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    The Importance of Friendship in Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men is a book about two men and their struggle to achieve their dream of owning a farm through their companionship.  The two men are completely different‚ one being a retarded fellow(Lennie)‚ and the other‚ a typical ranch hand(George) who travels with him.  On the path to achieving their dream‚ they run into obstacles‚ but stick together‚ stressing the importance of true friendship.  Steinbeck wrote this book

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    Spradley 17 December 2012 Friendship What is the definition of friendship? It is a person that knows someone and is loyal to someone. In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie and George have to take care and live together ever since Aunt Clara died. Lennie is always getting both George and Lennie into trouble. Now the reason that George doesn’t leave Lennie is because of friendship. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ the author explains the theme of friendship and how important it is in

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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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    Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Title of Book: Of Mice and Men Author: John Steinbeck Setting: Shortly after the start of the Industrial Revolution (1930s)‚ South of Soledad California Characters George Milton: One of the book’s main protagonists‚ guardian and best friend of Leinnie Small. Through his friendship with Leinnie‚ George is able to imagine a better future. Leinnie Small: A mentally handicapped man (who makes up for lack of knowledge with sheer

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    naturalistic novel that dealt with three powerful and universal themes‚ imperative in the latter success of the novel. These themes were the value of dreams and goals‚ hopes and friendship. The novel also illustrates the importance of moral responsibility‚ and veracity of social injustice. His book Of Mice and Men is a story of two men living during the Great Depression in California. This is a book of defeated hope and the harsh reality of the “American Dream.” Steinbeck’s naturalistic and unrefined style

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    Tyler Haddox Mr. Neff English IV‚ Period 2 Book Report‚ Of Mice and Men November 13‚ 2012 Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men is one of the best classic novels ever written by John Steinbeck. It is a tale of loneliness and how connections are trying to be made the whole story but no one can keep a friendship. George and Lennie never stabilize a good relationship with anyone at the ranch they work on. As soon as it seems like they are in good someone gets in a fight or something gets stirred

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    Bookreport on „Of Mice and Men“ The novel „Of Men and Mice“ was published in 1937 and is written by John Steinbeck. The first edition of the book has 107 pages and can be devided into six different sections. The novel plays during the Great Depression‚ in California. The Author himself grew up in a fertile agricultural valley about twentey-five miles from the Pacific Coast. The maine Charachters are two migrant workers‚ Lenni Small and George Milton. Two very different men‚ who travel

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    position. John introduced us to a character called Curley’s wife‚ she plays a complex and misfit character as she got so many different sides to her‚ as sometimes the reader feels sympathetic and unsympathetic about her. John Steinbeck’s novel of Mice and Men is an example of how the reader’s perception of a character can change without the character actually changing. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as colour imagery‚ appearance‚ metaphors and similes in the

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    Mykel Pierre Mrs. Crandall American Literature- 2nd 25 March 2013 Of Mice and Men “Dammit Lennie!” is something I always imagine George saying every two chapters of this story. George and Lennie were both inspired by real people that Steinbeck met when he was a bindlestiff in the 1920’s. The man who inspired Lennie was a mentally unstable who was very nice but also had major anger problems. Steinbeck used a character like this that can be easily controlled so he could use indirect characterization

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    portrayed throughout the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a ‘circular’ novella written by John Steinbeck which follows the lives of two travelling workers in 1930’s America. It is set during the ‘Great Depression’ and the author uses the everyday harsh conditions of that time as a basis for the novella. He focuses mainly on two characters‚ George Milton and Lennie Small who are opposites of each other‚ but still travel together. The initial descriptions of the two men help the reader understand the characters

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