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Of Mice and Men notes By John Steinbeck

Characters/characterization George Lennie Candy Crooks Curley’s Wife Curley Slim

List characters from most to least perceived power on the ranch:

Foils—characters who are opposite to emphasize their differences George/Lennie George/Curley Others?

Direct/Indirect Characterization Direct description John Steinbeck’s Indirect description Dialogue Actions

Ism’s—characterization and discrimination in the novella Racism Sexism Ableism Ageism

The Title Robert Burns poem “To a Mouse”

Literary Terms Setting 1930s Central California Weed, Salinas, Salinas River Great Depression era Migrant workers and their plight POINT OF VIEW? Affect?

Language terms Dialect Idioms Colloquialisms Realism Diction, imagery, detail creates Steinbeck’s realism Tone/Mood

SYMBOLS—objects with connotative meaning/ representing abstract ideas George and Lennie’s farm-- Lennie’s puppy Candy’s dog Rabbits Final scene: Water snake, heron Death itself—in the microcosm(text as a min-world) of the text: Lennie’s death--death of innocence in a cruel world Curley’s Wife—symbolic of “Eve”, “Pandora” brings sin and death to the world. Increasing nature of violence/death

Themes in the text: major topics Friendship /Idealized male fraternity Loyalty Compassion Loneliness Dependence Violence/Intimidation Euthanasia (mercy killing) Cruelty Discrimination/Social Injustice Moral Responsibility

Motifs: recurring themes/ideas The American Dream—the impossibility of it Dreaming of an idyllic place Caregiving to the intellectually disabled Powerlessness of the dispossessed/migrant drifter Predatory nature of Human Existence Corrupting power of women Loneliness and Companionship Strength and weakness