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ENGLISH 11 LESSON 47. TODAY’S AGENDA Finish introductory notes Read Chapter 1 and complete handouts Foreshadowing – Section One column Characterization.

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1 ENGLISH 11 LESSON 47

2 TODAY’S AGENDA Finish introductory notes Read Chapter 1 and complete handouts Foreshadowing – Section One column Characterization – both direct and indirect OBJECTIVE: Students will provide examples of direct and indirect characterization for George and Lennie.

3 JOHN STEINBECK 1902-1968 born in California worked odd jobs won Nobel Prize for literature characteristics of his writing The American Dream The American Dream

4 OTHER THEMES IN STEINBECK’S WRITING social issues of the 1930s dreams of down- on-their-luck workers common man during Great Depression

5 THE SETTING The Setting 1937 Thursday- Sunday Salinas Valley, California Start here End here

6 THE CHARACTERS The Characters George Lennie Curley Candy Carlson Crooks Slim Curley’s wife The Boss

7 THE THEMES The Themes The life of the down-on-his-luck worker is one of profound loneliness. Humans search for companionship even when it is unattainable. Humans dream of creating a better life. The nature of human existence is predatory.

8 THE LITERARY TECHNIQUES Foreshadowing Symbolism Characterization (direct and indirect) Conflict (internal and external)

9 CHAPTER 1 Need the following parts: Narrator George Lennie

10 CHARACTERIZATION Indirect Direct Fill out Characterization handout for George and Lennie. DIRECT Narrator directly states what the character is like INDIRECT Character’s actions, words, and thoughts Other characters’ actions, words, and thoughts

11 FORESHADOWING Fill out Foreshadowing handout with specific examples from the text.

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