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Summary: Of Mice and Men
Review: I think this book was good. It had a little to much swearing. This is not a good book for kids to read. Some Adults will Like it.
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Summary: Stunning
Review: This tiny Steinbeck classic, published in 1937, is still considered one of the most stunning, impact producing works ever written. It continues to knock my socks off. And more than likely, always will. If you've never had the pleasure of reading this timeless classic, you really, really should.
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Summary: Mice and Men Who Go NoWhere
Review: Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own. But after they come to work on a ranch in the Salinas Valley their hopes, like "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men," begin to go awry.
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Summary: superb for all reading levels!
Review: john steinbeck is one of the world's most famous authors. this book is great for young readers who are just getting started and for those readers who want to spend the afternoon reading a classic.
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Summary: IT CAN STILL SHAKE YOU!
Review: Published in the U.S. in 1937, this is a small, intense drama that places the bitter story of its two central characters against a background of social denunciation. Steinbeck's novel confronts in a symbolic manner the problem of the peasant's migration to the West, a land of unfulfilled promises in the years following the Depression: it is the tragic and violent story of two itinerant farm-workers finding work in a ranch in California -- Lennie and George, the first with the strength of two, but with the mind of a child, whose whole world centres around the second, George, who steers him through life and protects him. They dream of a glorious, peaceful future in which they will settle together in a small cottage and live a life of happy self-sufficiency. For a while they just manage to stay employed and happy - but then things go horribly wrong.The 1962 Nobel prize author well describes the social exploitation, the human injustice and suffering - all themes he will later expand upon in his impressive "The Grapes of Wrath" - espressing them through a lyrical vein of commotion within a bare novel structure, which indeed makes him one of the great American writers. John Schlesinger in his 1969 movie "Midnight Cowboy" with Hoffman and Voight, returned to Steinbeck's theme, creating a sad tale of friendship between a couple of losers lost in the big city, and with an ending no studio would approve today.
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Summary: A School Classic Everyone Should Read!
Review: I recently read this book for my 7th grade English class. At first I was hesitant about reading a classic. As soon as I got into the story, I soon found out that this book was not just a classic but a wonderful, excited and touching tale about two lonely farmers searching for friends. This book has an astounding ending that everyone will be touched by. Being on 13, this review must show how this book is appropriate for every age. I highly recommend this book. Steinbeck has an interesting writting style that sometimes is difficult to read but he gets his points across fluently. Enjoy this wonderful book!
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Summary: Absolutely wonderful!
Review: This book never ceases to amaze me. I was never bored by it either. Most expositions in books don't have a very long attention span. I love reading how these two totally different men go around looking for jobs yet never seem to find one. Yet for this book they land one at a farm being farmhands. The ending can be very/not very predictable depending on what type of thinking skills you use, yet the book is great. Get it and you will be amazed as I was too.
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Summary: A Classic, by God
Review: The book will always be a classic, for it rings with such authenticity. Like The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men portrays the struggles of California farm laborers in the 1930s. The workers often travel from farm to farm, working sixteen-hour days---bucking wheat, picking cotton, picking fruit---always as employees but never as employers. The men are victims of their society and one nourishes little hope for them. They yearn for things they cannot have, such as social positions, money, land; but they never get them (at least they never hold on to them). Their dreams remain unfulfilled. As a result of their hardships, they become bitter and hardened. Steinbeck's characterizations are superb, and each person is a unique and vital element in the story. The dialogue resonates with truth, the setting and the descriptions are sharp and picturesque, and the symbolism is effective in its foreshadowing of the poignant and gruesome climax. Only criticism I have of the book is Steinbeck's tendency to "tell" rather than "show." He had such talent with description but he insisted on preceding his dialogue with such things as "Candy went on excitedly..." and "'I ain't so sure,' said George skeptically." Other than these distracting "tellings," the book was touching and will certainly remain as one of my favorites.
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Summary: Teenager LOVES Of Mice and Men
Review: I am a teenager and I love Of Mice and Men. In a English class of today you are bombarded with feminst literature and other works that you become satiated with this genre. It is a breath of fresh air to get a novel about male bonding and the trials and tribulations of farm workers of that time. Steinbeck adds a hint of a Shakespearen Tragedy to this masterpiece which puts it in the category of great classics to be cherished forever. This novel is a must read and you will enjoy it for years to come. I will end this with a final thought. It is very short and it can be read in a day and is good to use if you have procastinated on a book report. :-)
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Summary: This was a cute book! :)
Review: I think this book was very short and sweet. The relationship between the two characters was very unique and I really enjoyed reading about them. This book was a very short book, and easy to read. I recommend this to everyone.
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