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Comparing Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
Many avid readers think that it is very easy to find elements in a movie that deviate from the book. Books have descriptive details that are edited out or altered for the movie versions. There are three main differences between the book and the movie “Of Mice and Men” which include characters, setting locations, and ending scenes.
The first difference that was identified was characters. In the book Curley has blonde hair, but in the movie his hair is a dark brown color. Lennie is also described bigger in the book than what he really is in the movie, the author describes, “Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders….”(Steinbeck 2). The third character was candy. He was larger

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