Of Mice and Men
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
Themes
All Themes Broken Plans The American Dream Male Friendship The Weak and the Strong Minorities, Marginalization, and Scapegoating
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Characters
All Characters George Milton Lennie Small Candy Curley Curley’s Wife Slim Crooks Carlson Whit Aunt Clara
Symbols
All Symbols George and Lennie’s Farm Rabbits Candy’s Dog Lennie’s Puppy
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Logos Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Setting Similes Style Tone
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Of Mice and Men

by

John Steinbeck
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