Why does the book begin and end at the pond? Why does Steinbeck set the death of Lennie in the same location as the opening scene? What does

this setting represent to Lennie and George and why is then ironic that

Lennie meets his death here? What does that suggest in a larger sense about

society?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.