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Book information
Title - of Mice and Men
author - John Steinbeck
Year - 1911

Setting
1930s - Great Depression / Ranch in the Salinas valley in California
Characters
Characters
  Lennie, George, Whit, Curley, Curleys wife, Candy, Slim, Crooks, Carlson                                                  Conflict
Struggle for survival - George has to take care of Lennie which makes it harder for him to provide for himself
Theme
People have dreams that they want to achieve but often things get in the way of that.
Point of View
Third person omniscient
Beginnings and Endings
Beginning - George and Lennie walk along a path.  George warns Lennie they will work on a ranch and he must behave himself.   Ending -      
Literary Devices
Symbolism - The farm George constantly describes to Lennie symbolizes a free and stressless life                                              Metaphor - Lennie covered his face with huge paws and bleated with terror                                              Simile - Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again.
Key Quotes
O.K someday -- were gonna get the jack together and were gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an a cow an some pigs                                                                 
 If you dont want me I can go off in the hills an find a cave. I can go away any time.  
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