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    Loneliness can tear people down‚ and make people feel like they have no one to turn at the rough patches in life. In the fictional novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Steinbeck illustrates the way loneliness can negatively affect people. The novella depicts the way that George and Lennie wander California‚ and then settle into a ranch as workers. Men come and go at the ranch‚ all wanting to achieve their dreams of owning land‚ but the loners never actually make their dream a reality. The workers

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    Sierra Villanueva Mrs. José English II PAP 4th 8 November 2011 Of Mice And Men : An Annotated Bibliography "Book Review: Of Mice & Men." A Novel Menagerie. Novel Menagerie‚ 2009. Web. 7 Nov 2011. <http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/02/18/book-review-of-mice-and-men/>. The author of this review focuses on the life of Lennie. She sympathizes with the hard times Lennie had to go through as a character. The author describes Lennie to the readers as an innocent‚ childlike character who

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    how they reflect the old and ’handicapped’ people during 1930s America. When Candy speaks to George about wishing he was the one to kill his dog‚ that foreshadows the ending of the novela‚ when George takes it upon himself to end Lennie’s life. The killing of Candy’s dog also adheres to he cyclical nature of solitude during that period that Steinbeck uses throughout the novel. Candy is really the only character with a real voice. He voices his opinions and is the man source of Gossip on the Ranch. Overall

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    Johnny Bear and Of Mice and Men One similarity between the story of Johnny Bear and the novella of Of Mice and Men is the description of Johnny Bear and Lennie. An interesting description on p. 2 of Johnny Bear describes Johnny Bear as a “great‚ stupid‚ smiling bear”. This description is parallel to the one in Of Mice and Men. “Behind him walked his opposite‚ a huge man‚ shapeless of face‚ with large‚ pale eyes‚ with wide sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily‚ dragging his feet a little‚ the

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    Of Mice and Men is a novel set in the American depression in the 1930’s‚ about two men‚ Lennie and George. Lennie and George face hardships‚ because they are different to regular people in society. And this is their story of their friendship‚ and travels to find work and a better life.Of Mice and Men is a novel set in the American depression in the 1930’s‚ about two men‚ Lennie and George. Lennie and George face hardships‚ because they are different to regular people in society. And this is their

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    thought of as defining the plot and symbolism of Of Mice and Men‚ that theme is loneliness. In many ways‚ from the outspoken to the subtle (such as Steinbeck’s decision to set the novel near Soledad‚ California‚ a town name that means "solitude" in Spanish)‚ the presence of loneliness defines the actions of the diverse characters in the book. The itinerant farm worker of the Great Depression found it nearly impossible to establish a fixed home. These men were forced to wander from ranch to ranch seeking

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    to Lennie considered as euthanasia? The character Lennie from John Steinbeck book “Of Mice and Men” had been suffering from a developmental delay for all of his life and this eventually led to him murdering a woman and several animals.When Lennie tried to run he found himself cornered on a mountain top over a river. Another one of Steinbeck’s characters‚ Lennie’s best friend George‚ had to choose between killing Lennie himself or letting the others get to him and torture him to a much more painful

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    of one major theme. It can have several. One of the major themes depicted in Of Mice and Men is friendship. George and Lennie share a bond that is filled with hopes and dreams they would like to achieve one day‚ but once in awhile delusions don’t become a reality. George and Lennie have dreams about owning a farm of their own instead of working for other farmers. They do not want to do strenuous labor for other men but instead have a farm in which they have the freedom to do as they please. However

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    Of Mice and Men Symbols Throughout the novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck weaves symbolism into each chapter. The author uses these symbols to express several themes within the book. Ultimately‚ this is a story of hope and lost dreams. We read about many recurring symbols in the book‚ such as rabbits‚ which Lennie is obsessed with. There is also George‚ who plays solitaire a lot‚ the farm where both Lennie and George dream of going‚ and there is the Luger gun that killed both Candy’s dog and

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    John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men takes place during the Dustbowl in California at a time of poverty. George and Lennie are two men who have just arrived at a ranch in Soledad for their new job. Lennie does not make a good first impression on the boss’s son. One theme the story suggests is that loneliness can cause negatively affects people. In the beginning of the story there are several occasions where the reader sees how sad that Candy becomes after the death of his dog. . “Candy lay rigidly

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