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Expository Essay Planner
John Steinbeck’s characters struggle with real problems that people still face. The themes in Of Mice and Men reflect some of those issues. Therefore, characters in this book embody some of those universal themes as they interact and make choices.
Write an essay in which you examine how the characters reflect the different themes in Of Mice and Men.
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Thesis: Steinbeck reveals his universal themes through the novel’s characters.
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