Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780553131000
ISBN number: 0553131001
Label: Bantam Books (Mm)
Manufacturer: Bantam Books (Mm)
Page Count: 118
Printing Date: January 01, 1981
Publishing house: Bantam Books (Mm)
Sale Popularity Level: 68023
Studio: Bantam Books (Mm)
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John Steinbeck writes of such a trip in OF MICE AND MEN: the desperate longing of men for some kind of home-roots that they can believe in, land that they can care for-and the painful search for self. This beautiful, timeless novel speaks of the love that men can feel for each other-one inarticulate, dumb, sometimes violent in his need; the other clever, hopeful, and tied to a responsibility he doesn't want.
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Of Mice and Men starts out as a quite confusing book, jumping straight into the plot,but it quickly picks up and gets you into the story. It starts off with an immensely strong, yet hopeful brute tagging along a small witty man,who chooses to care for him. They are both very hopeful about the life they could soon make together apart from the rest of the world.
But in the end the brute-ish man, Lenny, is caught alone without George,the witty caregiver and loses control of himself. He ends up showing George that all the while there really was no hope at the dream-life, only that he had told Lenny it's work out so long, he started to want to believe it himself, and he did. Through it all George continues to want the best for Lenny...
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This story has way too much profanity. It is difficult to get past the use of the words to realize the meaning of the book.
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This is a book I finished in one day. I had to read for my freshmen honors English class over the summer. Lenny and George, two complete opposites manage to stick together and care for each other in the hardest of times. One huge and strong with the mind of an innocent child and one small but with unbelievable streets smarts. The book is very short but well detailed with several surprisingly twist. A Must Read!
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This piece is ultimate Steinbeck. The author has limited his characters to two major ones and a few ancillary ones. The book is short, however, the tale is told thoroughly. The reader feels so very sorry for George. George is a study of loyalty, decency and patience and how one feels so utterly responsible for the life of another human being-in this case his childhood friend, Lennie, who is somewhat mentally challenged. This book is a sad account of the fragility of human beings and how one person will be loyal to the other person til the end-even if he needs to commit murder to show it. The character, Candy, is so very pathetic too and his comments about " a stranger killing my old dog" are so very sad! One tends to think that it was because of Candy feeling badly about a stranger killing his dog that George does what he does. This is a beautiful book!
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