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Summary: of mice and men
Review: The story is about two gays that are looking for any job. All that time while they are looking for a place also to stay, they pass trough lots of bad and good things. They always help and got each other,"I got you, you got me"said George, one of the principal characters, and this shows de people who read this book, that when you have a friend that is passing a bad moment, you have to support him , and that is a good example for children. Also, the main theme of the story is loneliness, this also help people to trie to get lots of friends, for not being alon ein the future. Story statement by Jhon Steinbeck, is a very interesting book for all ages, who wants two know about two gays that pass unforgetable moments and that one of the two lives will end in the ranch, where they finally lived and work.
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Summary: Student review (C.R.W.)
Review: For the last months we have been reading Of mice and men. It was a considerably good learning experience but it also had a downside. I think that this book had a great deal of things useful for teaching different literature aspects; quotations, descriptons, themes, etc. However, this does not mean that i liked the book. Many may have found it boring to read since it is a slow book, maybe because of its long descrptions that were irelevant sometimes. I dont want to say its a bad book, because its not, and there are many people who liked it in my class. Anyway, i believe it was a good choice for us to read Of mice and men, since a lot can be learnt as far as skills go.
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Summary: Steinbeck's master piece of work
Review: This story is about the difficult kind of life that two itinerants workers have to deal with. George Milton and Lennie Small are the main characters in the story. They are both new in the ranch, the place where they work. There, the men that work with them cannot understand their relationship since one of them said "I have never seen two guys traveling together.I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy". They also have to face lots of troubles, includins the murder of the bosse's daugther in law. Because of this, george has to kill Lennie, if not , he would be violently murdered by the girl's husband. We think that the book deals , mostly, with loneliness. "Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world" This quotation expresses the message that the author is trying to give us. Because of all these, we believe that the book was great.
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Summary: It's the best book of all times :)
Review: This is a book that it really make me feel about several emotions To begin with I firstly thought about dreams I have. Usually, my dreams are connected to my future. So this book make me the next day you are going to be death or alive, so I learnt with this book, that you have to live your life as much as you can. It also make me feel about how alone we are in this word, although we have people who love us. We live in a society that don't take in to account the importance of having friends, and a family. We are only thinking about what we really care not in the others. Moreover, there's a lot of violence, like that there is now a day.Because of all this reasons, I can say this book will remain as a classical book because it's main themes are related to what we live.
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Summary: =I. Boring but nice
Review: I've to read this book for the school. I think that this is a boring story in some parts but in others its attracting.Mr. Steinbeck ruined the book by killing the only character that make me read the book.Lennie and Geoge's dream was not conceited as Curley's wife was and that show to the people the different views of social classes. I want to emphasize the theme of companionship that share Lennie & George as they said: "I've you, and you've me". But also show some things that wasn't attracting as loneliness, prostitution, violence and death.I would not recommend this book.
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Summary: Amazing voice
Review: This review goes for the audio cassettes. Gary Sinise's voice is really incredibly versatile and convincing. I was amazed by the emphasis in his Crook's monologue "Books ain't no good... A guy needs someone to be near'm...". Also George's "Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world..." and of course Lennie's and old Candy's. Such different characters and he can display such a variety and richness of detail in the voices for each of them. Really something to hear.
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Summary: A heart-touching book
Review: I have read the book and i've really enjoyed reading it. I think it's a heart-touching book because it helps you to realize there are important things in life for which you have to fight. The book relates about 2 men, fighting for their dream. these men Are George and Lennie, which are really well interpreted in the movie. My favourite character is George, he is responsible and small. The book gives you many messages, my favourite one is to fight for dreams and happiness. Even if some people don't make their dream come true, some would do. I've goven 5 stars to this book because i've had fun reading it.
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Summary: A different book
Review: This book was different from other books because it's themes were not usual and it had a very strange development. The themes it treated were loneliness, violence, dreams and authority. Each of this themes were very well developed by the author. The characters had a very important part in the book, even the ones which were not principal treated the themes in a very deep way. For example Curley's wife who developed the theme, dreams, showed the importance of them. How she was so full of hopes and wishes and in the end although she didn't achieve them she had still the HOPE she would. The principal characters were George and Lennie. George is an inteligent and small character who travels along with Lennie. Lennie is huge and mentaly retarded. In the book he represents the theme dreams and violence. Both George and Lennie have a big dreams, to have a house, a couple of acres, a cow, a pig and for Lennie, to pet some rabbits. Then Candy, another character, became part of there dream. This book is dealing with the life of itinerary workers, there loneliness and life. It shows life in a real but awful way. This book made me realize how inocent and lonely people raelly are.
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Summary: Suitable only for Steibeck's fans
Review: In this classic novel, John Steibeck tells the story of two friends in 1930s California. George and Lennie are Itinerant farm workers.They work for making their dream come true, having a farm of their own with animals, etc.The story develops in a farm, where we know many characters, all of them, have dreams.The main theme on the story is dream, But also violence and loneliness are important. All of the characters, are, in extreme situations, where the only salvation is work, and dream. I did not like so much the book,I find it a bit dense, but the story, theme, and how the story is tell, makes the book, a good book, only suitable for Steinbeck's fans.
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Summary: Deep, colorful, full of sorrow.
Review: I first picked up "Of Mice and Men" because I loved how slender it looked among the scores of 500 pages novels in the library. I finished it in two days, which is rare for me. The story was touching, anyone would say that. The characters were all colorful -- one was intense, one was wise, another childish and slow. The relationship between George and Lennie was very complex and interesting. The ending was difficult to understand at first and very sad -- I have to say that I cried because I knew what was about too happen and didn't want to face the reality. But this book was about reality. It showed hard it was to live in the 20's, on a ranch. It showed how tough it was to face life alone, surrounding by people who have spent years covering up thier scars and building up defenses. The dirty language, which I didn't like, was also reality of the situtation, I guess. And in the end, the reality was hard to take. It was a type of love really. If you read what George said in the last couple pages, it becomes clear. He was saying 'I love you Lennie, and I can't bear to have you suffer and know that you'll never get those rabbits. I love you so much that I'll do somthing to you that hurts me more than you'll ever know.' In the end, I think George 'died' that day too. His life would never be the same, and sadly, the book ended hopelessly.
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