5-2-12 Objectives: To evaluate characters, themes, symbols, and motifs in Of Mice and Men. To analyze the way in which the themes represent the view of.

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Objectives: To evaluate characters, themes, symbols, and motifs in Of Mice and Men. To analyze the way in which the themes represent the view of human condition, as seen through the eyes of John Steinbeck.

Today’s Agenda: Journal Notes and intro to Steinbeck and Of Mice and Men. Begin reading.

Journal: Discuss job/career choices that are perfect for a person who is single, alone, or without a family.

John Steinbeck: Monterey and Salinas, Calif. Migrant farm workers BIG supporter of the poor, the outcast, the outsider, and society’s misfits. Noble Prize winner, 1962 Negative portrayal of women (except for Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath)

Title: Of Mice and Men comes from Robert Burn’s poem “To A Mouse”. “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”. Mice might refer to weak people Men might refer to strong people Story deals with both weak and strong people. (Physically and emotionally).

Setting and Other Facts: Novel first published in 1937 Story set in 1930’s, during the Great Depression South of Soledad, California

Characters: LennieGeorge CurlyCurley’s wife CandyCrooks SlimCarlson The bossAunt Clara Whit

Themes: The predatory nature of human existence Fraternity and the idealized male friendship The impossibility of the American Dream The sense of morality Dignity and pride Hopes and dreams loneliness

Symbols and Motifs: George and Lennie’s farm The puppy Candy’s dog The corrupting power of women Loneliness and companionship Strength and weakness