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Setting in History
About the Author
About George
About Lennie
Random Quotes - Who said it?
100
OMAM takes place during this time in history.
What is the Great Depression (1930's)?
100
This man wrote Of Mice and Men.
Who is John Steinbeck?
100
his height
What is short?
100
his height
What is tall?
100
"When we get a coupla acres I can let you tend the rabbits all right."
Who is George? (answering Lennie's question about having rabbits on their future dream farm where they can "live off the fatta the lan')
200
This event caused the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
200
place where the author grew up (city and state)
What is Salinas, California?
200
his build/body
What is skinny?
200
his build/body
What is strong/muscular?
200
"-if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush."
Who is George? (telling Lennie what to do if he gets into trouble again, George is trying to watch out for him)
300
This is the state where the events of the novel take place.
What is California? (technically Northern CA)
300
a job the author had that influenced his writing
manual laborer (worked with his hands after dropping out of college, later became a writer)
300
his mind
What is quick witted, smart?
300
his mind
What is childlike/mentally ill?
300
"Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble. ...."
Who is George? (complaining about Lennie's negative impact on George's life)
400
This is the life/job that many former farm owners have.
What is a migrant worker?
400
topic of many of the author's books
social and economic problems of the working class
400
his behavior towards Lennie
What is fatherly, responsible for, frustrated with?
400
his behavior towards George
What is thankful, obedient, trusting, afraid, reliant?
400
"If you don' want me I can go off in the hills an' find a cave. I can go away any time."
Who is Lennie? (response to George's complaints about him - Lennie's feelings get hurt and he gets defensive)
500
This is the name for the weather/lack of rain.
What is a drought?
500
"A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us." This is a quote by Steinbeck. What do you think it means?
You can plan for life, but life is what happens when you are making plans. How do you think this might apply to the book/your life?
500
his hobby/hobbies
drinking, playing pool, playing cards, going to the cat house ...
500
his hobby/hobbies
petting animals (mice, rabbits, girls' dresses), accidentally killing things, asking lots of questions
500
"An' you ain't gonna do no bad things like you done in Weed, neither."
Who is George? (referencing how Lennie's need to touch a girl's dress and scare her is the reason they had to run away from their previous job in Weed - just another example of the trouble Lennie causes George)