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    o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley‚ An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain‚ For promised joy! (The best laid schemes of mice and men Often go wrong And leave us nothing but grief and pain‚ Instead of promised joy!) The mouse had dreamed of a safe‚ warm winter and is now faced with the harsh reality of cold‚ loneliness and possible death. There is a parallel here with George and Lennie’s joyful fantasy of a farm of their own‚ and its all-too-predictable destruction at the end of the story. Perhaps

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    Of Mice and Men "O.K. Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and—" "An’ live off the fatta the lan’‚" Lennie shouted. ”An’ have rabbits. Go on‚ George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove‚ and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that George." (119-123) “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck

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    Honors English II Quarterly Outside Reading Opening Sequence: In the beginning of Of Mice and Men it describes the Salinas River and a small wooded area around it. The setting is described as peaceful and calming versus how the ending plays out. Later it tells of two men walking down to the river‚ whose names we learn are George and Lennie. It is important to the development of the story that they stop here because George mentions to Lennie that if he were to ever get into any trouble to come back

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    Of Mice and Men is a novel written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937‚ it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two displaced migrant ranch workers‚ who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California‚ USA. Based on Steinbeck’s own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath)‚ the title is taken from Robert Burns’ poem

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    Of Mice and Men Essay John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ utilises a Middle American setting during the Great Depression‚ to display the hardships centred characters experience in their companionships with one another. It expresses loneliness for those who do not fit the social standards and are outcasts from the main group on the ranch. The unique relationship between George and Lennie‚ Candy and his dog plus the loneliness of Curley’s wife‚ combine to illustrate how friendships do not last forever

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    Jade Laban (Jenny Duong) Ms. Martinez English III-7th 4 September 2013 Literary Criticism Of Mice and Men "Some people seem to believe that the function of literature is to provide vicarious “happy endings‚” to provide in words a sugary sweetness we would like to have but cannot always get in real life." People use books as their own personal comfort‚ or escape from the realms of the real world. To read about

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    Of Mice and Men Book Report By: Claudia Yaeger 6th Hour C.P. English 11 Due: April 15‚ 2002 1.) Title: Of Mice and Men Published: Random house‚ INC Author: John Steinbeck Where book was acquired: Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School Library 2.) What type of book: Fiction 3.) Characters: 1.) George- A small man who travels with‚ and takes care of‚ Lennie. He frequently talks about how much better his life would be without having Lennie to take care of. George’s behavior is motivated

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    Novel: Of Mice and Men Author: John Steinbeck John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men examines the idea that the American Dream is a futile ambition. This "Dream" proposes the fact that social and economic success can be gained through means of hard work‚ ultimately determining that the pursuit of happiness cannot be attained in our modern society. Steinbeck outlines this theme by employing symbolism and‚ via Curley’s wife‚ a protagonist within the novella. This poem suggests to me that although

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    ‘Of Mice and Men’ In John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ set in the 1930s‚ it presents a negative view on women. Throughout the course of the book‚ the women are treated with contempt. Steinbeck highlights that women are generally troublemakers who bring ruin on men and drive them mad. He shows a prime example of this destructive tendency with Curley’s wife‚ who flaunts around the ranch as a temptress. In the novella‚ Steinbeck introduces us to limited‚ rather misogynistic‚ descriptions

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    Nour Yassine Yassine 1 Ms.Fillion Eng1D-07 November 28‚ 2013 Hopes and Dreams in Of Mice and Men Set during the era of The Great Depression‚ Of Mice and Men focuses on two migrant workers‚ George and Lennie with dreams of one day possessing their own farm and living on their own. As their adventure leads them to a little ranch called Soledad‚ they meet people like Crooks‚ the stable-buck‚ and Curley’s

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