Vocabulary
This word means “a small, simple house or shelter.
What is a shack?
“Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water” is an example of this technique.
What is a metaphor?
Dreams of tending rabbits
Who is Lennie?
George and Lennie’s friendship represents this major theme
What is companionship or loneliness?
Known as the Red Planet
What is Mars?
A term used in the novel meaning “to criticize or scold harshly.”
What is berate?
The phrase “the shade climbed up the hills” uses this technique.
What is personification?
Lennie's loyal friend and protector
Who is George?
Their goal of owning their own farm represents this theme
What is The America Dream?
This chemical is known by the symbol Au
What is Gold?
This word describes someone who is isolated or withdrawn from others.
What is aloof?
Steinbeck often uses this technique to hint at future events
What is foreshadowing?
Isolated because of his race
Who is Crooks?
Lennie's fate explores this theme
What is moral responsibility?
The name of the tallest mountain on Mars
What is Olympus Mons?
A term for someone who moves from place to place to find work.
What is a migrant worker/itinerant worker?
The repetition of “A guy needs somebody” is done for this purpose.
What is repetition for empahsis?
The only female character on the ranch
Who is Curley's Wife?
The treatment of Crooks highlights this theme
What is discrimination?
What is the capital of Vatican City?
What is the Vatican City?
This word means “a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual.”
What is melancholy?
The use of this technique is used frequently to describe Lennie
What is animal imagery?
Represents the harshness of authority
Who is Curley?
The novel's bleak ending reinforces this theme
What is the impossibility of dreams?
What is coffee?