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    <![CDATA[John Steinbeck writes of such a trip in OF MICE AND MEN: the desperate longing of men for some kind of home-roots that they can believe in, land that they can care for-and the painful search for self. This beautiful, timeless novel speaks of the love that men can feel for each other-one inarticulate, dumb, sometimes violent in his need; the other clever, hopeful, and tied to a responsibility he doesn't want.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. It don't make no difference who the guy is, long as he's with ya'. I tell ya', a guy gets too lonely, and he gets sick.&quot; I first read Of Mice and Men at an age when I was learning to read. Not phonetically, but critically. This novel taught me what ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6115878">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Usually when my father and I actually have conversations, it tends to revolve around some sort of argument. At times, even if I agree with him, I’d pick up the opposite side of the given argument just for arguments sake. When we agree we fall silent, and our relationship is based for the most part...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17847552">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A parable of commitment, loneliness, hope and loss, OF MICE AND MEN is a powerful and moving portrayal of two men striving to understand their own unique place in the world. Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy - becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes, friendship and a shared vision, and giving a voice to America's lonely and dispossessed, OF MICE AND MEN remains Steinbeck's most popular work.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[**Re-read 24/09/09**<br/><br/>I enjoyed this book just as much when re-reading as I did the first time around. I flew through the book and wish it had gone on longer. Steinbecks description is so vivid I just wanted to become lost in the story and didn't want it to end. I really need to read more ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17221603">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A piece of jewelery. Set in sunny California - Salinas, during the Great Depression, &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot; is a story of friendship, dreams and loneliness. I have a long history with it. First I saw the film (excellent, btw), more than 10 years ago, then, a few years later, while writing an es...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32625782">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The role of man’s inhumanity towards man plays a significant role in today’s society. This role can be the discrimination between color, status, or mental capacities. John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, validates this belief and confirms the way men inhumanely treat their brothers. This f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21938479">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Travelling across America in search of who you are--now they do it on cycles, in cars, by bus or in the time-honored tradition of foot and thumb. The wanderers of today may wear their hair long and speak a different jargon, but their trip is one that men (and women) have taken for as long as this country has been pushing at its frontiers.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are few books which reduce me to emotional breakdown, but this is one of them.  Revealing the darker side of compassion, Steinbeck tells the story of two friends and what happens when one of them &quot;does a bad thing.&quot;  <br/><br/>Has this novel become over-taught in high schools?  Def...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7221977">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You won't get any complaint from me that this book is skillfully written, in it's vivid descriptions of settings, detailed descriptions of characters, and realistic dialogue. <br/><br/>However, I believe this book has a bad message, and the bad message is about how it's ok to put the weak, infirm ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16807392">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorites. It's not my favorite, because I had completely forgotten about it until I saw someone else had put it in their list, but it's definitely in my top five. Wait. Top ten; I haven't read it in nearly ten years. But I assume I still like it as much as I did.<br/><br/>Everyb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1829300">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This short novel is written by the 20th century author and is set during the Great Depression. It is about two men, George and Lennie who travel around looking for jobs because Lennie keeps getting them into trouble. Lennie has mental issues and behaves like a kid, while George has to be the adult a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36855160">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[i hated this book.<br/>steinbeck is crap.<br/>children should not be forced to read it.<br/><br/>ok, i really just don't like steinbeck's aesthetic.  i dislike the killing of innocent animals, the dehumanization of the mentally retarded--and don't try to tell me that lenny isn't marginalized her...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2820631">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.]]>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fascinating thing about this which I hadn't been aware of from my previous exposure to it is that is was one of Steinbecks's format/genre experiments. In this work, Steinbeck created a new genre: the play/novelette. <br/>'&quot;The work I am doing now,&quot; he wrote to his agents in April 1936, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42499291">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 29 08:57:54 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have hated Steinbeck since the tender age of 15 when I was forced to choke down Grapes of Wrath.  I was then forced to sit through the movie version of Grapes of Wrath, and was re-assigned to book to read by a crazy teacher I had at the age of 17.  I liked it no better on the second go round, howe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28613223">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and jealousy - becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes, friendship and a shared vision, and giving a voice to America's lonely and dispossesed, &quot;Of Mice And Men&quot; remains Steinbeck's most popular work.]]>
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 26 15:30:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[As part of my *Steinbeck Special* (which in turn is part of my 50 Novels in One Year reading challenge) I’ve finished reading Of Mice and Men and despite its short length, I’ve got to say it’s a monumental piece of literature, with a story as powerful as anything I have, or am probably ever li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28376051">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In the book Of Mice and Men was a great book to read, it thought me about people’s handicaps. Not the handicap that you can see out side but the inside handicap. It also talks about the power of brother hood.<br/><br/> The book Of Mice and Men was about different men and there different handicap...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21447932">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Mon Apr 28 19:29:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[At 16, I was not able to appreciate the unmistakable harshness of what really is the average human's life. That is to say, I knew people starved to death half way across the world, I knew there were dictators, and so on. But these are the extremes.<br/><br/>I did not recognize small silent sufferi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21216131">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, first of all, you're probably wondering how I made it through 12 years of good ol' American public school and 4+ years of college without reading this book. Let me explain...no there is too much, let me sum up. I signed up for AP English my senior year of high school. After a few classes I reali...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15961949">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book Of Mice And Men y Steinbeck is really good written book. Because It was first written as a play, so he explains all the feelings and the smells really well. The book is about two men traveling together in the 1920’s in America. They are both ranch workers, but it was not very common for w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15280975">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My first thought after reading this book was that this is the best love story I have ever read.  The love that George (mentally healthy) and Lennie (mentally retarded ) have for each other isn't possible between two adults on the same mental page.  Their love was of the kind that is only possible be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14551009">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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