... a farm. It shows that oppression doesn't always come from the strong or the powerful. All the characters in this story seem to all have a sort of hang -up. Candy, an old worker, who's lost a hand in an accident fears he will end up with the same as his old dog, being put out because he will no longer be useful. Crooks the lonely black ... for George's guidance Lennie grants him protection, and they are both offered companionship. The depth of the book can be seen in both the two main characters of the story and in the symbolism that was used in it. Various things were used in this novel...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... . His first three books were financial failures and he worked at various kinds of jobs to survive, including fruit picking. His first success was Tortilla Flat in 1935 which was followed by a number of shorter works, leading up to his great masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940. In 1962, Stienbeck became the sixth American to win the Nobel Prize for literature. He ... I could find were when he describing the landscape at the very beginning. For the exception of the description at the first, the entire book was straight dialogue between the characters in the...

• Word Count: 584
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School