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Summary: A moment to vitiate a Nobel Prize Winner
Review: Steinbeck has been a puffer fish of modern novels. He lacks gravitas and pens the worst endings ever.How mainstream America has come to endorse such a Luddite is beyond my comprehension. (Also America's hugging of John Grisham equally discombobulates me.) I don't know where Steinbeck gets off blasting a dimwit in the back of the head with a pistola. The book was great as far as the character portrayal went, word choice, metaphors, but the ending was jacked. I'm furious to read books such as these. Steinbeck acknowledges a problem with society and so he 'corrects' it. FYI Stein, you can't just kill problems. Lennie is a poor dull-thinking, massive ogre who travels from farm to farm with 'friend' George. They stop at one farm where Curley and his 'soft fist' presides. Curley is a wee man and he picks on Lennie. Lennie counterpoints by shattering Curley hand altogether. The story is entertaining, and going good. Then Lennie gets a little overzealous and kills a woman. Whoops! He had no idea because he is not mentally there. He is a kind man who thinks as a boy and is still trapped in the stage William Blake referred to as Innocence. Steinbeck takes unecessary measures to get Lennie out of the picture and uses George as the tool. I've said it before and I'll say it again: If Steinbeck wrote a proposal for a plan to 'deal with' retards it would be written well but would be substanially devoid of heart and humanity. Nobel Prize or Zombie Lies? Are people actually READING his book? Something seems puffer fish and cursory about his esteemed station in society as a literary great.
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Summary: Why Steinbeck is Neat
Review: The story of Steinbeck's life makes me think that maybe he was lonely like George and Lennie. It seems like he writes from his own emotional experiences. He does such a good job of writing Mice and Men that I think it's a shame if everyone can't appreciate the effort he takes to make us understand that sometimes our best laid plans go astray.
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Summary: One of a kind
Review: The imagery, character development and simplicity of this story create a powerful mental picture of lonliness and the need for everyone to belong. Seeing the movie and watching the play makes one feel responsible for the well being of all who travel the higheways and byways looking for "family". Great book!!!
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Summary: nice story
Review: the book is a very nice story about true friendship. the end is very sadly but it was predictably. steinbeck uses a very simple language, and so it's very easy to read also for foreigners.
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Summary: Of Mice and Men ; Learning Life is Full of Choices
Review: Of Mice and Men is an excellent book showing a true friendship between two men. George is the brains and Lenny the strength, they were an awsome duo. I believe that this book deserves 4 stars, i read it in high school and have read it once more the now that i am older and when u read it a second time you are able to relate to the story. This book teaches important lessons in life; it teaches the reader that there are many decisions in life you have to make and some may be harder then others. The choices you make that might effect your life, like the relationship between Lenny and George, two opposite men but have chosen to travel and live together. Life with a friend that is different from you can become intresting and probably effect your choices. You look at the choices you make in a hole new view, seeing the reality of life through choices. The outcome of this story ends on a choice that George makes that will probably effect his life forever.
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Summary: On the Way to Their Dream
Review: I read the novel Of Mice and Men, which was recommended to me by my cousin. He told me the book wasn't that long and the story was really nice. So I went to the library and checked it out. When I first started to read the book it seemed kind of boring because the two main characters where just talking back and forth, but after the first two chapters I couldn't put the book down. It was a wonderful book and I had a great time reading it. While I was reading this book it made me think about me and my friends and what friendship really is. Of Mice and Men is a story about a relationship between two friends who travel around California, working on farms. Lennie is a big, giant, strong man with the mind of a small child traveling with George, a short, smart guy who not only looks after himself but also has to look after his job and take care of his mentally retarded friend, Lennie. George is like Lennie's older brother who watches out for him all the time. Lennie does unintelligent things like carry around dead mouse in this pocket and George always yells at Lennie and gets mad at him yet, George can't go on with his life without Lennie. They travel together working hard on farms and saving up money so their dream can come true. All they want is a place of their own with chicken, rabbits, horses, and other farm animals. On their way to their dream they stop at a farm to make some money where things go wrong because Lennie likes to touch, pet, and hold on to soft things. Their dream is ruined because of Lennie's habit. Lennie likes to touch all things that are soft, and I mean all things that are soft, even a woman's soft pretty dress, or her soft silky hair, which gets Lennie killed by his best friend. George decides that he can no longer protect Lennie from the horrible things that he hadn't intended to do. This was a really hard decision for George but he knew the outcome was going to be the best for both him and Lennie. Of Mice and Men takes you through life changing events, problems, and dreams of two poor laborers who just want a place of their own, which is just like many people in the world. Many families and friends work together so their dreams can come true. This book also made think of friendship and how we treat our friends and others in the world who are different, and less intelligent then us. People treat others bad, and put them down just because they are different. Even though the ending of this novel seems sad, and heart breaking, I think George did the right thing; he didn't want his friend to live the hard harsh life, in this unkind world. After reading this book, it made me realize that John Steinbeck is a wonderful author and I loved his writing style. It simple, easy to understand, relates to life, teaches you something and leaves you with something to think about. I am a person who doesn't like to read much but when I am assigned to read for a class I tend to find books that interest me. In the future I plan to read this book again and I also want read more of John Steinbeck's novels.
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Summary: HORRIBLE
Review: WHat a Bad book NO one READ IT!
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Summary: An enjoyable piece of literature
Review: I picked up Of Mice and Men because it was short and I figured that I could read a good book in a small amount of time. The book turned out to be as expected if not better. I think that it is possible to get as much if not more sometimes out of a short book like this one. The book kept me involved in the plot all the way till the end. The ending made the book very good, but you will have to read it for yourself to get that satisfaction!
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I thought that this book was great. When I first opened the book and read the first page, I thought that I was in for a boring book. I being the type that hates adventures, thought that the book was well written. The book starts off with a discription of a place that is by a lake and is surrounded with bushes. As I continued to read I began to like the characters. One being smart and the other being incredibly stupid. As the story goes on many events happen that make you continue to read. John Steinbeck keeps you intersested throughout the entire story. You must read this book.
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Summary: Brilliant Author, Mediocre Novel.....
Review: Let me make a declaration: John Steinbeck was a genius and a brilliant writer; however, with "Of Mice and Men" he simply fell short. Although it was extremely well-written in Steinbeck's signature simple style, the novel was just too brief for the plot resolve itself. The resolution seemed forced and rushed. Despite this, Steinbeck did fit in an amazing amount of character development in just over one-hundred pages. I would recommend "The Grapes of Wrath" over "Of Mice and Men." I would also strongly urge readers to shy away from "The Red Pony" and "The Pearl," also by John Steinbeck. READ "THE GRAPES OF WRATH" INSTEAD!
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