Every character but one in John Steinbeck's extremely abbreviated novel Of Mice and Men is heartless if the range of the word human is understood to synchronize with the range this far established by fiction (Doren). ... " The characters are not close to knowing the grammar of conduct; they do not even know its orthography (Doren). No two thoughts of the characters are sequential, nor do they think; it is more like each of them follows some instinct as a bull follows the chain which runs through a hole in his nose, or as a crab moves toward its prey (Doren). ... They would do anythin...

• Word Count: 1322
• Approx Pages: 5
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In Of Mice and Men all the characters have a dream. ... This dream is mentioned over and over again: "We"re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an" a cow and some pigs- George repeats the same story time and again to Lennie. ... Of Mice and Men has a cyclical structure going round in a big circle for many of the characters: "Crooks sat on his bunk. ... Characters are in search of their own personal dreams: unfortunately a lot end in disaster and most worse of than they where to begin with. ...

• Word Count: 1337
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men is a story consumed in isolation and all of the characters portray this in their own unique way. ... Lennie is a strange character in the novel because of his mental illness that leaves him simple minded and unable to understand even the most uncomplicated ideas. ... Lennie often asks George to tell him about the dream: "Someday "we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres and a cow and some pigs- (Steinbeck 14). ... All of the characters are isolated and, excluding Lennie and George, ...

• Word Count: 1694
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School