Comparing Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Despite the loss of Lennie, George will continue to work to buy a house and have his own ranch, because that was his and Lennie’s dream. Even though the fatality of a good friend is traumatic and may set back their dream a bit I believe George will pick himself up and continue forward. Although Lennie was the better worker of the two I feel that George will find a way to make enough money to buy the house. The dream was alway realistic because even before Lennie dies Slim joined in to help pay for the house. There plan was that they were going to work off the land and take all the money they earned to put it into the house. They had a good plan of putting together their livestock, chickens and more animals to help pay for the ranch when they

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