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    <title>Of Mice and Men Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[The title of the book relates to the story because Lennie is very fond...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The title of the book relates to the story because Lennie is very fond of petting mice.  And, in a way, he has the intelligence of a tiny creature, like a mouse.  George takes care of Lennie, in a way, like a pet; he tells him what to say and what to do. Lennie is totally dependent on George.  When he is not around, Lennie gets confused.    While Lennie and George are walking on the road, he is hiding something from George. ...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:51:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A stomach wound results in a most painful death.  A person who is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A stomach wound results in a most painful death.  A person who is shot in the head stands a good chance of dying instantly and with little pain, but one who is shot in the stomach lingers in terrible agony for a long time before finally dying.  Curley shows his vindictive nature in recommending that Lennie be shot in the stomach.  He is angry and vengeful not only because his wife has been killed, but also because Lennie had gotten the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:18:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Curley, who is an especially cruel man, seeks revenge not only for the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Curley, who is an especially cruel man, seeks revenge not only for the death of his wife but more importantly for his shattered hand. Shooting Lennie &quot;in the guts&quot; would cause a very painful, prolonged death full of the suffering that Curley wants Lennie to experience because Curley himself suffered not only pain but also humiliation when his hand was crushed. George must choose to kill his friend himself to spare Lennie that kind of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:32:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did Curley recommend that they shoot Lennie in the stomach in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why did Curley recommend that they shoot Lennie in the stomach in &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:13:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The title is an allusion to Robert Burns' poem &quot;To a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The title is an allusion to Robert Burns' poem &quot;To a Mouse&quot;.  The section of the poem containing the allusion is:But Mousie, thou are no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! What this means is that the mouse (whose house had been destroyed by a farmer plowing the field and the farmer is feeling badly for the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:28:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does the title &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot; relate to the story?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does the title &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot; relate to the story?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:57:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[John Steinbeck puts two characters together that society has rejected...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[John Steinbeck puts two characters together that society has rejected and they form a solid friendship.  Lennie, the simple giant, who depends on George for everything from his food to finding him a job and keeping him out of trouble, and George who pretends that Lennie is a burden, but who needs him just the same.  The story picks up when the two get jobs at a ranch and immediately raise suspicion when George does all the talking for...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Of Mice and Men is the story of George and Lennie who are struggling to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Of Mice and Men is the story of George and Lennie who are struggling to find work during the Great Depression.  Lennie is mentally handicapped, and he is fascinated by soft objects.  Because of this fascination, at his last job, he was accused of raping a woman for touching her soft dress.  George and Lennie have a hard time finding jobs, but they finally get a job at a ranch in California.  Things go well for a while, but then Lennie...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:12:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the plot? And what are the major conflicts in the plot in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the plot? And what are the major conflicts in the plot in &quot;Of Mice And Men&quot;?  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:41:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lennie is carrying the dead mouse because he likes to touch soft things....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Lennie is carrying the dead mouse because he likes to touch soft things. He loves soft, furry animals and dreams one day of living in his own farmhouse with George and raising rabbits. Unfortunately, he is mentally challenged, and sometimes doesn't realize his own strength. Often, when he is petting small animals, he is too rough. He accidentally killed the mouse by squeezing it too hard. Now he is afraid to tell George because he is afraid...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:48:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why does Lennie have a dead mouse in his pocket in the first chapter of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why does Lennie have a dead mouse in his pocket in the first chapter of &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:19:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[By the way do you happen to have the page numbers for the quotes?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[By the way do you happen to have the page numbers for the quotes?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:24:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[At the end of the novel, George kills Lennie in much the same way as...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At the end of the novel, George kills Lennie in much the same way as Carlson kills Candy's dog. The dog is seen as useless and smelly, therefore it was seen as more of a nuisance to Carlson and the others in the bunk house. The men argue that the dog is miserable and in pain, which convinces Candy to let Carlson shoot the dog. After the dog is killed, however, Candy tells George of his regret for letting someone else shoot his dog. The dog...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:45:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Of Mice and Men,&quot; Lennie's death at the end mirrors the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Of Mice and Men,&quot; Lennie's death at the end mirrors the killing of Candy's dog. Explain how in detail.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:27:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Candy and Lennie plan to use Candy's savings and the total earnings...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Candy and Lennie plan to use Candy's savings and the total earnings George and Lennie can manage to put aside to purchase their own land.  It will be the first time they will ever have the opportunity to experience the freedom of being their own bosses.  Crooks at first asks if he can be a part of the plan too, working for free in exchange for being allowed to live on the land with the others.  He musters the courage to make this bold...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:36:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Candy and Lennies plan in &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot;? And...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Candy and Lennies plan in &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot;? And how does Crooks react and why?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 22:33:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wow thank you so much dymatsoukayou really helped me out :)]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Wow thank you so much dymatsoukayou really helped me out :)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:34:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Chapter 1, George says, &quot;Guys like us, that work on...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Chapter 1, George says, &quot;Guys like us, that work on ranches...work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake...they ain't got nothin' to look ahead to...with us it ain't like that.  We got a future&quot;.  They must act with responsibility, differently from those who have no future.  Lenny responds with a comment on friendship and the responsibility that goes with it, saying, &quot;Because...I got you to look after...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 13:56:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Steinbeck does use an omniescient point of view in his writings in Of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Steinbeck does use an omniescient point of view in his writings in Of Mice And Men.  He also denotes certain foreshadowing that might go unnoticed if the reader is not paying attention.  Steinbeck's decriptions are rich and detailed and he utilizes adjectives that give a description to everything.  The dialect between characters draws a picture of  how the characters speak instead of just what they say.  All in all, Steinbeck's greatest...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 14:41:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The ranch hands are described in terms of beasts of burden throughout...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The ranch hands are described in terms of beasts of burden throughout the novel. Lenny receives this treatment the most. His hands are paws. He apes George's actions. He moves in a "bear-like" fashion.

Slim must drown off 4 of the 9 puppies because of a lack of food. The men immediately respond to the dinner bell in a hurried fashion because there is never enough food. They even come running at the sound of the dinner bell which is an obvious...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 06:39:58 PST</pubDate>
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