A farm was not a small house which just required a bit of cleaning. All the animals needed to be taken care of and the garden could not just grow by itself without proper watering and mowing. ... But with his strength missing at the farm it would be impossible to do all the work. ... But this would leave George with the animals and all the rest of the work which might come up (3B, Steinbeck, Page 59). ... This amount can not be made with the farm itself though they might sell a few eggs or animals...

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The animal also faced obstacles such as a red ant which crawled on it and Tom Joad who captured it. ... For instance, they are forced off of their farm, lose family members, and are faced with having to find money, food, and shelter. ... Once the tractors flatten the Joad farm, Tom finds that the only living thing left near the house is a cat which emerges when he returns home to find his family gone. The author uses the actual animal in this way to symbolize how the farm now belongs to the bank since it is almost like the cat is there in place of the bank, taking charge. The real animal may a...

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George and Lenny spend their time traveling from farm to farm, working and saving their income, because they want to purchase their own farm. ... While George enjoys getting drunk and wasting his money, Lennie, on the other hand, adores animals and likes to pet them. Unfortunately, he forgets how strong he is and usually kills the animals. ... Although he does not do much work on the ranch, he can do small odd jobs around the farm. ... The farm that the two were planning to purchase-yet never reach-has a unique quality. ...

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For example even though George knows Lennie breaks animals" necks, he tells Lennie he will be able to tend the rabbits when they get a farm. This shows that George is willing to give Lennie a lot of responsibility by being able to control the lives" of animals. ...

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The two are life long friends who dream of owning a farm with all of the money they save. ... The farms are comparable to a small community. ... He is the only black man on the ranch, and therefore the boss forces him to stay in the barn and live with the animals of the field. ...

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George and Lennie throughout Of Mice and Men have a dream of owning a farm. ... George deems that Lennie would be better off dead rather than caged up like and animal. ... His initial reaction when Lennie tells him of the dream farm is one of bewilderment: "You"re nuts." ... Candy gets the most animated about the dream farm as his dog had just been put down, so his is no forlorn like the other ranch workers. ... He had some hope through the dream farm, but now that has also gone and he is left squatting in the corner of a dark barn. ...

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Millions of acres of farm land in the great plains were broken". After that they decided to go back to grazing animals. ... Because they did not take care of the land, the animals hooves ruined the unprotected soil. ... Farmers could not stay in business and some deeded their farms to creditors or they were forced to leave their farm if they could not maintain it. ...

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The two men share a vision of farm that they will own together, a vision that Lennie believes in implicitly. Gentle and kind, Lennie nevertheless does not understand his own strength, and his love of petting soft things--like animals, dresses, and hair--leads to disaster This Story was the first story that I have read and like. ...

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Candy is an old man who is not much good to the farm which makes him one of loneliest people on the farm. ... A book that shows this is John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, a story about two friends, that have a dream to live on there own farm, Lenny and George, who go to a farm where they see discrimination first hand. ... Curly's wife is the only woman on the farm. ... The boys at the farm don't like the dog any more because it's useless. ... He would have been like a caged animal, endangering himself and others who were assigned to care for him. ...

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This quotation represents a farm, a beautiful place, full of joy and happiness. ... In the book readers see Lennie's obsession regarding animals: "I don't know why I can't keep it. ... Without a doubt symbols such as settings and animals characters are great tools for Steinbeck's use of symbolism. ...

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Lennie actually just likes touching soft things, and has a history of accidentally killing small animals by petting them too hard. ... It makes her seem much more civilized and cultured, instead of just some girl out in the country living on a farm. ...

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Of Mice and Men If you have read the novel 'Of Mice and Men' and are anything like me, then the novel will have held you captivated. During the 1930s, in which the novel was set, an economic disaster was taking place. It was very difficult to find a job at this time, because of this man-made catast...

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