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	• Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition) John Steinbeck Penguin, 2002 - 112 pages average customer review:based on 1099 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good Classic

If you like to read good literature, this is a fine choice.

How did Steinbeck put all that story in such a short novel? Pure talent. The sentences are powerful, the story memorable. It is set in the farmland of the Salinas valley during the mid 30's which adds other dimensions to it.

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"Just like heaven. Ever'body wants a little piece of lan'... Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land."

Of Mice and Men is a novel based on the lives of two men, Lennie and George, who travel together. Lennie is a mentally unstable grown man, who acts like a child but has amazing strength-which inadvertantly gets him into trouble. After a misinterperated mishap in Weed, Lennie and George escape to avoid being lynched. They are left a long distance from their work after the driver of the bus on which they were travelling tells them that the distance is not far. Here is where we learn about Lennie's dream of living in their own house... which, at this point, is only a made up story to keep Lennie busy. The next morning, they travel to a working ranch, where they meet Slim, who is not the boss but seems to have the upper hand among the men, Candy, an old worker, Crooks, who works and is forced to live in the stables, and is mistreated because of the color of his skin, and Curley, a pugnacious character who also happens to be the boss's son. After a while, George begins to believe that the dream of owning a house could be possible, seeing how Candy offers to help to avoid being canned. Also, George confides in lim, telling him the story of himself and Lennie. As the story progresses, another mishap causes anger among the men, and forces George to make an important decision...

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Luke T. review of Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, March 17, 2008. This is a story about two completely different men who are as close as brothers. George is a small, wiry man who travels around from state to state working on different ranches, earning up some money. Once the work is done at one ranch, he moves onto another. Most of this story takes place on a ranch just a few miles south of Soledad, California. Lennie is the mentally challenged gentle giant who George looks after. George is a caring man, and promised Lennie's Aunt Clara that he would look after Lennie; so Lennie tags along with George and works very hard. While the two are working at this ranch near Soledad, disaster strikes. One day, Lennie was sitting in the barn playing with a new puppy he got, when the boss's son's wife came into the barn and started talking to Lennie. Lennie was in love with soft things, and when this girl mentioned how soft her hair was Lennie wanted to grab it, and he did. This sent the girl into a panic, and when she jerked away she broke her neck. Lennie got scared and ran away, but the girl's husband went after him. Lennie was killed because of his mistake. This book has a tragic ending, but it is a great story that shows how important friendship really is.

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Dark side of the American Dream

This is again one of those great American classics that deserve to be read by reluctant high schoolers. Sorry. I may have only given this three stars, but that does not mean by any means that this is a lousy book. This is a harsh look at the challenges to the Great American Dream, told through the eyes of a few ordinary people. Steinbeck's writing is sparse, but as usual he tells a fantastic, soul-stirring story that is, yes, tragic. But the symbolism and the meaning of it plus everything else makes this a worthy classic.

Surprisingly good!

This books is on most reading lists, and it is easy to understand why. Beyond merely a 'classic,' the book stands next to 1984 as literature that remains good reading long after it was written. The language is modern, the symbolism deep, and the story short but compelling.

I've read Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, a book I did not enjoy very much. If you have enjoyed one of his previous books, regardless of the experience, I suggest picking up this book. If you haven't read his other works, I strongly suggest picking this one up first.

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