1. By John Steinbeck “Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”

2.  Learning Objectives:  The relationship between Lennie & George.  Curley’s Wife’s loneliness.  Curley’s wife’s failed dreams.  How Crooks, Candy, Lennie & Curley’s wife interact. Chapter V

3.   Why does Lennie get angry with the puppy after killing it?  What does the fact that he’s now killed the puppy tell us about the impossibility of his dream? Lennie

4.   ‘The whole country is full of mutts’ (Curley’s Wife)  What might be the double meaning of a line like this?  ‘Seems like ain’t none of them cares how I gotta live.’  Why is this important? Lennie and Curley’s Wife

5.   ‘I coulda made somethin’ of myself.’  Why is this line particularly important to tell us about her character. Also why does it suggest that she is in a worse position then the others.  Why does she hurry through the story? Lennie and Curley’s Wife

6.   Summarise Curley’s Wife’s dream. Curley’s Wife’s Dream