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1 Of Mice and Men notes By John Steinbeck

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

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

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

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

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

7 The Title Robert Burns poem “To a Mouse”

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

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

10 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

11 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

12 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

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