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What is a theme of the novella?
Dreams/Loneliness/Companionship
Why was George and Lennie late
They were let off the bus too early
What happened at weed?
Lennie touched a girl's dress.
What significant event caused widespread poverty in the U.S.
The Great Depression
What was George and Lennie's Dream
Owning a ranch where they can live and work in peace comfortably.
"And he had books, too; a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905."
What literary technique is used when the California Civil Code, 1905 is mentioned in the novella.
Irony
Why was Lennie killed.
The moral thing to do to save them from torture
Who cared for Lennie before George
Aunt Clara
Describe the setting of the first chapter.
Set in the Salinas Valley, California. Has fresh trees lined next to the Salinas River, farmlands, dusty roads.
What was Curley's wife dream?
Hint: state 2 answers
Being an actress, escaping from her loneliness
What technique is this quote
Zoomorphism
Why was Crooks named Crooks
He has a crooked back
Where was Lennie killed?
the bush
What is a novella.
A short novel.
What is Crooks American Dream?
To have basic rights/ be accepted by society
What was the type of gun Carlson had?
Luger pistol
Which hand did Candy lose
His right hand
Why did Lennie have a dead mouse in his pocket.
He likes to touch soft things.
Where and when was the novella based in.
Soledad, 1937
Why did George's American Dream decay.
Lennie died
What does George say his life would be like without Lennie?
He’d have a girlfriend and no worries and his life would be much easier.
How much were Lennie and George making per month. How much did they have?
How much was the farm?
$450
$600
In Chapter 6, Who does Lennie imagine yelling at him?
His Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit
Why did Steinbeck choose the name "Of Mice and Men"
Steinbeck chose the title Of Mice and Men after reading a poem called “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns, in which the poet regrets accidentally destroying a mouse’s nest. The poem resonates with several of Of Mice and Men’s central themes: the impermanence of home and the harshness of life for the most vulnerable.
Why can't Curley's wife achieve her dream.