OF MICE AND MEN Chapter 1 Setting : It is a hot Thursday‚ late in the afternoon. The characters are four miles south of Soledad. They stop right by the Salinas River‚ a beautiful river in rural California surrounded by woods that have a warn path through them that runs to the river from the ranches and farms. There is a giant sycamore near them with a horizontal limb worn smooth by men who have sat on it‚ and under it is the ash pile of many fires. It is a very peaceful and heavenly setting.
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English Assessment of Mice and Men DISCRIMINATION Characters- Curley’s wife‚ crooks‚ Lennie and Candy. Link To context Topic sentences Name Literary Devices P.E.E. Fathom (understand) Mentally Impaired Sagacious (being smart and understanding) CURLEY’S WIFE QUOTES FOR DISCRIMINATION “Jail Bate” George discriminates her beauty and gender because of the way she acts. “She screamed” Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife to have been through some drama and terror which could suggest her reaction
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1) What does it mean to be a “mestizo”? a. “Mestizo” means to be of mixed ancestry. 2) What were some of the main food contributions from the New World to the Old World? Name at least 7. a. Some main food contributions from the New World to the Old World are corn‚ potatoes‚ tomatoes‚ peppers‚ different types of beans‚ sweet potatoes‚ chocolate‚ peanuts‚ and sugar. 3) Before contact‚ which average person was better off‚ according to the video: The one from Europe or the one from the Americas? Why
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TITLE AND AUTHOR Title-Of Mice and Men Author-John Steinbeck HISTORICAL DATE THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED Date-February 6‚ 1937 LIST OF THE MAJOR CHARACTERS George Milton-Lennie’s “cousin”/caretaker‚ clever/responsible/loyal‚ migrant worker‚ wants to start own farm‚ forced by circumstance to kill Lennie Lennie Small-big/strong‚ ignorant of own abilities‚ mentally disabled‚ depends on George‚ ultimately kills what he loves-mice‚ puppies‚ Curley’s Wife‚ dreams Slim-jerkline skinner/top hand‚ wise/experienced
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Depression. But‚ the main two themes of `Of Mice and Men’ were loneliness and prejudice. Steinbeck raises questions in the mind of the reader that the novel would be based on loneliness. The first line read "A few miles south of Soledad". This is a clever idea by Steinbeck as "Soledad" means loneliness in Spanish. The title "Of Mice and Men" may be seen as a warning for the whole novel as it came from Robbie Burns’s poem "To a Mouse" which translates as `no matter how well be plan the future‚ things often
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John Steinbeck used his stories to show how unfair the world was under capitalism. In Of Mice and Men‚ he used the settings‚ characterisation and language to convey the theme of loneliness. From the very first line‚ "A few miles south of Soledad" (Soledad being Spanish for solitary)‚ the settings pay homage to the theme of loneliness. The first and final scene take place in a majestic clearing that will remain untouched by the tragedy that unfolds. This reinforces the theme of loneliness as whatever
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protagonist characters in the novel are George and Lennie and they were ranch workers who had a dream to own their own farm‚ they came from a place called Soledad which means ‘loneliness in Spanish.’ Steinbeck links the ideas of loneliness and isolation within the novel as the major themes relating to when he grew up in 1930’s America‚ specifically Soledad during the Great Depression. Steinbeck communicates these themes through the setting of the novel‚ through the characters including Curley’s wife and
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extreme level and many people had to move around for work‚ never staying long enough in one place to form strong relationships with others. The very first sentence in the book reads “a few miles south of Soledad”‚ which instils loneliness as a key theme right from the very start as Soledad literally translates from Spanish to mean ‘loneliness’. This also helps to show how Steinbeck likes to drop in extra subtle techniques to tell the reader things he wishes them to know but not realise‚ which
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But‚ the main two themes of `Of Mice and Men’ were loneliness and prejudice. Steinbeck raises questions in the mind of the reader that the novel would be based on loneliness. The first line read "A few miles south of Soledad". This is a clever idea by Steinbeck as "Soledad" means loneliness in Spanish. The title "Of Mice and Men" may be seen as a warning for the whole novel as it came from Robbie Burns’ poem "To a Mouse" which translates as `no matter how well we plan the future‚ things often
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