... Mice and Men is not entirely objective either, and is not short of hyperbole and exaggeration. However, as the narration is done in the third person, the narrator's job is to describe the characters in such a way that the description conveys the general impression of that particular character ... character one would not draw attention to in such a situation, in a nonchalant, impersonal manner and the reader is reminded of the narrator's job as a third person observer and something like a common scribe. No special outpouring of grief is shown for Lennie on the part of the other characters ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate