

Out of jealousy, Cain take's his brother out into the field and kills him. Two brothers bring their sacrifices to God Abel's sacrifice is accepted, but Cain's sacrifice is not. Cain was a farmer and grew many vegetable and grains. We have all heard the story of Cain and Abel. The story is set in 1917, during World War I, in the central California coastal towns. Cain was the first born and Abel was the second. The plot line is loosely based on the biblical story of Cain and Abel.


Cain and Abel were both sons of Adam and Eve. In Soledad California during the Great Depression in the 1930’s two men of the one named George and the other named Lennie were men who travel around working at ranches. The novel Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck. I will compare it to the biblical story of Cain and Abel to George and Lennie. Mans Pursuit of Happiness Can Bring Destruction. The main parable of this book would be the ending in which George kills Lennie. Also some people think that these links don’t mean anything and George’s surname is not important to Steinbeck and the most important surname is Lennie’s because of the irony, when his surname is Small, when he clearly is not. Of mice and men as a parable is the best description of this book. See William Goldhurst, Of Mice and Men: John Steinbecks Parable of the Curse. Some people think that because of these links John Steinbeck gave George Milton the same surname as the poet John Milton. Among the spate of American works all invoking the Cain-Abel story that. Obedience is expected from God: The story of Cain and Abel is one of the first instances where we see worship not being accepted by God. The other possible link could be the title of the poem Paradise Lost, because George and Lennie dreamed of their ‘paradise’ but in the end it was lost. Highlights and Key Concepts: Chapter 4 1. Cain said ‘am I your brothers keeper?’ this could be another similarity as George did look after Lennie like a brother. The similarity between the two is that Geroge killed Lennie and Cain killed Abel, the difference is that George did it out of kindness as for Cain he didn’t. However, their significance in terms of a more profound understanding of these two characters is not widely known. Some people believe there is a link between John Milton and George Milton, because in the poem Paradise Lost written by John Milton, it talks about Adam and Eve’s sons Cain and Abel and how Cain killed his brother. Cain and Abel were the first two sons of Adam and Eve and their account is a famous Bible story that is commonly associated with the story of brothers, obedience, and disobedience of God’s instructions and the implications of murder.
