Of Mice and Men Essays: "Journey" (1 Viewer)

[valkyr]

We need to write an Essay with the question in mind:
"How has your knowledge of "Journey" been shaped by the novel Of Mice and Men", we must additionally add and compare it with another text but that's not my problem.

I'm looking for resources and past papers with the same, or similar question at hand.
No, I'm not asking for food on my plate and someone to feed me, simple matter at hand is I'm not sure how to start my body, and every time I do go to start it I just end up retelling the story.
I know what to write about and I have the ideas, I just don't know how to put it on paper and I need to read something to grasp it.

Thanks in advance.

Edit:
My Introduction goes as follows:

A Journey, whilst literally meaning 'travel from one place to another', is also a term used to describe the path taken by an individual, either physical or mentally ("inner") to self enlightenment or realisation.
This theme is widely recognised and presented in the two texts studied: 'Of Mice and Men' (OMAM), written by John Steinbeck and published in 1937 is a novel that tells the grim tale of the isolation and loneliness of the human existence, and 'Journey to the Interior' (JTI), a poem that explains the struggles of women recognition and significance, written by Margaret Atwood and published as part of a selection of poetry in 1965.

All is smooth sailing till I hit this bit, and then when I get to my body it goes like this:

'OMAM' is set during the 1937 post depression period in Salinas, California, where two companions and ranch labourers, George (a man of great intelligence complimented by his defined physique) and Lennie (a lumbering large man, with a mild mental disability and a lust to pet soft things) arrive at an ambient river bed where they set up camp and where they rest the night in preparation for work at 'Tyler Ranch' the next morning. At their encampment, it becomes quickly obvious that the relationship between the two men is symbiotic, that is the two depend on each other for companionship and friendship, and that despite the constant (unconvincing) complaining by George about how much better his life could be without Lennie (often ending in George's compassion for Lennie) the pair seem to be united by a common dream; "The American Dream", the dream that one could own their own ranch and a few acres of land and not have to deal with the struggles of life, or working for someone else. It is here (at the encampment, and all throughout the book) that the theme of foreshadowing is used, <Quotes here>, the theme that would trail Lennie's inevitable demise all throughout the pair's struggles.

It's about there I start to get lost.