... the basis of another. John Steinbeck's most famous novel, "The Grapes of Wrath", is a protest novel, but is it right to give Of Mice and Men the same label without analyzing it? In order to make a decision one must take a look at the views of protest. In the first ... one can come to labeling Of Mice and Men as a protest novel or just a novel of compassion and companionship. "His characters are the little people the uncommon 'commom people, disoriented and dispossessed by modern life yet still yearning for a little piece of land - (Millcap 2523). In the book Of Mice and Men by John Stein...

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• Grade Level: High School

... travels in The Grapes of Wrath parallels the Hebrew migration from the plagues of Egypt, across the desert, and into Canaan - in the Joads' case, California (O'Connor, p67). A quote from Chapter Seventeen in The Grapes of Wrath provides another example of how Steinbeck alluded to Bible stories: "The families ... learned what rights must be observed - the right of privacy in the tent; the right to keep the past black hidden in the heart; the right to talk and to ... influence of the people Steinbeck met in his youth and the type of childhood he had are reflected in Of Mice and Men and T...

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... , rather than to judge the "correctness of his position regarding contemporary urgencies and controversies" (Tedlock 20). In George Snell's chapter on Steinbeck in The Shapers of American Fiction: 1798-1947, he notes Steinbeck's strengths and weaknesses: "an enormous gift of story-telling", "catholicity of sympathy" and "'common touch,'" ease of character creation through "types" rather than "individuals ... lurch from one self-inflicted crisis to another. Steinbeck uses that classic comic routine so that the reader warmly identifies and recognizes the relationship. Steinbeck's narrator e...

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... are both companions to their "owners." Lennie and George work and travel together, and Lennie always does his job better than most men. Candy's dog has been a great sheepherder, best herding dog Candy's every had. While the dog relies on Candy for food, water, and shelter, Lennie relies on George for support and permission. In chapter three, Lennie gets involved in a physical quarrel, however, ... he does not fight back. He looked to George for support, and George gave him direct orders ... out of its misery rather than let it live a life in pain. Does George regret his decision? In con...

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• Grade Level: High School