Of Mice and Men

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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book is an excellent novel. Excellent plot and characters. And riveting.

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Summary: Steinbeck is a Brilliant Writer!
Review: Being such an avid reader, even I found it hard to believe that I have never read this book. Based on the high esteem I hold the Grapes of Wrath in, I thought I would enjoy this book. Despite the fact that it is a short tale, it is worth the weight of many larger novels.

Of Mice and Men tells of the adventures of George and Lennie. George is the brains of the outfit, that constantly finds himself getting the duo out of the trouble Lennie has created for them. With dreams of obtaining their own land George and Lennie seek work on a new farm. This farm seems to unlock the final door to obtaining their dream property. Unfortunately, the death of a beautiful womam brings a new stain in their realtionship.

Steinbeck is a great storyteller. The one thing I did not like about the book is the ending. While the ending was not necessarily a surprise, it left me hanging on for more. While I was not really looking for a happy ending, I did not feel a real sense of closure. Still, this book is an excellent read!

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Summary: Beautifully written book
Review: This is a very beautifully written book. It's the first Steinbeck book I've ever read, I started yesterday night and just couldn't put it down until I had read it. The words are vividly descriptive and the characters almost come alive in your mind. Steinbeck sort of fades in and out of scenes by describing what is happening in the surroundings, making it a very pleasant experienced to read this book. He picks you up gently in the start of a chapter and puts you down just as gently in the end.

The plot is brilliant, I love the story about this odd couple travelling together, the dilemma, a story told with a vivid and subtly humorous language.

This is absolutely a 5 star book.

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Summary: Magnificent
Review: I am 17, and all I have to say is
Read this book!
For Best results read the book and watch the movie.

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Summary: Of Mice and Men
Review: Of Mice and Men is a touching story about two main characters, George and Lennie. George is a small, dark man with "sharp, strong features." Lennie is his total opposite. He is a giant man with a shapeless face. You can tell Lennie is mentally disabled when George and Lennie have a conversation. Lennie loves to stroke soft things but his power overcomes him. He has been stroking a mouse, who because of Lennie's power, died. George and Lennie have to go to a farm to work.
We meet Candy (Curley's wife), Curley, Slim, and Carlson at the farm. Curley is extremely overprotective of his wife. Slim and Carlson work at the farm. Slim gives Lennie one of his puppies. Candy overhears Lennie and George discussing their plans to buy land. He offers to pay his life's saveings if they let him live there also. They make a pact that no one knows of.
Slim goes to the bunkhouse to find Curley mad. Curley cannot find his wife, Candy, and is suspicious. Slim yells at Curley for his suspicions. Curley, searching foran easy target for his anger, finds Lennie and picks a fight with him. Lennie breaks Curley's hand. Slim warns Curley not to pick on Lennie.
The next night, most of the men go to the local brothel. Lennie, Candy, Crooks, and Curlye's wife are still at the farm. Curley's wife sees the cuts on Lennie and suspects that Curley and Lennie have been fighting. She comes to this by noticing the cuts on Curley also. This amuses her. The next day, the puppy Slim gave to Lennie is killed by Lennie by one of his stroke attacks. Candy comes to comfort him. Lennie tells her that he likes to pet soft things, so Candy lets him stroke her hair. I think we know where this is going.
My favorite character is Lennie. He is just so innocent that I like him. He doesno mean any of the things hedoes. I do not like Candy because she was trying to get Lennie in trouble with her husband and was amused that the men got into a fight. That is just wrong. My favorite part in the book is the ending. I cannot tell it to you because that will just ruin it for you! I would change the ending.
The book is good. I recommend this book to anyone that likes to read. I feel the way Lennie does at the end of the book. He feels bad and so do I. Also, I can relate to George and Lennie because they are best friends and I have best friends also. I think a person that gets emotional a lot will like this book.

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Summary: The Perfect Novel
Review: It took me 27 years to read "Of Mice and Men," and when I finally did, I realized what I had been missing for all of that time. This is easily the perfect novel. The pace is brisk, the flow sound, and the characters real. There are no loose ends in this text -- it is tied together as tightly as the bags of barley that the men buck in the fields -- and it poses such universal questions as: "What is justice?" "What is friendship?" This novel is not long, but it is one that you will think about long after you have finished reading it.

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Summary: A classic
Review: Fantastic classic. Everyone should read this book at least one time.

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Summary: An excellent example of classic literature
Review: BURN the Catcher in the Rye, for all I care. Of Mice and Men went from being what I thought was stupid, to what is now one of my favorite books of all time.

The story is simple, beautiful, and meaningful. So many morals pop up that tell you what life should be like, and how unjust the world can be at times. When I saw the movie version of this with Gary Sinise and John Malcovich, I almost cried.

George and Curley's wife were my favorite characters, both reaching for something they could've had, but can never posses. With each sentence your spine tingles, and you die to find out what's going to happen next.

Things surprised me. Shocked me. I wanted to scream at some points, because I couldn't believe what was happening.

I BEG you to read this beautiful book. If you don't, then you're really missing out.

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Summary: A True American Classic
Review: I found the book to be very good. Once you you get in to the book you cant stop. I felt as if the characters were real. I cryed at the end it was so touching.

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Summary: Depressing
Review: I have just finished reading Of Mice and Men for my 10th grade Honors English class. Set during the Depression, Of Mice and Men spans four days and follows the lives of George and Lennie. Lennie is mentally retarded, acts like a child, and is innocent. At the same time, he doesn't know his own strength. He likes to pet mice, but ends up killing them by accident. George travels with Lennie, has always looked out for him, and protects him whenever he gets into trouble. They both share a dream that many people held during the Depression: owning their own farm, and knowing what tomorrow will hold.

What is so depressing is the way that the weak are treated in this story. Every man is for himself, and no one cares about anyone else, especially the weak. For instance, Candy's dog was shot because it was old and it stank, even though it was very special to Candy. After the only thing he had was shot, Candy began to think this might happen to him when he gets too old to work, so he took up George and Lennie's dream of owning a farm.

This book is very sad because dreams are presented as foolish fantasies that will never happen. George, Lennie, and Candy never do get to have the farm and the rabbits they wanted. Curley's wife, evil and selfish as she is, tempted Lennie into doing yet another bad thing. This lead to Lennie having to escape and being chased down in the end. Lennie thought George was his friend and trusted him so much, but George kills him at the end of the novel and walks off with Slim. Lennie is so nice. He shouldn't have been killed. In this novel, the weak are seen as a nuisance to society who must be exterminated. Of Mice and Men hints that the only was to survive is to be mean and ruthless. The weak should not be looked upon this way. We should try to help them, not get rid of them. Everyone already has enough troubles in his or her life. Why read such a depressing book?