... the way George communicated with Lennie, or the things he said to him were very cruel and degrading, for he sometimes swore at him and called him a bastard when he would do something wrong. But, as Cliffs Notes for Of Mice and Men state, "George often made complaints partly because he does get annoyed at his large and simpleminded friend, but also partly because he is the type ... of person who must complain as a point of general principle (Roberts 40)." This shows that George was just the ... kind of guy who got irritated easily and complained about things just to do ... ...

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... ideas has guided his literary thought. Always his fiction has described the interplay of dream and reality; his thought has followed the development of the American dream. (Tedlock 68) In John Steinbeck: Journeyman Artist, Joseph Warren Beach, like other critics, notes the versatility of Steinbeck's talents. He is not disturbed to find Steinbeck something more than an ... 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 strengt...

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