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Of Mice and Men. Topics and Themes. The American Dream. George Lennie Candy Crooks Curley’s Wife. Loneliness. Causes Poverty Discrimination Dissatisfaction Cures?. The Common Man. Why does Steinbeck set his allegory among the poor?. The Search for the Holy Grail.
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Of Mice and Men Topics and Themes
The American Dream George Lennie Candy Crooks Curley’s Wife
Loneliness • Causes • Poverty • Discrimination • Dissatisfaction • Cures?
The Common Man Why does Steinbeck set his allegory among the poor?
The Search for the Holy Grail Holy Grail = Jesus’s goblet from the Last Supper. Finding the Grail will cause all sins to be forgiven.
Sir Galahad Galahad was the only knight pure enough to find and touch the Grail, but once he touched it, he died. Frequently in literature a woman stands between the quester and the Grail.