Difference Between Of Mice And Men

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My favourite difference between the movie or book for Of Mice and Men is when there were no hallucinations by Lennie. I found it unnecessary. We already knew that Lennie has a mental disability so this just added on. I found it confusing. When I first read the scene I thought Lennie had died. I found it uneventful. This never really had anything to do with the rest of the book, it was more of a page filler. This is why I think that not including Lennie’s hallucination scene was good decision for the

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