Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover

Before finding out that I was going to study Of Mice And Men at school, I had already heard about the book beforehand. I also knew that, as this book is studied in schools all over the world, it must have some sort of significance. I just didn't know anything about it.I've never been a book worm, in fact I hardly ever read books, although I probably should. I will only read a book if a) someone recommends it to me or if I have to read it and b) I am still interested after reading the first page. On the rare occasion that I voluntarily pick up a book to read, *confession* 99% of the time I will judge it by its cover. (I'm sorry)

As I sit here writing this blog entry, I have only read 3 chapters of the book so far, but I feel that for me the book isn't as exciting as it could have been. Although what I'm about to discuss is irrelevant to the actual novel itself, I feel that it's an important issue which must be addressed. 

So, just like a lot of other teenagers of the 21st century, I like to go on twitter in my spare time. Just so happens that in the summer, just before I go back to school I stumble upon masses and masses of tweets reading:

So, obviously I didn't understand what it meant as I didn't know where these characters came from and so I just ignored them. Having said that, I knew what I saw could not be unseen. 

Back to the book, first impressions of the cover *sigh* definitely weren't a 10/10. But  anyway, we start reading the first page in class and instantly I see the names George and Lennie imprinted on the page. 

It had finished before it even started. 

In my opinion I still think the book is cleverly thought out by Steinbeck and that this piece of literature is such a moving way of putting across to the reader the issues that were faced in his time. And yes, I still enjoy reading this book and will continue to enjoy reading it, but I know when the book comes to an end there will be no climax or anticipation for me because I already know the ending. Even though the book will come to an end sooner or later, I feel as though my emotion and sympathy towards the characters could have been greater had I not known what was going to happen. Plus, as I am studying this book, if I hadn't known what was going to happen at the end I would have easily come up with ideas myself of how I expect the book to end, but thinking about it now, I am struggling to think of an alternate ending other than the one that has already been spoiled. :( 

The themes and ideas that Steinbeck conveys obviously does not change, and I can still observe and analyse them in the same way, however my overall experience of reading the book could have probably been better if it hadn't been for twitter. (Yes i'm blaming the internet) 

In all honesty, from what I have read so far, the way the book is written and the main storyline of the novel does intrigue me which is surprising as I wasn't a huge fan of the cover initially, but perhaps this will teach me not to judge a book by its cover.