book review of mice and men

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Camila Mantilla

Book review of “ Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck

Yr 13

George and Lennie spend the night by the Salinas River, south of Soledad. They plan to start working the next day and they keep their dream of a future farm where Lennie can tend rabbits, that’s all that Lennie wants, he likes soft things and everything he sees and likes he wants to touch it.

George and Lennie sign up to buck barley. Curley tries to fight with Lennie. Candy tells George to be careful with Curleys wife because she’s always getting people into trouble. George tells Lennie where to hide if there's trouble and he tells him that anything that happens, no matter what he should go there and wait for him. They meet Curley's wife, Slim and Carlson. Lennie wants one of Slim's pups.

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George tells Slim the story about when Lennie grabbed the girl with the red dress and he was impressed about the situation.Slim decides to give the puppy to Lennie but with the condition of him not taking the pup outside. After that, at night Carlson decides with the other men of the bunk house that he should shoot Candy’s old dog, so he goes outside the bunkhouse and shoots him. Candy talks with george about the money he had saved and wants to give them $350 they needed $600 in order to have enough to get their dream realized.the men ...

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