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Of Mice and Men
Title: Of Mice and Men
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 528 | Pages: 2.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Of Mice and Men
“Of Mice and Men’s” main characters, Lennie and George are as different as night and day. That simile, along with others taken directly from text, is a technique John Steinbeck uses frequently and effectively in the story. The following comparisons using like or as are short in length, but they easily paint a picture and draw the reader into the story right from the beginning.
One simile, from the first chapter, begins “Slowly, like …showed first 75 words of 528 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 528 total…of his childlike intelligence and maturity, Lennie then falls prey to a woman and feelings he doesn’t understand. Why he is attracted to her couldn’t be stated more simply than the description of her sausage like curls and red heels. With just a sentence or two, and using a common literacy technique with a lot of skill, what will develop later in the story is introduced by Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.”
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