Characters
Who has “calm, Godlike eyes” ?
Slim
Who said, "I get lonely…You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley” ???
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
The reader gains an early indication of Lennie’s most dangerous problem when...
We learn about the dead mouse in his pocket.
Who wrote Of Mice and Men?
John Steinbeck
Who owns a Luger pistol?
Carlson
What is the setting of Of Mice and Men? (Specifically the name of the town. And what does the name mean?
Soledad.
It means "loneliness."
What is a metaphor?
What excites Lennie the most about his dream life with George?
Tending the rabbits on their farm.
What genre is Of Mice and Men?
Play-Novella
The author uses _______ to show man’s ability to be...accepting of others.
Slim
What is the POV of the story?
Third person omniscient
What is foreshadowing?
Warning of future events in the story
What does George say to Lennie before shooting him?
He tells him to think of the farm they are going to get.
What award did Steinbeck win for his novels, like Of Mice and Men?
Nobel Prize for Literature
The author uses ______ to show mankind’s need for...companionship
Crooks
List the three primary places the scenes occur throughout Of Mice and Men.
1. River
2. Bunkhouse
3. Barn
What is irony?
Something is opposite of what is expected.
Curley’s wife precipitated her own death by...
Inviting Lennie to stroke her hair.
What year did Steinbeck publish Of Mice and Men?
1937
The author uses ___________ to symbolize...humanity's hope.
George and Lennie's Dream
Identify three ways that Lennie's death is foreshadowed in the text
1. Dead mouse
2. Candy's dog
3. Curley's wife's death
What is theme?
A truth that is revealed in the text.
Beginning and ending at the river. The source of life and the source of death. The place where George and Lennie describe their dream but also end their dream.
The title of this story is taken from a poem. What is the name of this poem? And who wrote it?
"To a Mouse" by Robert Burns