Of Mice and Men

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Does the dog die?
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Candy’s dog is shot, and Slim drowns the puppies that are too weak to survive on their own.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Is there body horror?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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C6
Technically no, but George follows Lennie after Lennie runs away
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Lennie accidentally kills small animals by petting them too hard.
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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mentions of water snakes
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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no, but Lennie accidentally grabs and scares women, leading them to claim they have been assaulted.
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Bodily Harm
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mentions of shaving razors
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strangulation
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Des
Candy’s hand was amputated long before the story, but there are no amputations in the story itself.
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Lennie accidentally squashes the mice because they are to small for him.
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Is there a hanging?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Curley breaks his arm after the fight
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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hand injury
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Mudkupkup
not specifically, however many adjacent terms are used throughout
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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It is implied that Curley cheats on his wife with the women in the brothel
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone vomit?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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references to being "locked up" in one
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there misophonia?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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keebiecoo
Lennie likely has autism (though George lies & says he got hit in the head) & Lennie is abused & eventually killed because of his differences.
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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Frequently against mentally disabled people, black people, and women.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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abd57900
one character is heavily implied to have an intellectual disability and is mistreated/judged for it
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Are there n-words?
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Many times.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Lennie cries after George throws out a dead mouse he was keeping. George mocks him for this.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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abd57900
so painful
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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