Vocabulary
Pugnacious
Willing to fight!
"We just come in," said George.
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What is similar about the first and last chapters?
Introduction, setting, Lennie drinking water,
Does the boss believe George? How do you know? George looked down at his feet. "Bus driver give us a bum steer," he said. "We hadda walk ten miles. Says we was here when we wasn’t. We couldn’t get no rides in the morning." The boss squinted his eyes. "Well, I had to send out the grain teams short two buckers. Won’t do any good to go out now till after dinner."
You think we'll hit the highway an' look for another lousy two-bit job like this. You don't know that we got our own ranch to go to, an' our own house.
Candy
Hoosegow
Jail
Well, get the hell out and wash your face.
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Explain two ways Candy and his dog are similar and their significance.
Appearance, Usefulness,
Foreshadows Candy's future and shows the men's lack of compassion for others
How does Steinbeck make the following dialogue seem natural?
"Sure he's jes' like a kid. There ain't no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he's so strong. I bet he won't come in here to sleep tonight. He'd sleep right alongside that box in the barn. Well-let 'im. He ain't doin' no harm out there."
Words are spelled like people say them.
"I'm jus' tryin' to tell you I didn't mean nothing," said -------. "I jus' thought you might of saw her."
Curley
Liniment
Ointment for pain
. . . and under the window itself a little bench for leather working tools, curved knives, and needles, and balls of linen thread. . .
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Explain one important aspect of Curley's clothes.
High heeled shoes show that he's proud/ not a working man
Why is the word 'much' said three times?
As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.
Baloney
Curley's Wife
mollify
to calm down
'I've knew people who got a rag-rug on the floor an' a Kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'
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Explain the significance of one of Lennie's hallucinations at the end of the book.
The rabbit shows Lennie's lost hope for the future.
Both show the audience that Lennie understands the situation he is in.
What makes Whit's dialogue unique?
Sure. Come along. It's a hell of a lot of fun-her crackin' jokes all the time. Like she says one time, she says, 'I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor an' a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're running a parlor house.'
"Maybe Carlson lost his gun.
George
recumbent
growing close to the ground
Well stick around and keep your eyes open. You'll see plenty.
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Explain the significance of George's card games.
Cards = fate
Solitaire = one person is involved
Euchre = multiple players are involved in fate
How does Crooks add emphasis to the image he portrays?
"I remember when I was a little kid on my old man's chicken ranch. Had two brothers. They was always near me, always there. Used to sleep right in the same room, right in the same bed-all three. Had a strawberry patch. Had an alfalfa patch. Used to turn the chickens out in the alfalfa on a sunny morning. My brothers'd set on a fence rail an' watch 'em-white chickens they was."
Repetition
You'll jus' stick around an' stew the b'Jesus outa George all the time.
Lennie as Aunt Clara