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Summary: A Long Journey
Review: Of Mice and Men is the story of two men working together. The first man, Lennie, was really tall with big hands and feet, but he is off in the head. The second man, George, was short and kinda of grouch; he was the more intelligent one. The two men stay togeher because when Lennie's Auntie died George promed to take care of him. Lennis is always getting into trouble for petting things and killng them. One day they got ran out of town and from there on they are always on the move. I really like the novel but I don't think in should of ended like it did. Lennie was my favorite charachter because he kept me laughing. I would recommnd this novel for people who like adventure. I would give this book three stars because it is pretty good.
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Summary: I Loved This Book
Review: This is an icredible novel. The story was slow-paced, but filled with action. The characters- George, Lenny, Curly, Curly's wife, and so one- were interesting and there was even an element of suspense. The book ends with a very emotional scene that may anger or sadden you. Either way, John Steinbeck created a literary masterpiece.
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Summary: Of mice and men
Review: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was written about a young man who had mental problems and struggled through life. The scene of the book was in the country, were Lennie, the main charecter, looked for jobs with his friend George to make money and fufil there dreams. George would look after Lennie and keep him out of trouble. People weren't to social with lennie because of his mental disorder, they thought he was stupid, and caused troubles. It was a struggle for Lennie to get by and stay out of trouble, and ended up in a tragic ending. I recomend this book to any one who likes to read. This book made me want to give any one a chance and dont judge a book by its cover.
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Summary: American Beauty: a modern day 'Of Mice and Men'?
Review: Not much more can be said about John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men',that hasn't already been said. The book portrays the classic struggle to achieve the American Dream, and while watching 'American Beauty' I found numerous parallels to 'Of Mice and Men'. The main characters in both of these works struggle with the status quo, and end up dying because they are unable to conform. 'American Beauty', in my opinion, is a modern day 'Of Mice and Men', showing the confusion and strife of middle class, white-collar life, instead of the struggle of the lower class, blue collar life portrayed in Steinbeck's novel. The industrialization and growth of the middle class since the baby-boomers of the 50's has brought our country towards a more suburban life. However, we constantly thrive to be more than we actually are, as reflected in American Beauty. A family tries to live at a higher than possible standard, and ends up falling apart. While Steinbeck's novel reflects the opposite, the underpriveleged class trying to live at a simple level, both works are the same story, told at different times and with different circumstances. The two works present us with a common theme: the limits of society. As hard as it is to accept, there are some things which we just cannot achieve.
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Summary: A Bantamweight word user. A Heavyweight storyteller.
Review: This is old school writing, writing from before the days of the bloated bestsellers. When writers wrote books instead of Hollywood enticements for screenplays. Lenny carries forth on the strength of a dream, a dream whose destruction is wrought by his own physical strength. George is something of a Depression era Jesus; giving hope and life to Lenny and later, destroying that life; performing an act of sacrifice and love by taking Lenny's suffering upon himself and setting Lenny free. Steinbeck tells a story without employing a "cast of thousands," without relying upon exotic locations and eccentric characters for denouement, without gratuitous violence, prolific profanity and sizzling sex scenes. Steinbeck gives you character. Character driven by Hunger and Hope (George and Lenny), character personifying meanness (Curly) and Loneliness (Curly's wife). Steinbeck wrote a simple story that is character driven and plot maintained and scarcely over one hundred pages long. A knockout.
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Summary: Review for Of Mice and Men
Review: Of Mice an Men is a great novel. It sends you back in time to the Great Depression era of the 1930's. It is a good book for middle school students. The reason I gave this book four stars is because of the profane languange used in the book. Except for the language, this book is a great book to read.
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Summary: My favorite book!
Review: When I first read the book I was in high school, I never enjoyed reading until I was assaigned to read this book. I couldn't put it down at night. This is my all time favorite novel. I think that the book described the true meaning of friendship. Lenny and George were total opposites and what kept them so close was the love they had for each other and their frienship. I also saw the movie and I recommend it. This novel made me cry and laugh. I think that everyone who reads this book will be touched by the wonderful characters. There are so many great written novels and this is definitely one of the best.
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Summary: Of Mice and Men is definitely a "must-read" book.
Review: This book was the best book I have ever read and I hope to read more of his work in the future. I have heard of this book several times and we just finished reading it in my English class. John Steinbeck just described everything in the book from the setting to the hallucinations at the end. We watched the movie that was released in 1992 with John Malkovich and other stars and it was almost exactly like it. It almost seemed like I knew what part of the story it was on. Even though the movie was much different at the end, I really like the book better than the movie. The book gave me a better look at what was going on thanks to the imagination of John Steinbeck.
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Summary: An excellent portrayal of Steinbeck's novel
Review: I read this book back in school and liked it, so when I came across it again I decided to buy the audiocassette version for my husband. Well, he hasn't listened to it yet because I haven't given him a chance! Gary Sinise is incredible. Because of his fine acting, you can tell exactly who is speaking at any given time without having to have it spelled out for you. I have listened to many audio books where I'm constantly rewinding to find out who said what. After listening to this recording, I would honestly consider purchasing an audio book just because it had been read by G.Sinise.
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Summary: The novel.
Review: The novel Of Mice and Men is greatly admired by me. This story of struggle,saddnes,and hope is so amazingly meaningful to me and most other readers. If you truly ponder on the signfigance of the novel it will all come clear to you, as a reader, what the novel is really potraying and what Steinbeck is tring to tell us as a socity.
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