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Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

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Dane said: " in the book, of mice of men, there are two men that travel around with each other to different ranches to work for whoever hires them. one of the men are short and stocky, with an intelligent mind and the other is a big strong man who has a brain iss in the book, of mice of men, there are two men that travel around with each other to different ranches to work for whoever hires them. one of the men are short and stocky, with an intelligent mind and the other is a big strong man who has a brain issue that makes him act like a kid. these two have to keep moving to different ranches because lennie keeps getting in trouble by touching stuff that he likes. hes not a bad person, but he accidentally harassed a woman at the beginning of the story which led them into the intro. this book would fit into the tragedy genre of books because in the end lennie kills a woman on accident and has to run. this then leads into the ending which is also a major tragedy. i feel that if your a person that likes reading books with strong bonds between characters, then this would definitely be the book for you to try out. this books main purpose was to really show how it was back in the 1930's for labor workers and for people that had mental disabilities and to show how they were treated. in the book it is shown that nobody really understands why lennie acts that way and he doesn't really get help for it either. he is just doing his job and well given the fact that hes a big strong man. this book really shows how the people with mental disabilities back then were treated compared to the people with mental disabilities now. most people with mental disabilities now get the attention and treatment they need so they can work on themselves and so maybe they and other people can understand better about them. i personally liked the bond in between the two main characters, lennie and George. they were very caring about each other and were both working twords their main goal of getting their own farm to tend to so they didn't have to travel all the time. even though things got rocky sometimes between them, they both still came through for each other when they needed it. to wrap this whole review up, this was a very solid book and i feel anybody could honestly try it out. if you don't like it that's fine i just feel that many people would like this book if they gave it a chance and read it. ...more "

Dec 16, 2021 04:36AM · see review