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This 3 page paper discusses John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men" and Sydney Pollack's 1969 film "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" and argues that while the novel could work in 2006, the movie is anchored in the 1930s and would not translate well to the present. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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in that period, capturing the hopelessness and bleak existence of people who were struggling to stay alive. This paper considers whether they could be set in 2005 and remain convincing.
Discussion We could argue that Steinbecks novel is really about the death of a dream. George and Lennie dream of buying a small plot of ground and farming it, but
they are common laborers, and realistically speaking, have no chance of ever earning the money to buy land. In addition, Lennie is mildly retarded mentally and yet has great physical
strength, a deadly combination. He wants to have pets but accidentally kills them, foreshadowing the death at his hands of Curleys wife. So not only is the dream of a
farm an impossibility, it is also unlikely that George can keep taking care of Lennie, making excuses for him, and hiding him when things go wrong. Theres no real reason
why this novel couldnt be contemporary, because the themes are timeless. Suppose George is an hourly employee, barely making ends meet and Lennie is a janitor, making less than minimum
wage. They have no health benefits so theres no way anything can be done to help Lennie. In addition, because they are the "working poor," there is no money left
for anything-they cant save, they cant take any vacations, they can barely manage to pay their bills. They cannot afford to go to college, even for an associates degree, and
so they are stuck in dead-end jobs. Steinbeck makes it clear that these men are life-long friends, but modern cynical audiences would probably read a homosexual subtext into the
relationship, and once they are suspected of being gay, their problems will increase. Perhaps they get into a fight and Lennie kills one of their tormentors by accident. He will
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