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Summary: Except for the sad ending, it delivers a powerful message.
Review: The story is about two laborers who dream about owning a piece of land. George who has great wisdom takes care of Lennie who has great strength. However, Lennie doesn't know how to control his strength, which always gets him into troubles. George always needs to help get Lennie out of troubles. At the end, Lennie's uncontrollable strength causes a tragedy that even George can't help. I thought this book has a very sad ending. However, the description of people and places are vivid and it gives us a very good image of how the characters and places look like. Except for the sad ending, it delivers a powerful message.
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Summary: A deep and entertaining book
Review: On the top layer of this book lies a very compelling story filled with vivid characters the masterfull writing style of Stienbeck. Digging deeper finds the book to be chillingly honest in it's questions and conclusions; characters representing practicality and dreams working together in a world that, in the end, requires the murder of one's dreams to exsist.
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Summary: It was a good book.
Review: Since Lennie was dumb it made it funny. John Steinbeck made the book funny.The language was profound.
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Summary: Preatty Cool Book!
Review: I thought the book was preatty cool. I liked it because it's a good story about friendship and how these two guys who have been through everything together were forced to break their friendship because of a tragic accident. It was a very sad book, but overall I thought it was preatty cool!!!
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Summary: Very good book, could of been improved though
Review: I just recently read John Steinbeck`s classic "Of Mice and Men", and I enjoyed it very much. Steinbeck`s technique of making books come alive is very visible in this novel. The story between the two main characters George and Lennie was very touching, and their experiences on a farm were richly described. But I think that this coming-of-age tale could of been so much better if it were longer and more elaborate. Other than the length, "Of Mice and Men" is a fantastic book.
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Summary: Outstanding novel!
Review: In this great novel, John Steinbeck captures the ever-hopeful aspect of human nature. He shows us how it's our dreaming that keeps us going, even when we know success is not likely. Of Mice and Men is a tale of hopes, dreams, and friendship. The two main characters, George and Lennie, illustrate how intelligence and capability are not the most important qualities in a friend. What's important are shared dreams and the willingness to simply be there for someone. Set in the ranch country near California's Gabilan Mountains in the 1930's, this tragic tale depicts the human condition in all its sorrow, beauty, and frailty.
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Summary: Disappointed by the Novel!
Review: I watched the movie first, starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise and was so captivated by the touching story that I just couldn't get it out of my mind till I can buy a copy of the book and read it for myself. But boy, was I disappointed!! Although the movie followed the novel very closely, I was expecting more from the novel. The story was great but I really feel that the characterization of George and Lennie could be more developed in the novel.
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Summary: An examination of the roles of men and brotherhood...
Review: This moving and interesting tale takes place during the great depression. It is a time when people look out for themselves and no one else. For some reason, George feels honour bound to take care of his mentally challenged friend Lenny. Throughout this tale we are forced to examine the bond that men must forge to stay sane and the responsibilty we have to one another as human beings. A true triumph of a novel.
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Summary: The first "classic" I liked.
Review: I was reading cambridge histories of China when I was 11, but literary "classics" had never impressed me. (Although I've liked "classic" poems & short stories for years.) This was good & the ending was sad, but made sense. It was even foreshadowed. If you think this should've had a happy ending stick with TV sitcoms or kids books. If anyone else knows of a "classic" this readable I'd love to hear about it.
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Summary: Gripping Story
Review: Steinbeck's powerful novel is the saddest story this side of Wharton's "Ethan Frome". I enjoyed it, however, because sometimes tragedies make for more interesting reading. Plus the Old Man and his dog who is shot, if that scene doesn't stir emotion in you then check your pulse. God bless Steinbeck.
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