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Of Mice and Men Notes Chapter 4
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Loneliness How do the characters deal with loneliness in their lives? Crooks Not allowed in bunkhouse Reads books Candy Migrant worker Dog is killed Gets a dog Goes in on the dream Curley’s wife Married to a jerk Only girl on the ranch Flirts with other guys Curley Small guy Nobody likes him Starts boxing Starts fights George Lennie causes problems Takes Lennie Confides in others like him (Slim)
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Idioms “Booby hatch” (72) =insane asylum
“Corn” (79) =whisky made of corn “doped out” (83) =figured out “sellin’ me…” (78) =trying to make one believe “Take you out of the box” =reference to death- (75) he’ll be out there until he dies “Went with shows” =an entertainer who traveled with shows (79)
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Allusions “Roll up your hoop..” =popular amusement for youth
-running with large metal hoop -his way of saying Curley’s wife is immature
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