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The Similarities Between John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
The Salinas River stood stock-still, and the Gabilan Mountains were almost invisible, as they were sheathed by layers of fog. Songbirds did not chirp to their melodies, plants did not sway in the wind, and rabbits did not split from their burrows. Pondering the massive punishment he would receive for the crimes he had just committed, Lennie rushed through the foggy forest to the thick brush, where George would hopefully rendezvous. However, Lennie was oblivious of who or what was after him. Minutes that felt like hours elapsed, and Lennie wandered around the brush looking incessantly around for others like a hawk flying in circles around its territory.
Lennie moved back and forth, wondering about his penance, “Oh, how George gonna give me

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