech a few times yet it always has an undercurrent of fiction. George could never leave lennie and we feel this in his delivery. Consequently, it comes as no surprise when George says at the end of the book when things really get bad, "I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know. ..." It is difficult to give you a full answer on this forum but consider how Steinbeck expertly takes you to a different place and gets you to care so much about two people.

what type of audiences was john Steinbeck trying to reach when he wrote the novel ' of mice & men '

Steinbeck has a way of conveying the mood, themes and texture in his writing. Of Mice and Men is a character driven novella. George and Lennie, our protagonists, are simple characters yet easily identifiable with readers. Their language is also simple yet conveys a depth that really touches core traits of human desire, love and longing. Check out this quote when George muses, as he often does, about life without Lennie,

"If was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want. Why, I could stay in a cathouse all night. I could eat any place I want, hotel or any place, and order any damn thing"

George goes through this speech a few times yet it always has an undercurrent of fiction. George could never leave lennie and we feel this in his delivery. Consequently, it comes as no surprise when George says at the end of the book when things really get bad, "I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know. ..." It is difficult to give you a full answer on this forum but consider how Steinbeck expertly takes you to a different place and gets you to care so much about two people.