Lennie
Sad Ending
Curley's Wife
Symbolism
Miscellaneous
100
What does he like to pet?
What is soft things (mice, puppies, fabric, etc.)
100
Who kills who in the end?
Who is George kills Lennie
100
Why doesn't Curley's Wife have a name?
What is because she isn't viewed as important enough and just as property.
100
What do mice symbolize?
What is comfort for Lennie or the size of his mind.
100
Why does Candy get George to come to the barn first?
What is in order to give him a headstart to find Lennie
200
Why is Lennie a burden to George?
What is he holds him back from doing what he wants and always gets them into trouble
200
What is the setting of this scene?
What is the river bank
200
What does she think of her husband?
What is she thinks he's mean and not at all nice
200
What does Lennie and George's dream farm symbolize for George?
What is success and acheivement
200
Why is Candy desperate to try to keep the dream going when he sees what Lennie did in the barn?
What is because he sees it as his only way off of the ranch
300
Name the only thing Lennie seems to think about.
What are rabbits (could also say the "dream" or soft things)
300
Lennie is talking about the "dream" during this scene. Why does George have him talk about it?
What is so that he is only thinking of good, nice things when he dies.
300
Why does she truly try to be around the men on the ranch all the time?
What is because she's lonely and wants company.
300
What does Lennie and George's dream farm symbolize for Lennie?
What is safety, protection, and comfort
300
Why does Crooks back out of wanting to be in on George, Lennie, and Candy's dream?
What is because of what Curley's wife says to him, that he feels as though he still does not have the freedoms he's entitled to
400
Why doesn't Lennie want anyone to find the dead puppy after killing Curley's wife?
What is he doesn't want the scene to look as bad
400
What does the heron and snake symbolize in this scene?
What is good overtaking evil
400
In death, Curley's wife is described as having "the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention...[being] gone from her face. She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young." What is ironic about this description of her?
What is that now she is dead she is seen as innocent and lovely and her true self, but alive she was viewed as the complete opposite.
400
What do Crooks' belongings symbolize about him?
What is that he is established
400
How does the initial setting of the river bank in chapter 1 compare to that at the end of the book?
What is in chapter 1 it is ideal, perfect, a "Garden of Eden" that is interrupted by the presence of evil (the snake). At the end the snake is eaten and perfection is restored.
500
How does the progression of Lennie's actions show him as being naturalistic?
What is he becomes more aggressive and damages those around him; he is constantly compared to an animal.
500
Why doesn't George let the mob "take care" of Lennie?
What is because he sees it as his responsibility to do it.
500
Why doesn't Curley stay to take care of her body?
What is because he didn't truly love her and wanted to "save face" by hunting/killing Lennie.
500
What does the death of Curley's wife symbolize?
What is Lennie's inability to be "civilized"
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Describe the kind of concepts Steinbeck includes in his writing.
What is realism and naturalism. Realism is about "real life" and naturalism is about "natural tendencies - animalistic - that man's course is due to heredity, environment, and chance.
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