A few days ago
Of mice and men, opinion.?
Of Mice and Men is a very short novel. Do you think that anything have been gained by including more scenes from the time before or after the events of the story? If you think so, what could have been added and for what purpose? If not, explain why not.
Thank you for your op9inion
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A few days ago
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No, the novel is fine. All you need to know about each character’s past is already in the novel. For example, we know that Lenny had gotten in trouble before, we know that George is one who looked out for him, and we know that everyone on that workfarm had a good reason for wanting to leave. Curly’s wife was bored, Candy was lonely, and Brooks was basically ostracized.
The people in the story had enough of their past revealed in the book to fully understand every event in the novel. Adding MORE history, or an epilogue would not have given the climactic moments any additional depth. The two major events in the novel (the death of Curly’s wife and Lenny’s death) would still have happened at the same time and for the same reasons.
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A few days ago
Well the novel is pretty thorough, jam packed with details. And there are a lot of literary devices (foreshadowing, symbols, etc) that make the novel feel more complete. So no, I don’t think anything could have been gained from including details from before and after.
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A few days ago
It’s a masterpiece. It should be left alone in all it’s glory.
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