· (Page 77) Compare Crooks and Curly's wife (who
are both secluded from the other characters).
· (Page 83) Compare Crooks' attitude about George
and Lennie's land on pages 76 and 83. How does his attitude change? Does it
change?
Sunday, October 26, 2014
October 23. 2014
Write sentence for each of the following vocabulary words:
Theme.
dislocate .
commonality
analyze .
examine
Theme.
dislocate .
commonality
analyze .
examine
October 22,2014
If possible, please use a Venn Diagram.
Monday, October 20, 2014
October 21,2014
(Page 67) What are Crook's
advantages/disadvantages as the only black man on the ranch?
Page 71) Why does Crooks torture Lennie about
potentially losing George?
(Page 75) Why might Crooks have a different
relationship with Slim than the other men on the ranch?
October 17, 2914
· (Page 62) Carlson suggests Curly's wife has no
place outside of the house. What does this say about his opinion on women? What
does this say about the 1930's opinion on women?
o
Has this opinion changed
since the 1930s? How so? How is is similar?
·
(Page 64) Who has the most power and influence
on this ranch?
·
(Page 65) Respond to Lennie's reaction to the
fight.
o
Would Lennie have fought
back if George had not told him to?
October 16, 2014
· (Page 59) We discussed the parallels between
Candy and his dog and now Candy sees this parallel himself and wants to join
George and Lennie on their potential land. Why does Candy want to join George
and Lennie - who he just met - so badly?
o
How does George feel about
letting Candy in on his dream?
o
Why does George decide
to let him in on it?
·
(Page 61) We have seen George lie before. Why
does he choose to keep the dream and Candy's involvement from the other ranch
hands?
o
Why does he choose to
keep it from Slim who we have seen him confide in before?
October 15, 2014
· Why do minor characters, even Susy the prostitute,
and the dog Lulu, have names, but not Curley’s wife?
·
(Page 56) George and Lennie's dream of owning
their own land is becoming a reality. Lennie is obviously very excited - he has
been waiting for his rabbits for a long time. How might George honestly feel
about his dream actually being in reach?
·
(Page 58) When George and Lennie are talking
about their dream, Lennie reacts violently to the hypothetical idea of the cat
hurting the baby rabbits. What do we learn about Lennie through his reaction?
October 14, 2014
· (Page 51) Why does Curly's wife spend so much
time around the men? What is she looking for?
o
Do you think she will
find whatever she is looking for from any of the men on the ranch?
o
Who is most likely to
fall for Curly's wife?
·
(Page 52) Susy's whore house is a seemingly
normal place for the men to visit. How might the same type of place be seen
today? Is this acceptable? Why/why not?
Thursday, October 9, 2014
October 10, 2014
o
What effect does the
personification of silence have on this scene?
o
What does this say about
how Whit thinks/feels about work?
o
What does this say about
George and Lennie and how they feel about their work?
October 9, 2014
o
Do you believe George?
Could Lennie have potentially raped the woman in Weed?
What are Carlson's
reasons for shooting the dog verses Candy's reasons for not wanting to shoot
the dog?
o
How are Candy and his
dog similar?
o
Who is being literally
silenced? Who is being metaphorically silenced? How? By who?
October 8, 2014
· (Page 33) Slim is described as a talented, good
looking, well respected man on the ranch.
Does this give him reason to flirt
with Curly's wife? Why does he seem to get away with it?
(Page 39) Why does George put himself down when
talking to Slim?
·
(Page 40) What is the correlation between smarts
and niceness?
·
(Page 41) Does George trust Slim? Why?
October 7, 2014
· (Page 22) Why might the boss jump to the
conclusion that George is taking advantage of Lennie?
o
Why doesn't George
simply tell the boss the truth about Lennie instead of claiming to be his
cousin?
·
(Page 25) Why is Curly hostile towards Lennie?
o
Is Curly's attitude
justified? Why/why not?
·
(Page 31) Lennie thinks Curly's wife is
"purty" - Should the sexual attraction of a handicapped person differ
from that of a non-handicapped person? Why/why not?
October 6, 2014
§ 1. What does it say about the view of handicapped
people during the 1930s?
§
2. How have views on the handicapped changed/stayed
the same today?
·
3. (Page 11) George complains about having to take
care of Lennie. Why might George keep Lennie around?
4. (Page 20) What can we assume about the boss from
Candy's description of him?
o
5. Candy claims he is a
nice man - What evidence do we have for/against this statement?
6. Is Candy a reliable
source of information? Why/why not?
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
October 3, 2014
· (Page 9) Steinbeck compares Lennie to a terrier
- What does this comparison say about Lennie?
§ What does it say about the view of handicapped
people during the 1930s?
§
How have views on the handicapped changed/stayed
the same today?
·
(Page 11) George complains about having to take
care of Lennie. Why might George keep Lennie around?
October 2, 2014
· (Page 1) Why does Steinbeck describe the setting
with such detail?
o
What is the relationship
between George and Lennie?
o
Describe how their
"voices" differ.
·
(Page 5) What observations can you make about
Lennie based on his attachment to the dead mouse?
·
(Page 7) What do you think could have happened
in Weed to make George and Lennie leave?
October 1, 2014
Pre-reading exercise of Mice and Men
1. Define LONELINESS:
2. Define ALIENATION:
3. Brainstorm a list of reasons that people feel lonely or
alienated:
4. If you were feeling lonely or alienated, what are some
things you could do that would change how you feel?
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