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English 11 English 11.  About the Author: John Steinbeck Born in 1902 in Salinas, CA (Not far from the setting of Of Mice and Men ) From boyhood, dreamed.

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2  About the Author: John Steinbeck Born in 1902 in Salinas, CA (Not far from the setting of Of Mice and Men ) From boyhood, dreamed of being a writer Attended Stanford University, but never graduated His material was often rejected, but he entered a successful decade starting in 1930 Other successful novels: The Grapes of Wrath, The Pearl

3  Of Mice and Men Set on a ranch in the Salinas Valley in California during the Great Depression of the 1930s The first work to bring John Steinbeck national recognition as a writer Title suggests that the best−laid plans of mice and men often go awry--a reference to Robert Burns's poem "To a Mouse." Steinbeck conceived Of Mice and Men as a potential play. Each chapter is arranged as a scene, and each scene is confined to a single space: a secluded grove, a bunkhouse, and a barn.

4   The action in the novel occurs over the course of three days  Two main characters are migrant workers—George and Lennie  Lennie has a mental disability, and George has assumed responsibility of caring for him  They both share the dream of owning their own land and farm someday Of Mice and Men, cont.

5   Migrant Workers—itinerant single men who roamed the western states following the harvests  Many traveled by train, and were given a wage of $2.50 to $3 a day and a “room,” which was often a tent.  By the late 1930s, there were an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 migrant workers—underpaid, underfed, and underemployed  The maximum salary per year= $ 400 Average=$ 300  These “bindle-stiffs” led harsh and sometimes rough lives in search of work  Steady work was impossible Agriculture during the Great Depression & Migrant Worker s

6  Migrant Workers, cont.  Steinbeck wrote movingly about the struggles of these migrant workers—and the “American dream” that they had.

7   The American Dream: Lennie and George working toward getting their own land  Mental Disability: Lennie’s mind being one like a child—problems he faces  Friendship and Loyalty: Lennie and George and their loyalty to one another  Race/Racism: The treatment of the stable buck, Crooks  Lonlieness: Emotion felt by Curley’s wife, and the migrant workers during that time Themes in Of Mice and Men

8   You need to keep up with the following:  Reading guides/vocab for each chapter  Journal Entries  Any notes we take As we read…

9   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhIhnVCwxrI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhIhnVCwxrI  Audio:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIU5PH4_Yn o  http://soundcloud.com/guffoenglish/sets/of-mice- and-men-audiobook-1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe_nEaj-6K0 Video links

10   Definition: An expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words that make it up.  Examples from Of Mice and Men :  Bustin’ a gut-  Workin’ up a stake- Idiom

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