... to being hopeful of something, the only character not planning up a scheme to fulfill his dream. It seem that Slim has already come to the conclusion that it is best not to hope for it will only make you feel worse than before. In other words "The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry." The novel ends with Slim reassuring George ... by saying "You hadda George". I think that it was strange because Slim was the only person that didn't have a scheme and didn't have any dreams or hopes. It was like Slim was the only character that had accepted his faith of being a worker ... but...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... perfectly describes the feeling and atmosphere of John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men". Steinbeck describes brings his readers into the lives of two lonely farm workers and describes the negative, painful and destructive power loneliness can have on people. Three key characters in the novel exhibit true loneliness and each has a different reason for experiencing it: sex, age, and race.  One character in "Of Mice and Men" that represents loneliness is ... the fact that all three characters insist that their rights be observed. Steinbeck, through Of Mice and Men, wrote to the world a...

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• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

... people slowly, gradually tearing them limb from limb. It is a virus that send some people insane, some turn senile, it sorts the strong characters from the weak and it can devastate lives. In the book "of Mice and Men" I am going to look at 3 different characters and compare them and how they cope with this disease. Not only this but how this affects them, their hopes ... being nasty to everyone including his wife. E.g. He goes to a brothel every month but when his wife even talk to another man he complains. Crooks The most lonely character in the whole book. Where Curley's wife had Cur...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School