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Title: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0-14-017739-6 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (723 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: As important now as it was in 1937.
Comment: This is a little book, less than 200 pages, that packs a big punch. John Steinbeck tells the story of George and Lennie who travel around the Mid-West in the 1930's working as day laborers on large farms. George is small in stature and "street smart" while Lennie is large, strong and "intellectually challenged" to be politically correct. George and Lennie depend upon each other for companionship. They are a kind of family. Lennie looks up to George as a big brother. George admires Lennie's physical size and strength. You get the impression that one would be lost without the other. George spends a lot of his time keeping Lennie out of trouble. Lennie wants rabbits to raise and George wants to be his own boss. They know where a little farm is for sale. It's just what they want. George and Lennie need six-hundred dollars to make this dream come true. For a while it looks as if the dream can become a reality. Then trouble comes in the form of a woman. The ending, while you know what is coming, is a shocker.
This John Steinbeck classic is just as powerful in it's message today as it was in 1937. George and Lennie together represent every person who has ever had a dream that they secretly knew was just out of their reach. Together they support each other and keep their dream alive.
I had not read this book since high school, some 40 years ago. I finished it in one setting.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good Book
Comment: I thought that Of Mice and Men was a good book. I enjoyed all of the action that took place. Especially when they arrived at the ranch to work. Between all of the fights, the girls, the puppies and the work it was very interesting. I thought that it kept you wanting to read it. I also think that Linnie made the book because you never knew what he was going to do or what was going to happen next. I enjoyed the book and I hope you will too.
Rating: 5
Summary: Shocking, but yet exhilarating
Comment: Of Mice and Men is a thrilling book which grabs your seat and makes you want to read all the way till the last page of the book. A classic John Steinbeck novel, it never ceases to excite readers with its unpredictable story. Two main characters, George and Lenny, starts off the journey with a dream but without the resources, they are left with nothing but their dreams. Of all friendships that started, George and Lenny's were the most unpredictable one. George, a small built guy with brains, and Lenny, a big built muscular guy but is no where as smart as George, were complete opposites. Throughout the book, George has no choice but to control Lenny is everyway and Lenny, being the strong man that he is, is not able to control himself without George, Lenny is lost in his world of his own which makes total chaos. To me, it is without a doubt that the best part of Steinbeck's writing is his ability to get into people's heart and able to play with their emotions. Throughout the novel, there are many wicked twists and that's what makes this novel enjoyable. As I started reading the book from the first page, the feeling of happiness was what I felt, but as it heads for the end, I felt the feeling of remorse and sadness. The novel itself, has a complex meaning behind it, a meaning which cannot be expressed by words, but can only be expressed by reading it. This is perhaps one of the classic novels. The novel was and I think still is banned from a couple of places in the world, and sometimes, it gets you thinking, why would they want to ban a book? Is it something the government of don't want to reveal to the public? Whatever it is, this is a classic novel that will always be part of America's history in literature.
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Title: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ISBN: 0446310786 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 11 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002) by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0142000663 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Catcher in the Rye Mass Market - Paperback by J.D. Salinger ISBN: 0316769487 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Lord of the Flies: A Novel by William Gerald Golding ISBN: 0399501487 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: July, 1959 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Of Mice and Men (Cliffs Notes) by Susan Van Kirk ISBN: 0764586769 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 07 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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