Cycles In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Cycles are a major role that plays Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Throughout each chapter in the book There are cycles being repeated. Most of the cycles are very significant because Steinbeck communicates that cycles in general can lead to failure because they keep doing the same thing over and over again. Through his story, Steinbeck is communicating that people who don’t interact with one another don’t accomplish their dreams.
Men come into the ranch always having a dream, but they never involve with one another, which leads them to failure. “I seen hundreds of men come by on the road… An’ every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his hand...They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their

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