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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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Summary: My opinion on "Of Mice and Men"
Review: "Of Mice and Men" is a great novel, written by John Steinbeck. It deals with really interesting subjects such as dreams, loneliness, authority and violence. I believe this are the main themes the book has, these are the things that the author wants us, the readers, to find out. George and Lennie, the main characters, are itinerant workers, they both share a dream. This dream is the most important thing they have, it gives them the hope that things in a future would change, that they would have a house "An'live off the fatta the lan". This two characters are very different, George is "small and qick" instead Lennie is a huge guy, mentally retarded. Although all the differences they have,they travel together and share lots of important things. Every character in the novel is lonely, and I believe this is one of the thing that had more impact on me. The fact that no character had any real friend, nor a family, no one to talk with, no one to hear you. I think that this is why, some parts of this novel are really sad. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the lonlinest guys in the world, They got no family. They don't belong no place" This is said by one of the main characters, George. I bleieve this book, is one of the best books I have ever read, this is because every subject involved in the novel is really interesting and has lots to do with life nowadays.
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Summary: Recomendation
Review: Of Mice and men is a book that I first raed for literature at as an obligation, but after I've gone through the first part with a "long" description of the setting, I really started to enjoy it. When you go through the story, John Steinbeck applies his unique tecnique to descrive the characters in a very vivid way, basing the story on a couple of intinerant workers, one of them mentallty retarded, fact that was going to kill him in a near future. The story touches as main themes, reflected in mostly all characters; desolation, discrimination, dreams in common, lonliness and violence (in various aspects). As a matter of fact, this makes a very moving story that can be enjoy by young people such as adults.
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Summary: A moving book.
Review: Of mice and men is a surprising book. What we mean by this is that as you go reading it, you create your own expectations, that end up having nothing to do with the book itself. The fact that one of the main characters, Lennie, is handicapped, makes the story more real. We all know that it is very difficult to consolidate a relationship with a mentally [disabled] person, but the situation John Steinbeck creates and develops, presents more problems and difficulties than you would normally find in a person with those characteristics. This makes the book more moving and touching. The main themes of the story are: loneliness, which all characters have in their own way, dreams, which has a considerable importance in the story, violence, not only phisical, but psichological too, and authority, in the different relationships the book presents. Each of these are developed along the book, causing an effect of reflection and pity on the reader. In conclusion, this is a moving, interesting, and quite shocking book, which we recommend for anyone who loves reading really well written stories, but can yet put up with a sad, unexpected and disappointing ending.
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Summary: don't read this book
Review: When I started reading the book at school I found it boring. I had to read it for school (if I didn't read it I would had a 1) and almost all the class found it boring. It's funny when Leenie (principal characters who does stupid thing. George say's in one part to the owner of the ranch "I'm not saying he's bright, he ain't, but he's as strong as a bull.") but the theme doesn't make it a pleasure to read. The book is easy to understand and doesn't have difficult words. The story is about to people, George and Leenie, who are itinerant workers who go to one place to another to find job. They have a dream but it's very difficult for them to make it true because of Leenie's dumbness. When they're working in ranch problems happens because of Leenie. The entire story is about that subject. To finish my review ill tell you not to spend your time reading this book when there are better books (unless you have to read it for school). I could only recommended to Steinbecks fans.
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