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Of Mice and Men is the story of two strong companions: semi-retarded Lennie and his friend and carer George. Set against the backdrop of depression-era California, this is a story of friendship and loneliness, compassion and cruelty, dreams and the harsh reality of life and death. The novel culminates in the death of Lennie, which has relevance to the themes present in the book: death, weakness, loneliness and hopeless dreams.

During the story, Lennie is surrounded by death. However, in his childish perspective of the world he misses out on the dark and permanent side of death, the only impact it makes on his life is that he is fearful of the repercussions on his life and how George may not let him tend and take care of rabbits. Such is the case when he accidentally kills his baby puppy: "Why do you got to get killed? You ain't so little as mice. Now I won't get to tend the rabbits. Now he won't let me" (Lennie, Page 90) and when he kills Curley's wife (Page 96-7). The only......

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