Of+Mice+and+Men

= //OF MICE AND MEN// =

__**10/14: After reading CHAPTER ONE, answer the following questions in complete sentences:**__

1. What is Realism?

2. What is the setting of the novel?

3. Describe the relationship between George and Lennie.

4. What is the American Dream?

5. What is Lennie and George's version of the American Dream?

6. What is your version of the American Dream?

7. Characterize/describe George and Lennie.

__**10/16 CHAPTER TWO QUESTIONS: Answer the questions in complete sentences.**__ 1) How is the bunkhouse described? What does the description tell the reader about the men who live there? 2) What do we find out about Curley, his wife, and his father through George's discussions with others? 3) How would you describe Curley and his wife? What do their actions tell you about each of their characters? 4) Re-read Steinbeck's description of Slim (p. 37). What does this description tell you about Slim's character? Is he a man to be trusted and looked up to?

** MIGRANT SLANG: ** The following fifteen words include the slang of the time. They are defined for you. ** __Chapter 3:__ ** __Answer the questions in complete sentences. Due Friday, October 23rd.__ 1) What are Carlson's reasons for shooting Candy's dog? 2) What are Candy's reasons for not shooting the dog? 3) In what ways is Candy like his dog? 4) What does the fight between Lennie and Curley show about their characters? 5) Why doesn't George help Lennie in the fight?
 * 1) bindle: a bed roll and/or pack of personal belongings
 * 2) swamper: laborer who handled jobs to help the others out (i.e. sweeping the barn, etc.)
 * 3) jack: money
 * 4) stake: earnings/salary/money
 * 5) graybacks: lice
 * 6) tick: mattress
 * 7) buck: a man
 * 8) buckler: those who move or load heavy objects (sacks of grain,for example)
 * 9) skinner: a driver of a draft (team of animals)
 * 10) tart: prostitute
 * 11) mules: shoes or slippers
 * 12) found: free food and lodgings in addition to wages
 * 13) hoosegow: jail
 * 14) hame: part of the collar for a draft animal
 * 15) booby hatch: insane asylum
 * 16) floozy: cheap, immoral woman
 * 17) snooker: a variation of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of assorted colors

6) What complex does Curley have?

5) Why is Crooks called "Crooks"? How does this reflect his personality?
**DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Due Tuesday, November 3rd.**

1. Remember how Crooks' used his defense mechanism against Lennie, so that Lennie would not recognize Crooks' loneliness? Describe a time when you used a defense mechanism against someone to protect your own feelings.

2. Do you like it when people show their vulnerable side? Why or why not?

3. Which character do you relate to the most and why?


 * **CHARACTERS** || **Physical Description, Age, and Personality** || **What do they do, or what is their relationship to others?** ||
 * George Milton

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 * Lennie Small

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 * Candy

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 * Curley

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 * Curley’s Wife

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 * Slim

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 * Carlson

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 * Crooks

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