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Summary: A Very Strong, Powerful Book
Review: This book is a great book. It is a lean, spare, pared-down story all about the fact that in society, if you are different, or stand out enough, you will have a hard time, and meet an unfortunate fate, one way or another.The Characters of George and Lennie are precisely drawn for us in this lean, exquisite writing. The story is TRUE, in the larger, metaphorical sense, and it is quite frankly very hard-hitting, and dark. Still, it captures the restlessness, and openness of George and Lennie, openly impoverished, sleeping under the stars, dreaming of a better life ... The only real objection I have to this book is that it left me feeling like I was an observer, watching George and Lennie from a bit of a distance. In "Cannery Row," a masterpiece by Steinbeck, I felt like I was right there with the characters. Other than this distancing of the reader from the main characters, George and Lennie, I found this book absorbing and powerful, and I recommend it to everybody.
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Summary: What a good book.
Review: This short book is a very quick read, yet is as profound as one would expect. It is the story about two friends, and the way they care for each other. The narration is elequently written and the descriptions are breath-taking. If you are looking for a great piece of literature, this is a wonderful choice.
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Summary: A short but excellent read
Review: Although an excellent book, it is very short. JS is excellent at creating characters and if you do like this then the Grapes of Wrath is an obvious next read.
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Summary: AMONG STEINBECK'S BEST
Review: As a California writer with my debut novel in its initial release (and a teacher in a rural high school for over twenty years), I am a true admirer of John Steinbeck. Over the years, and on his way to the Nobel Prize, Steinbeck wrote many fine books. OF MICE AND MEN is one of his best. It tells a simple tale of George and Lennie as they travel together and face the challenges life throws in their path. This novel is complex in its simplicity. One must read it carefully or one will miss Steinbeck's crucial points. It is deserving of the acclaim is has received in the decades since its original publication. Once you have read it, memories of George and Lennie will not easily fade from your memory.
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Summary: Good, but not the masterpiece I was hoping for
Review: This is the only Steinbeck I have read to date (except for The Pearl) and I started it expecting a masterpiece, given that Steinbeck was a Nobel laureate. It is certainly a good enough, solid story, reasonably well told, but no masterpiece. Maybe it's just that the plot element of a person killing another he loves as an act of compassion has been used too often since (e.g. Betty Blue and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest). So read the book, by all means, but don't harbour the expectations I had. It's a short little book, not complex at all, so it won't be hard work even if you don't like it all that much.
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Summary: The review
Review: The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a really great book. Steinbeck really does great job in describing the area around the farm where it takes place. This story takes place in the mid 1930s to early 40s. He tells of a river flowing from mountains with green trees, and of how the farm looks. The barns where they put the horses and all the crops that they harvest are big ones by the way John Steinbeck describes them. The story is based on two men from California. They travel with each other and work together to make money. Lennie is a big man who is strong but has mind of a child. He is always getting in trouble at each farm. Then there is George, is a short man who works hard. He more less takes care of Lennie as if he were a big brother to him. George is always telling Lennie about how one day they are going to get their own little place and raise rabbits, horses and chickens. I don't know how they're going to stay alive with the way that Lennie keeps on killing animals. He kills everything he gets. He pets them too hard and he ends up breaking their necks. On the farm where they're going to work there is a man by the name of Curly. He is the boss's son. He doesn't like Lennie from day one. He doesn't like men taller than he is. Of Mice and Men tells the story of two poor laborers trying to get by. They worked all their lives but didn't get a thing from it but trouble. This shows how many families and friends work together to make their dreams come true. Half the time it doesn't work but for some it does. They have the "American Dream" of owning their own farm but that never came true for Lennie and George, although it could have. The novel is easy and understandable. It's not that long and can be read in 3-4 days. The ages that I would recommend it for are 14 to 19. If you would ask me I would tell any one to read this book. I hope to read this book again some day and to read more of John Steinbeck's books too. I would watch the movie after you read the book to compare them to see how much they're alike and how much they're not.
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Summary: Great Book to read for English class
Review: This book is a great book to read and do a project on for a LA class, mostly honors LA, 8th grade and upto HS. What makes it so good is the fact that the plotline is interesting, even if it does get thrown away in a suprise ending, it is intresting to read about until that point. It is short, you can read it in 1-2 days, and LA teachers love it because it is one of those novels that gets you to think 'critically'. It's a win-win-win. Great story for your entertainment, short if you are short on time, and gets you to think. It actully contains some pretty heavy stuff in a little package.
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Summary: of mice and men
Review: this book may be easy to study for english literature, being short. However, this story is not interesting in the least, with a plot that builds up and then is thrown away totally at the end.
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: One of Steinbecks shortest novel, but one of the best. This novel will broaden the reader's perspective and touch the heart. This novel is Powerful and emotional.
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Summary: !!!!!!!!
Review: The eighth-graders at my school have the choice to read this and do novel projects, and one day as I was walking along the aisles of the library, one of my favorite places, I saw this book. I really hadn't heard anything about what any of the eighth graders thought about this book, but I, a seventh-grader, decided I would try it out because there were always a lot of people who picked this book for their projects. I later learned that they chose it because it was short, but this is entirely the wrong reason. It is a beautiful story that will bring tears to your eyes. It is about two men who have a dream that everyone says will never come true. It is also about their bond so tight that George doesn't ever leave his friend even though it would probably cause him a lot less worry and trouble. It is a truly beautiful theme which only Steinbeck can explain so well. This book is definitely worth your time.
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