<Li> The Grateful Dead's song "Jack Straw," first performed in 1971, was based in part on Of Mice and Men . </Li> <Ul> <Li> One of Colin Bateman's novels is entitled Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men (1996). </Li> <Li> In Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale (1953), one of Le Chiffre's two guards is described as "rather like Lennie from Of Mice and Men" </Li> <Li> In Stephen King's novel 11 / 22 / 63 (2011), the main character, as an English substitute teacher, puts on Of Mice and Men as a school play . </Li> <Li> In Stephen King's novel Blaze (2007), the story's protagonist Clayton Blaisdell bears several similarities to Lennie . His deceased best friend, named George, was also a small and quick - witted man . </Li> <Li> In Stephen King's novel The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2004), Father Callahan sizes up the Hitler Brothers as George and Lennie, although the large one was the smart one of the pair . </Li> <Li> In Stephen King's serial novel The Green Mile (1996), John Coffey (played by Michael Clarke Duncan in the 1999 film) is similar to Lennie in that he is large, unintelligent, and innocent at heart . In both stories, mice fall into their care at some point and ultimately, at the time of their deaths, both Lennie and John Coffey were executed in the most compassionate way possible under the circumstances that occur in both novels . Percy Wetmore, one of the guards along the Green Mile and Curley share roles as an antagonist; Percy (who is notably a described as a small man, much like Curley), is seen constantly antagonizing John Coffey much like Curley's fight with Lennie . </Li> <Li> In Stephen King's novel Hearts in Atlantis (1999), Bobby Garfield mentions the "farm with the rabbits" as the definition of a happy life . </Li> <Li> In Stephen King's novel The Talisman (1984), George and Lennie's relationship seems to be paralleled by Jack and Wolf's relationship . Wolf also crushes the hand of another character . </Li> <Li> The story "My Brother's Keeper", from the EC magazine Shock Illustrated, features a large, slow - witted character named Larry whose brother mercy - kills him when he fears Larry is to be institutionalized . </Li> <Li> Harry Turtledove's short fantasy story "Of Mice and Chicks", published in Turn the Other Chick, is a parody about two warrior women named Georgia and Lani, whose adventure broadly parallels Steinbeck's novel, although the setting and tone are reminiscent of a Monty Python film . </Li> </Ul> <Li> One of Colin Bateman's novels is entitled Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men (1996). </Li> <Li> In Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale (1953), one of Le Chiffre's two guards is described as "rather like Lennie from Of Mice and Men" </Li>

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