OF MICE AND MEN

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OF MICE AND MEN

• JOHN STEINBECKS STORY OF TWO FRIENDS IN 1930S
  CALIFORNIA

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Synopsis

• John Steinbeck's classic story of loyalty and
  friendship focuses on two travelling farm
  workers, George and Lennie. George has taken on
  responsibility for the mildly retarded Lennie,
  who constantly seems to fall into trouble of one
  sort or another.  George and Lennie don't plan to
  travel forever - someday, they will have a little
  place of their own...

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The Setting of Of Mice and Men
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GEORGE AND LENNIE ARE ITINERANT FARM WORKERS

• They have to get work permits from an agency,
  that entitles them to work.
• When the job is done they move on.
• The whole process of obtaining a permit has to
  be repeated.

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Farm workers getting work cards under a
Government scheme
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THE TWO FRIENDSWHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS

• GEORGE
• Small and quick
• Dark face
• Restless eyes
• Strong features
• Every part of him was defined small, strong
  hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose.

• LENNIE
• A huge man
• Shapeless face
• Large pale eyes
• Wide sloping shoulders
• Walked heavily, dragging his feet
• Arms hung loosely
• Heavy hands were pendula

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THE OTHER CHARACTERS
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Lennie gets a puppy

• Would you have let Lennie have a puppy to look
  after?
• Where was the puppy kept?
• How long did Lennie have the puppy?
• What would you have done?

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THE FIGHT

• AGGRESSIVE CURLY
• stepped over to Lennie
• exploded
• slashed
• slugging him in the face
• terrier like
• fist was swinging
• attacked his stomach and cut off his wind

• PASSIVE LENNIE
• blankly
• helplessly
• tried to retreat
• gave a cry of terror
• too frightened to defend himself
• covered his face with his huge hands

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CURLYS WIFEWhy did she not have a
name?Describe her ambition.Why did she die?
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THE ENDING

• How would you have ended the story?
• Did you like the original ending?
• Were any of the misfits dreams fulfilled?
• What might have happened to Lennie and George
  later on ?
• Although the story was set in California in the
  1930s, could this happen today in a different
  place setting?