Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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When I was a sophomore in high school I read Of Mice and Men and some time thereafter I was watching cartoons. It was one of those Bugs Bunny cartoons where the dog is chasing him. Bugs Bunny hides behind a tree and when the dog runs by Bugs hits him over the head with a frying pan. Well, I'm sure you can imagine the graphics - the dog is stunned and cross-eyed and there is a circle of stars revolving around his head as he tries to stay on his feet and as he is about to fall over he says, "DuhhhHHuuuh, tell me again about the rabbits George." I swear to God I lost it ... I was laughing so hard I was practically on the floor. I still have to laugh whenever I think of it.
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Weirdly enough, I sympathize with your reaction to getting a major plot point spoiled. I tend to appreciate whatever was spoiled for me even more so than if I was going in blind. I think it's because I can see how the author builds up to the point and think about the nuances in real time, rather than analyzing passages retroactively.Dream Catcher wrote: ↑11 Jan 2014, 09:58 I studied this book during my last year of secondary school. It was a great book and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone as well as the film. Although, when I turned the first page someone had written "George Shoots Lenny" on the inside cover. This didn't ruin it for me however, which is a great thing because it was such a good read with lots of motifs which were quite interesting once you thought about them in more depth. Great story, tempted to re-read it.
That being said, an upperclassman also spoiled the book for me, but because we weren't studying the book in class yet, the comment meant nothing to me at the time. When I did read the book, I was blown away!
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Of Mice and Men is still my favorite work of his. One of my all-time favorite books. I've read it several times and it still moves me.
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Not an oddball, too much. It wasn't my favorite book. It may be because it is too realistic of what could happen, that too many sincere people don't know their own strength or the impact of their decisions or thoughts. That is to me very very disturbing.JRicouard wrote: ↑16 Jan 2014, 12:34 I am going to be the total oddball here, but when I read "Of Mice and Men" when I was about 16 years old I could not stand it. I am a reader and this was one of those books that I had to push myself through. I have pledged that I will reread it at some point since it is such a classic but I found it so dull at that age I can not get myself to even go to the library and borrow it! Your posts are giving me hope that it is not as awful as I remember but I still feel very cautious about it.
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