... hungry and cold. When the children got sick there were home remedies, such as drinking sugar and whisky for a cough, or "sit and wait." In Wanda's time 30 cents would buy groceries for a month, and a doctor's visit would cost an entire dollar. That was a large sacrifice to make for many families. There were times that Wanda tells me, families had to ... they raised cows, pigs, and chickens, and working on a farm all day consisted of many things. As soon as the sun came up, they had to feed and clean the animals, milk the cows, collect the eggs from the chickens, and work in the fields, ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... the novel exactly what he was like when we encounter him in the opening stages. He has a strange obsession for small, furry animals and loves to pet them, although his overwhelming strength proves to be too much for the poor animals he gets his hands on. George Milton is smaller than Lennie, but obviously has a bigger brain than him. He has taken ... Lennie under his wing for as long as he can remember, leading him in and out of jobs, feeding him- the lot. He would like to save up a decent stake and buy a small ranch, selling crops ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... are ringing. We walk up the snow covered stairs and enter the church that is full of Christmas cheer. I notice the farming families have put aside all their worries about animals and wells freezing and they have all gotten cozy and snuggled into their pews for the first Sunday of Advent. All the tension in my family has been released and ... one of those is the giving and receiving of presents. In my family and most others it is a tradition to give presents, but where does this money come from to buy the presents. That's the depressing part. My parents probably save up their free money ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . The book is manly about George and Lennie they are two farm workers travelling through California during the depression. Their dream is to save enough money to buy their own farm with lots of animals and rabbits because Lennie likes rabbits very much. George is bright and knows the way of the world and has always looked after Lennie, who is big ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... a hand. I ain't so crippled I can't work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to," is an example of Crooks' loneliness as he proposes to work for George and Lennie if they buy a ranch of their own. He tries to reassure Lennie that he can still work hard despite his disability. He wants to join George and Lennie's dream to counteract his loneliness ... dream of George, Lennie, Candy and Crooks. However, further on in the novel Steinbeck uses presage to portray the realism of the story. These pre-cursors include the death of animals, the mouse and snake and the death of Curley's wife and Lenni...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... future and Lennie would often ask George to tell him their dream as a bedtime story for comfort. Lennie has great physical strength, which is beyond his control. He kills small animals just by stroking them. George needs to use their dream to control Lennie. "[I] aint gonna let you tend no rabbits" (78) if you kill the puppy. Both George and Lennie ... has the faith and finance to believe that the dream he has always told to Lennie will come true. They dare to dream and risk disappointment as they plan to buy a ranch of their own by the end of the month. I felt excited for the three men...

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• Grade Level: High School