anyone read..., Of Mice And Men? |
 Apr 5 2004, 07:28 PM
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We had to pick a classic book to read for English and being the lazy kid that I am, I picked the shortest one I could find. Of Mice And Men. It was a pretty good book and easy to read. If anyone else has read it... what did you think of it? I don't know if I got the whole theme and the main idea of it.
 help me out?Thanks! |
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Apr 5 2004, 07:43 PM
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i had to read that book for english class. that was five years ago though lol. i don't remember anything. try looking at cliffnotes for of mice and men. they are pretty helpful.
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| *AngelicEyz00* |
Apr 6 2004, 01:36 PM
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OOh, i liked that book. I read it my sophomore year. It's sad at the end
 but it's still a good book. But if you need help, go to http://www.sparknotes.com they probably have notes on it there
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Apr 6 2004, 03:39 PM
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I really liked it when I read it, but that was almost five years ago now. If you want, rent the movie, it's not bad, and sometimes it helps explain some major points and stuff.
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Apr 6 2004, 03:42 PM
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 Mz Nina Nikole Group: Member Posts: 1,343 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,273 |
i believe its called MICE OF MEN, not mice and men, but yeh i read that freshman yr, and saw the movie, the ending is different from the movie, but over all the end was kinda sad..dont u think?
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Apr 6 2004, 04:06 PM
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the meaning of the book is that dreams don't always come true and that some things should be kept secret. or something like that.
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Apr 6 2004, 07:21 PM
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 LuShuZxLaNa Group: Member Posts: 606 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 2,854 |
uhm, the book is really called OF MICE AND MEN. have you guys seen the movie? i read it a while back, i believe when i was in 5th grade? but yeah... sad, but like nina said it has 2 different endings
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Apr 7 2004, 03:26 AM
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 its a hamster named Boo!!! ^^ hehe Group: Member Posts: 198 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 6,901 |
i think i have to read that for english soooon. i heard a few yrs ago that its good
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Apr 7 2004, 04:38 AM
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 im to confuzed Group: Member Posts: 456 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,150 |
the movie ..of mice and men is really good. i had to read like 2 weeks ago. ok so i didn't read. it...i watched the movie last year and didn't even know i did until i read the back of the book. lol
QUOTE but like nina said it has 2 different endings it dose?? hum intresting |
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Apr 7 2004, 09:25 AM
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Mz Nina Nikole Group: Member Posts: 1,343 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,273 |
yeh in the book they explain it a lil different..the slow dude was hullicinating (spell ck) and he saw a bunny rabbit talkin to him..in the movie not the book, and in the book it explain somethin totally different.
just watch the movie ITS really really good and sad. and thanks lana i knew it had to do somethin with Of |
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Apr 7 2004, 11:58 AM
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lol i read that like 3years ago.. my friend cried wen she got to the ending lols i dotn knoe the main point of the story tho.. but i just knoe that george plays a father-and-son role with lenny? and there a lot more relationships but i cant remember
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Apr 7 2004, 06:54 PM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
THAT BOOK WAS FREAKING BORING...BUT IT WAS OKAY...........BUT VERY SAD IN THE ENDING... I CANT BELIEVE HE KILLED HIM...THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS... AND HE KILLED HIM... I WONT TELL WHO KILLED WHO...L0LS...CUS THATS N0T G00D T0 TELL!! L0LS READ IT URSELF...L0LS HAHA...NEWAIS THAT B00K WAS KINDA 0K...HEH... O MAN I F0RG0T THEIR NAMES...HAHA NEWAIS 0NE 0F THEM SMELLED A W0MEN'S HAIR...AND START GRABBING HER HAIR TIGHT, THEN KILL HER...THAT WAS REALLIE SAD................................... HE KILLED THE BOSS'S WIFE...OOOOH L0LS...AND KILLED A PUPPY! THAT'S JUST SAD. i read this in english class too....heh im glad i read it...cus everyones talkin' abot it...and so i dont need to be left out...whew
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Apr 7 2004, 06:55 PM
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i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
oh yeah now i remember their names... george and lenny!!
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Apr 7 2004, 07:02 PM
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 muted imperfections <3 Group: Official Member Posts: 3,295 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,260 |
yea i read that book i had to read it freshman year of highschool. it was one of those mandatory readings u know. and after we read it and discussed it completely in class we finally watched the movie. i think that this story has such a good moral to it. and yet the ending is still sad.
 jackie
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Apr 7 2004, 07:44 PM
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thanks guys for all the help and opinions. we just wrote our papers on it in class. i htought a lot about the end and it is sad but i think what he did was better for lennie than him having to be killed by curly and all them. at least he was happy the last moments of his life. yeah anyways thanks for all the rsponses guys!
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| *eunie03* |
Apr 7 2004, 08:22 PM
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I don't think it was boring... It was actually my most favorite book in high school. The way I took it was Lenny killed the mouse in the part when he was petting it too hard... he never meant to harm him, and ultimately, his caring for it way too much caused him to break its neck.
George cared for Lenny too much.... and ended up killing him out of love (Yeah, what the freak). Mice.. and men. It's a story of mice and men (Yes, what I'm trying to say is men are mice) (....But cute ones  )
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| *krnxswat* |
Apr 7 2004, 08:23 PM
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I got sad when George shot Lennie at the end of the book.
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Apr 7 2004, 08:28 PM
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 pixel hybrid Group: Member Posts: 6,410 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,081 |
Looking through all the posts, it sounds like a depressing book.
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Apr 7 2004, 10:14 PM
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this book was def better than the great gatsby... it was short, and it actually had a story. depressing... yea, but i got over it.
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Apr 8 2004, 02:22 PM
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Mz Nina Nikole Group: Member Posts: 1,343 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,273 |
QUOTE(krnxswat @ Apr 7 2004, 8:23 PM) I got sad when George shot Lennie at the end of the book. yes it was... 
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Apr 8 2004, 02:31 PM
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LuShuZxLaNa Group: Member Posts: 606 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 2,854 |
okay there was that one wife in the book that was described as a pretty lady, but when i got to see the movie, i was like what happened? oh and the wife was the one that was murdered by lennie on accident.
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Apr 8 2004, 03:59 PM
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I read that book for English a few months ago. It's quite a good book - learnt a few new words there ^^ The movie was quite good as well....
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Apr 11 2006, 06:53 PM
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lx Group: Member Posts: 300 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 43,440 |
yea I read that in... 8th grade?? it was a pretty sad book though..
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Apr 11 2006, 06:54 PM
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oh the ending was sad. but it was kind of boring. some parts were funny. the stupid weird funny
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| *mona lisa* |
Apr 16 2006, 11:55 AM
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I both read the book and saw the movie. I was about to cry at the end. A few of my friends really did cry when we were reading it in school.
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Apr 16 2006, 12:02 PM
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^me too. i almost started bawling in my english class last year. its such a great book.
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Apr 18 2006, 06:30 PM
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 wut wut in the butt? Group: Human Posts: 2,108 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 227,723 |
^I couldn't help but shed a few tears at the end of the movie[I never payed attention to the book]. I can't believe he had the guts to do that...
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Apr 18 2006, 06:46 PM
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o0o! i read it in english like a month ago. personally i didnt like it but i know that most people liked it. i also saw the movie in class i liked the movie more it was sad
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Apr 18 2006, 11:38 PM
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 Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
I read this book too for English this year. It's quite good, really. The movie is sad and my eyes were watery at the end.
It is short and easy to read, and I can actually finish it. Too bad I failed all of the chapter tests for the class. Those tests are hard! |
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