... free to tend rabbits, go to a circus and to do whatever they wished. After hearing of the dream Candy wants to be included, mainly so that he would not be left alone. Crooks at first didn't believe Lennie but when Candy told him that the dream was to become a reality he also wanted to join them so that he wouldn't become ... not himself. George wanted it to be on friendly terms. Another sign of symbolism that John Steinbeck gives us in this novel is when Lennie has just killed Curley's wife. "A pigeon flew in through the open hay door and circled and flew out again." I think that this s...

• Word Count: 1422
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... she developed for her subjects radiated through the pictures she took. At age twelve, Dorothea suffered a second significant misfortune. Her father, charged with embezzling, or cheating his clients of money, left town and abandoned his family, never to be heard from again. Hurt and ashamed, Dorothea never spoke of her father again. The disjointed family returned to Hoboken to live with ... a long assignment, passing a sign saying "Pea-Pickers Camp," something made her turn around and backtrack 20 miles. "I drove into that wet and soggy camp and parked my car like a homing pigeon," she r...

• Word Count: 2892
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

... she developed for her subjects radiated through the pictures she took. At age twelve, Dorothea suffered a second significant misfortune. Her father, charged with embezzling, or cheating his clients of money, left town and abandoned his family, never to be heard from again. Hurt and ashamed, Dorothea never spoke of her father again. The disjointed family returned to Hoboken to live with ... a long assignment, passing a sign saying "Pea-Pickers Camp," something made her turn around and backtrack 20 miles. "I drove into that wet and soggy camp and parked my car like a homing pigeon," she r...

• Word Count: 2899
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography