A firm believer in the Emersonian concept of the Oversoul, John Steinbeck projects the positivity of this eternal spirit by means of the fraternity of men, the friendships that are formed in his novella, Of Mice and Men. Of course, the obvious example of this friendship which gives men hope is that of George and Lennie , whose mantra of their dream affords them comfort and consolidation. When they include the desolated Candy, who has lost his only friend of a dog, there...
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