Lit Terms and Plot
Character
Conflict
Imagery and Setting
Themes
100
The reason Lennie and George had to leave Weed, California.
Lennie was accused of rape.
100
Character who is extremely lonely and who is perceived as a flirt.
Curley's wife
100
Curley hates big guys and becomes jealous when people want to talk to his wife. He always picks fights with stronger men.
What is an external conflict? or What is man vs. man
100
The time period in which the novel takes place
The Great Depression of the 1930s
100
Lennie doesn't mean to hurt anyone. He just doesn't know the power of his strength.
What is innocence?
200
The first person George and Lennie meet on the ranch and who wants to share in their "American Dream"
Candy
200
Character who tells Lennie that if George doesn't come back for him, Lennie will go to the "booby hatch."
Crooks
200
Crooks is forced to live separately from the other men because he is African American (black)
What is segregation? What is a conflict between man vs. society?
200
This type of ideology is one of the reasons why we don't learn Curly's wife's name
sexism
200
George and Lennie want to have their own farm where they can grow vegetables, have animals and work for themselves.
What is the American Dream?
300
The reason George shoots Lennie.
George is the ultimate friend, and is afraid Curley will kill Lennie put him in an insane asylum.
300
Character who shoots Candy's dog and who owns a Luger pistol.
Carlson
300
When Lennie doesn't not reply to the bosses questions, the boss becomes very angry.
What is an internal and external conflict? Man vs. man and Man vs. self
Lennie doesn't know if he should answer the boss or listen to what George told him which is to remain quiet. Also, due to societal limitations during that era, Lennie could be denied work because of his disability.
300
This type of ideology is why Crooks and Lennie are often victimized
What is Power-Crooks has mental strength (power) over Lennie and Lennie has physical strength (power) over Crooks.
300
Use one word or phrase to describe how women are shown to be in the novel.
Flirts; people who get in the way of mens' dreams; troublemakers.
400
This literary element serves as a contrast to the main character, and highligts the attributes, values, and motivations to the traits of the protagonist.
Foil
400
The character who says to "You hadda, George. I swear you hadda" after he finds out that George shot Lennie.
Slim
400
The land in many parts of the Midwest was destroyed by dust storms. Man had problems growing crops for food
What is The Great Depression? What is the conflict between man and society?
400
Where Lennie kills Curley's wife could be a symbol of what
In the barn which could symbolize of danger, dungeon, etc. (various answers)
400
Curley's wife had no one to talk to. She was the only woman on the ranch. She was very upset that no one wanted to talk to her.
What is loneliness?
500
This is a prevailing belief that influences a group or an individual.
Ideology
500
Character who is suspicious of George's intentions with Lennie
The Boss
500
The TWO types of conflict that describe the killing of Curley's wife
Character vs. Self and/or Character vs. Character (Self because Lennie can't help touching soft things and then panicking; Character because Curley's wife asked Lennie to touch her hair)
500
Where Lennie runs to after he kills Curley's wife which could symbolize
The river under the sycamores/ The Brush which can symbolize a safe haven, rescue, etc (various answers)
500
What the novel tells the reader about friendship (think about George's conflicts at the beginning and the end of the novel).
Sometimes you have to sacrifice and do things you don't want to do to truly care for the people who are the most important to you.