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Of Mice and Men: The Need for Companionship
Summary: Analyzes John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men. Discusses the need for companionship demonstrated by the novel's characters. Demonstrates how this need governs their thoughts and actions.
The need for companionship is one thing all humans have in common. By referring to at least three characters in the novel, show how this need governs their thoughts and actions.
"`A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya,' he cried, `I tell ya a guy gets too lonely, an' he gets sick.'"(Crooks page 77, Of Mice and Men.) Companionship is a key element in John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men. The novel is based on two migrant workers, during the Depression. The two men travel around with each other, looking for work, but we soon learn that both of these characters, George and Lennie are two very different people for Lennie is mentally disabled, he has the mind of a five year old. The two men are unique...
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