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Of Mice and Men (10)
(10th) Of Mice & Men Character & Lit. Device Review
Question | Answer |
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Author of Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck |
People who do not fit into the world they live in. | Misfits |
Short, quick, smart, responsible, but he complains about having to look after Lennie. | George Milton |
Big, bear-like,strong,impulsive,mentally challenged-depends on George for his well being. | Lennie Small |
Old, slow moving, scraggly, lost his hand - wanted to give money to the "dream" of farm. | Candy |
Intelligent, bent spine, crippled - the only black man in the book. | Crooks |
Pugnacious, bully - Lennie crushed Curley's hand. | Curley |
Pretty, young, flirtatious - Wanted to be a movie star. | Curley's wife |
Self confident, authoritative - George confided to Slim what Lennie did in Weed. | Slim |
Big, unfeeling, shoots Candy's dog - a typical ranch hand | Carlson |
Old, smelly, scraggly | Candy's Dog |
Foreshadows George killing Lennie | Candy's dog is killed just because it has become a problem to the others. |
Ripples in the water symbolizes | the far-reaching effects of one thing |
George and Lennie's "dream" | They want to buy a place of their own where Lennie can raise rabbits. |
Loneliness and isolation | Two themes from the novel |
The novels Motif is | The recurrance of Lennie touching and hurting or killing soft creatures: mice, girl in red dress, puppy, Curley's wife |
George playing solitaire symbolizes | his isolation because of Lennie |
Diction used by the author to characterize Lennie as being like an animal. | Lennie "...dabbled his big paw..." |
Why does Lennie like mice | His Aunt Clara use to give them to him and because they are soft - he likes to pet them. |