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Summary: great book
Review: i just read this book for my english class, im only 14 right now... i'm usually bored by a lot of books but this book actually got my liking... very awesome book. Steinbeck is a genius.
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Summary: One Of The Few Good Books I Read For School
Review: I read this book as a school assignment and it is one of the few good reading assignments I have ever had. The characters are all excellent; you almost get to know them through this short book. The ending is sad, in fact the whole story is sad, but is very well done
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Summary: It touched me...
Review: I like it. The narration was simple but vivid; the characters were crude but touching; and the story was short but long lasting. I enjoyed seeing how the relationship between George and Lenny had become. It's one of the classics and well worth considered as 'classic.' It touched upon the human spirits, upon our needs for companionship, our needs for emotional support, our needs for things other than food, clothes and shelter. I believe Steinbeck drew a lot of materials from his years as a laborer. It well depicted the depression during that time period. Those who gave it one star should have looked deeper beyond just the story of who did what, when, but looked more carefully at WHY. George shot Lenny because he knew too well that others would certainly punish him and in the process torture might even be unavoidable. Since George cared for Lenny so much, he decided to prevent all that from happening himself. The gun he used was the same one used to kill the old dog. Why? Because it's a metaphor. Lenny was depicted as a parallel to the dog: of being no use and no one wanted it/him except the owner. The end touched me and I did cry for George and Lenny. It's very true that a lonely heart can kill a person. That's one of the reasons George was with Lenny. To me the book is well worth reading.
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Summary: No Point At All
Review: I wouldn't recommend this book if you like to read things that make sense. Certainly, this book had any point to it whatsoever. The fact that a man would kill his supposed 'friend' just because people are after him is absolutely horrible. There was absolutely no plot to this story and you knew exactly what was going to happen next. This book was a waste of time and a waste of money.
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Summary: Of Mice and Men: The Novel of the Century
Review: Of mice and men was an astounding novel that was worth reading. Of mice and men was a very touching novel with two main characters named George and Lennie. George would probably be considered the brains of the outfit and who is the shield that protects Lennie from trouble. Lennie on the other hand is the bronze, he is extra strong but has a deformity in the mind. Both have a goal in mind, which is to save enough money in order to purchase their own farm. This is where they both try to find decent jobs where it requires brains and bronze so that George can keep an eye on Lennie. They get many jobs but the majority of them do not go as well as they hoped for. But towards the end they find a pretty nice job with a very nice lady who is wed to a hot-tempered guy named Curley. Well Curley's wife does do a lot of metaphoric phrases in the novel, such as comparing the the whole country to mutts just basically states the direction in which curley's wife addresses the inhabitants of the entire country. The job that was with Burley and his wife should have paid for the farm if Lennie had not done what he had done. For this Lennie gets into trouble when George is not looking after him and Lennie does something extremely disastrous. What happens in the end though is a very touching scene but I will leave that for you to read.
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Summary: An unfogettable story
Review: "Of Mice and Men" will always stick out in my mind as a one of a kind book. It is unfogettable in so many ways. I first read this book in 8th grade and loved it. I then read it again in 9th grade and loved it twice as much the second time around. The characters in the book, George and Lenny are complete opposites, yet at the same time they are a pair. They are both outsiders who need eachother in their hard times and good times. Lenny, being not quite as intellegent as George, goes through a lot. He depends on his friend George to back him up whenever he does something wrong. George on the otherhand is independent. As said before they are completly different people, but in a sense the same. The main story line is very interesting. It has many twists and turns that are completly unexpected. There are some times in the story you will need to pick up a box of tissues and others when you will just laugh. It is an all around great book. I could not put it down, it took me only but a few hours to read the whole thing. And even after you are finished reading you could sit there thinking about what the book actually means for hours at a time. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is in the mood to enjoy an easy read, but yet at the same time a book that has meaning.
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Summary: A humbling piece of work
Review: A few years ago I was forced to read this. I did not do very well in oac Writer's Craft. Our teacher, Mr. Nigel Scott, had us read the book backwards. (Scott, by the way, is among the greatest minds I have had the pleasure of bumping into.) I could see, then, the many patterns of the book. How that individual words would be used over and over again. Physical descriptions, even, would recur throughout. Above all, though, I could see that Steinbeck was attempting to tell it 'as it is.' The story of two men, ingrained by poverty, and how they would grow as people. How the average labouring man would take on life. How, in the business of going hungry, a man can still fathom a sense of purpose. These, then, are the very things Steinbeck will ask of us in the reading of this book. It will not be difficult. Steinbeck is known for simple sentencing. But he can establish in only a few strokes of pen a series of gripping relationships. The character Lenny is, apparently, mentally handicapped. He is physically bulky. Without knowing him, you would be intimidated. But Lenny the person is kind enough. He does not start fights or complain to often. But in the course of the story, Lenny gets his friend into trouble by drawing too much attention to himself. Lenny tends to man handle things without knowing his own strength! The community at large is frightful of Lenny. They think of him as being a criminal or rapist when he is neither. The characters of the book are all of them a poor labouring class. Getting by means struggle. If you want to know what it is like to live without comfort, read this book. If you want a positive literary experience, read this book. If you want to remember just what humanity is, read this book. We owe it to ourselves, don't you think?
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Summary: Fall in love with the Characters
Review: From the beginning of the story you fall in love with the compelling characters. This book tells the story of two good friends, who share a common dream of earning enough money to own a small piece of land and living there in peace. One of the friends has a mental retardation(Lenny) and the other takes care of him by making sure he stays in line(George). This story takes place in during the depression where people in the larbor party moved around from place to place looking for work. George and Lennie are always moving from place to place because of Lennie tendency to get into trouble. Throughout the story you become attached to the characters as if you knew them first hand. You begin to relate to the problems and want to help them with their dream. If you are looking to read a book which you will remember forever consider Of Mice and Mem.
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Summary: it was really good
Review: i like the book alot. John steinback is a good author. the best part of the book was when percy got his hand broke by lennie. George did the right thing at the end by doing what he did. I liked lennie the best of all. How he always had a knack for doing accidents. I never liked percy's wife. The way she always acted like a tramp around the workers on the ranch. Percy wasnt my favorite either. he was always trying to get into fights with people bigger than him. i look forward to reading more of his books. He is a really good author and has very interesting books.
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Summary: Sentimental Sarabande
Review: Although not one of the lengthiest books to ever hit the shelves, Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is definitely a warhorse in the arena of American Literature. Illustrating the fierce love between two friends, Steinbeck takes the reader on a journey through the poverty stricken lands of the West. These two friends, George and Lennie, are the two main characters of the novel, and their journeys from job to job hold only one thing in common: they keep their dreams to one day own their own little patch of land. Because of Lennie's combination of mental retardation and incredible strength, he often gets into troublesome situations and ends up leaving town. George always goes with Lennie, but in the tragic end, George realizes that he cannot keep protecting Lennie from the world. There is much to this book, but it can easily be read as simply a sad story. I found it very readable, and I have always kept it close to my heart. There are some instances of foul language and inappropriate situations, but they in no way are distracting to the overall thematic content. Steinbeck's evocative language and beautiful descriptions are breathtaking. The story is not so complex or farfetched that it becomes unbelievable, and I highly recommend it to anyone that is considering reading it. I truly do love this book.
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