Of Mice and Men

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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

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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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

All Themes
Broken Plans
The American Dream
Male Friendship
The Weak and the Strong
Minorities, Marginalization, and Scapegoating

All Characters
George Milton
Lennie Small
Candy
Curley
Curley’s Wife
Slim
Crooks
Carlson
Whit
Aunt Clara

All Symbols
George and Lennie’s Farm
Rabbits
Candy’s Dog
Lennie’s Puppy

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Logos
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Pathos
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone

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Lennie’s Puppy

Of Mice and Men Literary Devices

Lennie’s Puppy

Lennie’s Puppy

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