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    The author John Steinbeck publishes a book called “Of Mice and Men” that is about two good friends during the Great Depression. Two guys named George and Lennie when travel to a new farm for new work; so they can achieve their american dream that they both believe. But George has to take care of Lennie and watch over him because he has a mental issue. As they start to work at the new job a lot of problems arise. In the book “ Of mice and men” the main/central theme is loneliness because of the…

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    Lennie’s Sympathy Of Mice and Men features Lennie Small, a strong, large, not so smart man and George Milton who is much smaller and serious. The two men set off to work at a ranch and live in a bunkhouse with several other ranchers, after having to leave their previous town because of an incident involving Lennie touching a soft girl’s dress. Their dream is to live on a farm and supply for themselves. Lennie is portrayed as a sympathetic character because of his character traits such as…

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    Lennie Characteristics

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    The story Of Mice and Men is about two men, George and Lennie, and how George and Lennie go from ranch to ranch finding work. They have a dream to own their own ranch. They settle in one ranch and there they meet some people. They have lots of adventures there. Lennie breaks the boss’s hand because, Curly, the boss, beats up Lennie for not talking. Lennie also accidentally kills Curley's wife. Lennie goes and hides in the bushel, but George finds Lennie and shoots him out of his misery. One of…

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    Throughout life, dreams that people have always strived for seem just out of reach. In John Steinback's Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are two migrant workers staying at a ranch, with an assortment of other laborers, hoping to earn some cash desiring to obtain the life of their imaginations. Through the ups and downs of the past, Steinback's novel shows how Lennie's farm, Candy's hope to live out the rest of his life and Curley's wife's fantasies of being in the pictures were out of their…

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    Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a fictional novel based during the Great Depression. The story is about George and Lennie, two men who have a dream of one day owning a Ranch to live on. To achieve their dream the men must find work in the western half of the U.S. After finding work on a ranch, Lennie makes many mistakes throughout the book because of his mental disability. As Lennie’s caretaker and friend, George makes sure Lennie accomplishes their dream. Throughout the novel, George’s…

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    The novel, “Of Mice and Men” takes place during the Great Depression, when people were trying to find jobs and make ends meet. The author John Steinbeck paints a humanistic picture of the friendship, power, and devotion between the two main characters Lennie Small and George Milton. Together they set out to achieve their American Dream of one day having their own ranch and house. As they are walking to the next ranch they set up to work at, their personalities begin to unravel. Lennie may be a…

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    Lennie's Dream

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    What is dream? Everybody has one. Dream as power push us to go forward; make us to do and encourage us to live. In the novel of Of Mice and Men, the characters created by John Steinbeck also have their dream. The story’s background is based on the Great Depression, the time that people have to move and look for jobs to live. George and Lennie are two main characters in this novel, they have a dream to have their own land one day. Since they have been working on the new ranch, they have met…

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    George Milton

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    There were two hard workers who traveled to a ranch to work. One of them was named George Milton. He was a small fellow and he was very smart. His friend, Lennie Small, was tall, but he was thick headed and really strong. They shared a dream of one day owning their own little piece of property where they could live off of the things they grew. Lennie loved to hear George tell him all about what their life on that farm would be like. When they arrived at the ranch, they were greeted by Candy.…

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    “Soledad Brother,” by George Jackson at the beginning seem to be just a boring book to read at school. As i started reading through the book i could found myself interesting in this book. I did not matter to me if i could not understand it. “Soledad Brother,” is a book compose on letter wrote them from George to his family and friends. Read the book and learn other's perspective about their lives, because i see something from you, but i don't see the same thing on me, which means we are all…

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    “Soledad Brother,” by George Jackson at the beginning of the book it's seemed to me as if it would be another boring book. As I read through the book it seemed interesting to me, also as I was reading the book I did something I had never done with any other book, I was relating my self to the story. I had some similar events as the guy in “ Soledad Brother.” Even though we are two different races I related to someone not even the same Identity, roots, ethnicity,background as myself. I knew i…

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