Characters
Who finds Curley's Wife's body?
Candy
What event in the beginning of Ch. 5 foreshadows the death of Curley's Wife?
Lennie accidentally kills the puppy in the barn
What is foreshadowing?
When an author gives the readers hints or clues as to what will happen later on in the novel.
How would you describe George's emotional state after he shoots Lennie?
“Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.”
Curley's Wife
What does George do after Candy shows him what Lennie has just done?
He decides to go back to the bunkhouse so that the other men don't suspect he's had anything to do with the murder.
They are participating in a Horse Shoe Tournament
What is a metaphor?
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase represents something else.
When George tells Lennie, "Gonna do it soon... Ever'body gonna be nice to you." What is he implying?
The he is putting Lennie out of his misery.
“I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand.”
Who is Curley?
What is Curley's reaction to seeing his wife's dead body in the barn?
He's extremely angry, although he does not appear to be sad. Threatens to shoot Lennie in the gut.
Who steals Carlson's Luger?
George
Provide an example of foreshadowing in any chapter of Of Mice and Men
TBD
What is Slim suggesting when he says to George, "Never you mind... a guy got to sometimes"?
“I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.”
Who is George?
Why is Candy so angry at Curley's Wife?
He blames her for this situation and her death. Because this murder happened, any chance of owning their dream farm has gone out the window.
Why does George tell the men that Lennie went South?
He is trying to trick the men so that they head in the wrong direction enabling George to get to Lennie first. He is in the brush.
Provide an example of a metaphor in any chapter of Of Mice and Men
TBD
Why does George shoot Lennie himself instead of letting to other men get to him first?
He doesn't want the other men to harm him. He wants to take care of this himself in the most painless way possible.
“You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.”
Who is Slim?
Why does Curley's Wife open up to Lennie?
She does not see him as a threat and because of his intellectual disability, she is able to talk about her own dreams freely for the first time.
Lennie is told to do this if he's in trouble.
What is hide in the brush by the river?
The accidental murder of the puppy foreshadows the death of Curley's Wife
What are the parallels between candy and his old dog AND george and lennie?
Both are creatures that need to be "put out of their misery." The difference is that George had the guts to do it himself.
“You done it, di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad. Ever’body knowed you’d mess things up.”
Who is Candy?