Of Mice and Men

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Why is it important that the first and last chapters take place in the same location?
Because it gives the reader the sense that what George did is right.
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What is the significance of the killing of Candy's dog?
It hints that George will kill Lennie.
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Why is it interesting that the fight in the bunk-house between Curley and Lennie comes immediately after Candy's offer of money to help George and Lennie get their land?
It intensifies the tragedy.
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Why does the main action take only four days?
To make the drama tense and exciting.
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"Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose. Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man..."
George
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"His slow speech had overtones not of thought but of understanding beyond thought."
Slim
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"I don' like Curley. He ain't a nice fella."
Curley's Wife
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"He stood crying, his fist lost in Lennie's paw."
Curley
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"He kept his distance and demanded that other people kept theirs."
Crooks
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"I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you."
Lennie
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"I just done it... He had your gun."
George
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"We gotta house and chickens an' fruit trees an' a place a hundred times prettier that this. An' we got fren's, that's what we got."
Candy
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".. the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face."
Curley's Wife
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"George wouldn't do nothing like that. He'll come back tonight."
Lennie
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What is the significance of the killing of Candy's dog?

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It hints that George will kill Lennie.

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Why is it interesting that the fight in the bunk-house between Curley and Lennie comes immediately after Candy's offer of money to help George and Lennie get their land?

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Why does the main action take only four days?

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"Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose. Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man..."

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