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Summary: Great book!
Review: It stuns me that people don't like this book (from what I've read in the reviews)!This is a GREAT book. It tells of two men trying to live a dream, and while the rest of the world is travelling alone and trying to make money, these two are holding on to each other and their friendship. It's a great book - period! This is Steinbeck's only good book from what I've read of his collection.
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Summary: If you like John Steinbeck, you are insane, please seak help
Review: This book was quite possibly the worst book i've ever had to read. No wait, the worst ever was The Pearl! What is wrong with Steinbeck? Why does he feel he needs to kill main characters? I would seriously recomend that you never read this book ever. If you have to for highschool, I feel extremely sorry for you. In cnclusion I just have to say George, just let Lennie tend the Frickin' rabbits and Kino, throw the pearl away already!
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Summary: Gabrielle's View Of Mice and Men
Review: Of Mice And Men is based on two men that are laborers in a small town. They leave one town going to another looking for work, hoping to fulfill their dreams of having their own land with farm animals, a place they could call their own. The main characters are George, Lennie, Curley, and Curley's wife. George and Lennie are friends. George looks after Lennie because he is slow-witted. George is always getting Lennie out of trouble. Lennie is always wondering off looking for something to pet. Because he has the mind of a child but the strength of a giant, he often kills his pets before he knows it. Curley is the boss's son. Curley, George, and Lennie are workers at the ranch. Curley is mean and likes to pick on people and is always making trouble. Curley's wife often looks around in the barn as if she's looking for her husband. She really wants attention because she is lonely and never has any one to talk too. George and Lennie made friends with another worker named Candy. In the story both George and Candy loose something very important to them.
I can somehow feel what George is going through with Lennie. I have a mentally retarded cousin. I can remember when I was younger we could not always do what we wanted or things had to be done in a certain way. In my situation my cousin could not talk, so when he wanted something, he would pull us to what ever it was he wanted, and if he could not get it, he would hit us out of anger. I would get short of patience sometimes, but I would pray for strength and guidance. In the story, George takes care of Lennie everyday. I didn't have the problem everyday because my cousin stayed with my grandmother. My grandmother dealt with this every day and did fine with it. I never heard my grandmother complain.
I did not like the book. The book was negative to me. Two of the characters are killed in the story and no one seems to be able to find their dreams. If I could change something, it would be Lennie's role in the story. I did not like how he was treated and how the story ended.
I would recommend that others read the book because it might show readers how life can sometimes be very difficult.
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Summary: The American Dream Gone Awry
Review: Similar to Steinbeck's magnum opus, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men takes place in the Salinas River Valley. The two pitiful symbiotic characters, George and Lenny, provide for a fun, easy-to-read, yet meaningful storyline. The two migratory ranch hands exchange entertaining back and forth dialogue that only Steinbeck could produce, himself having toiled many long days and hours on California farms and ranches. Through all of their adversity, Lenny and George tragically cling to that which we all do at some point, the American Dream - theirs being "to live off the fatta the lan' an' have rabbits." Although not on the same Pulitzer Prize level(but what is?) of The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men manifests itself as the classic paradoxical tale of hope and despair not to be overlooked.
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Summary: a moral to this novella!
Review: This book was absolutely amazing. this novella is a great choice for readers of all types and ages. this book is basicly about friendship, prejudice, and most importantly, the American Dream. everyone has an American Dream. whether its to own land, to become famous, to have a family, or simply to belong somewhere~ everyone wants to be socially equal and have material wealth. this novella teaches the lesson that although dreams give u hope and motovation to keep striving towards the future, there is also that fear that u won't reach u'r dream and that is very true in many cases such as lennie and george's. this story is about fate. most of the events occured in this book based on being at the wrong place at the wrong time or in one word, fate. this book gets its title from a very touching poem. it simply means strong vs. the weak. i would deffinently recommend this book because it is realistic and does not have a happy ending because that is the way life goes sometimes. you don't always reach your goals in life.
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Summary: Surprisingly Good=)!!
Review: This book was one that i wish i would of read when i was suppose to in 9th grade. It was once we reached the middle of the book i realized how good it was. I am one of those students who hate reading those long novels about nothing important. Even though my teacher said it was one of the shortest novels we would ever read! After only reading the middle to the end. I just had to check this book out for myself! Once you begin this book, you may think it starts off boring..but keep going becuase youll never want to put it down. It teackes you about loyalty and friendship in real life situations. This is a book i would read over and over again!.Try this book out..you'll really like it!
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Summary: beautiful use of language
Review: My second read of the book -just as good as the first.
Steinbeck is the master! His economy of language is
superb.
The reader is drawn in right from the very start
and the characters are just superb not to mention
Lennie who is so likeable.
Throughout the book I got the sense that I really
knew the characaters - each one pursuing their own
"American Dream".
It is a lesson in life and in humankind.
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Summary: A Classic American Masterpiece
Review: John Steinbeck is magnificent in this true American classic. From start to finish, he keeps you interested, and the pages keep turning. Of Mice and Men defines the true meaning of male friendship and the power of the strong over the weak. This is a book you won't want to put down!
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Summary: Stunning and Powerful! One of My New Favorites!
Review: I'm starting to read some of the classics now, being in college. Mainly because there are really no new authors out there that have caught my interest lately. I also want to expand my horizons, and read things I might've never given the time and day when I was in junior high and high school. "Of Mice and Men" appealed to me pretty quickly, from reading the back of the book and seeing how long it was. I wanted to give it a shot. Boy, am I ever glad that I did. This is an AMAZING book. Written by John Steinbeck, "Of Mice and Men" tells the tale of two men who travel together all the time, hoping to own an acre of land and a nice home they can call their own. George is a smart man who always seems to have things figured out. Lennie is a giant with a mind of a young child. George looks after him, but it is not easy. Lennie always seems to get himself in some kind of trouble, and George is always the one who has to help him out. And when they find jobs on a ranch, George finds out just exactly how fast the best laid out plans can vanish into thin air. The ending is unforgettable and shocking. The writing was very well done. Characters were very interesting and brought their own characteristics to life, leaving it very easy for you to tell them apart. I also liked the dialogue. Though the plot may not be the most complex one, books don't have to be complex. In fact, sometimes it's much more difficult to write the simplest book or story. Nothing fell short in this masterpiece. I recommend this book to anyone who loves to read. Sure, there's a chance that you may not like it. This is very true. But look at it like this: the book is only about 107 pages long. (Pending on which version you have.) How many books do you know that are that short? Which means that if you don't end up liking it, chances are that you didn't waste too much of your time on it. I was pretty sad to finish the book so quickly, but then again, it will be an easy one to re-read over and over again. "Of Mice and Men" is one of my new favorite novels. It's just a shame that Steinbeck is no longer here. All the good ones always seem to come and go very quickly. This is a book that I will read over and over again. I loved every word, every paragraph, and every page. Enjoy "Of Mice and Men." And if you don't, well at least it's a short read.
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Summary: Chart topper!
Review: This is honestly one of the best books I have ever read in my life. There are some sad moments and some kind of sick moments but that is what makes this book so great. There are all kinds of characters that are portraid perfect. The story is proably the best out of everything in the book. Two friends go to find work after they are ran out of another town for harming a woman. Yet there troubles are not yet over.
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