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Physical Characteristics of George

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Small
Quick 
Dark of Face
Restless eyes 
Sharp, strong features 
Strong hands 
Slender arms 
Thin and Bony nose
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Setting of the story

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Soledad, California
Salinas river
Taliban Mountains
Ranch

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Physical Characteristics of Lennie

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Huge man 
Shapeless face 
Large pale eyes 
Wide sloping shoulders 
Walked heavily; dragging his feet
Arms hung loosely at his side
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Why do George and Lennie have to walk to the ranch

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The bus driver didn’t stop at the ranch gate because he was too lazy to pull up

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Why didn’t George want Lennie to drink the water

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The water looked scummy and it wasn’t running; you aren’t supposed to drink running water

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What did Lennie hide in his pocket, and why does he carry it around

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He hid a dead mouse in his pocket and would pet it with his thumb while they walked along

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What instructions did George give Lennie about meeting with the ranch boss?

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George said that he would give the boss the tickets and Lennie wouldn’t say a word the whole time

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Why did George and Lennie have to leave weed?

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Lennie felt a girl’s dress and she got scared and yelled for help so Lennie just held on tighter and she thought he was raping her they had to hide

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What lady had once given Lennie pet mice? What happened to her?

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Lennie’s Aunt Clara would always give him pet mice and she died

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What are the things George says he could do if he didn’t have Lennie with him

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He could get a job and work with no trouble. He could take his 50 dollars at the end of the month and buy whatever he wanted. He could eat at any place and eat any place.

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What does Lennie ask George to tell him about repeatedly?

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Lennie always asks George to tell him about the rabbits

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How are George and Lennie different than other guys that work on ranches, according to George?

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They have a future. They have someone to talk to that cares about them. They don’t have to sit in some bar because they have someplace else to go. They look after and they have each other.

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What did George dream of for their future?

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“Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together, and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs an’ we’re gonna live off the fatta the lan’.”

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Why do George and Lennie travel together

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They have to look after each other and stick together. They don’t want to be alone and they don’t want to be lonely.

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If Lennie gets into trouble again, where is he supposed to go?

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He is supposed to hide in the brush until George comes get him

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When was the boss expecting George and Lennie

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The night before they got to the ranch

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What is the name of the old man, and what is he missing

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His name is Candy and he is missing a hand

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Why does the boss wear high-heeled boots and spurs?

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To prove he is not a laboring man

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What are George and Lennie’s full names

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George Milton and Lennie Small

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What lies did George tell the boss about Lennie, and why?

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He says that Lennie is his cousin, and that he was kicked in the head by a horse. He says that during their last job in Weed, they were digging a cesspool.

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What are two things a guy on a ranch doesn’t do?

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A guy on a ranch never listens and never asks questions

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Who is Curley, and what is he like as a person

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The boss’s son

He is very demanding and he likes things to go his way

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What does the old man think of Curley’s wife

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He thinks that she is a tart

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Describe the appearance of Slim

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He is tall with long back hair and “he moved with the majesty of royalty and gravity of manner”

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What did Carlson want to do with Candy's dog? Why?
Carlson wanted Candy to shoot his dog to put it out of its misery because the dog smelled and he couldn't get any sleep with the dog in the same room as him.
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At the end of chapter two, what is George afraid he might do
He's scared that he's gonna "tangle" with Curley
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What comments did Slim make about Lennie's first day of work
He may not be bright, but he's a very hard worker — nearly killed his partner
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Explain how George treated Lennie at first. How did Lennie react?
George used to play jokes on Lennie, but Lennie wouldn't react or do anything about it
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What incident made George decide to change the way he treated Lennie?
George told Lennie to jump into the Sacramento River, and he did, but he couldn't swim and almost drowned and George saved him
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Why did George decide to tell Slim so much and himself and Lennie
He feels that he can trust Slim
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Why did George insist that Lennie return the pup to the barn
He didn't want Lennie to kill it since it was just born. The pup needs its mother for warmth and milk
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Describe the condition of Candy's dog
Very stinky, no teeth, half blind, and has rheumatism
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Who was Crooks, and why did he come to the bunkhouse door to ask for Slim
Crooks is the stable buck and he wanted to let Slim know that the tar was ready for his mule's foot
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Where were the ranch hands planning to go on Saturday night
Old Susy's Place — a brothel
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What does George mean when he says "Me and Lennie's rollin' up a stake"?
Idiom; meaning to save money
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Describe the place George dreamed of owning, and the kind of life he wanted to have
Ten acres, little windmill, a little shack and a chicken run, a kitchen, orchard, cherries, apples, peaches, 'cots, nuts, a few berries, place for alpha, plenty of water to flood it, and a pig pin.
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Explain how Candy wanted to help them get the farm
He wants to pitch in and go in their deal
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How much money do they need so they can buy the farm
$600
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How much money could Candy give them
$350
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How much money had George and Lennie saved
$10
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What was Candy really sorry for about his dog
He was sorry that he hadn't shot the dog himself
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Why did Curley come into the bunkhouse
He was looking for his wife (as always)
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Describe the fight between Lennie and Curley
Curley punched Lennie in the nose and Lennie started bleeding Lennie tried to get away but Curley punched him in the stomach George told Lennie to get him Lennie grabbed Curley's hand and started squeezing and "the next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line[...]"
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What did Slim suggest to Curley after the fight
He wanted Curley to tell everyone that his hand was caught in a machine
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Explain the reason why, according to George, Lennie crushed Curley's hand
Lennie was scared and didn't know when to stop | **George told him to "get him" and Lennie always listens to George**
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How did Crooks react when Lennie came into his room
At first he didn't see him, but once he did an angry expression came across his face
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In what ways did Crooks tease Lennie
He kept calling his nuts when he would talk about the rabbits and he kept “assumin'” that George was hurt
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Who else came into Crook's room
Candy
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What did Crooks think about George and Lennie's dream plan
He thought it was never gonna happen; he had seen the same thing wanted by other guys and it never happened
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Why didn't Curley's wife want to stay in the house?
All she hears about is what he's going to do to the guys he doesn't like; the ol' one-two
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In what ways did she threaten Crooks
"You know what I could do to you if you open your trap?" | She said that she could have him lynched so fast it wasn't even funny
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Explain what happened to Lennie's puppy
He play smacked him after the pup play bit him and he smacked too hard so the pup died
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What did Lennie expect George to say about the puppy, and why did he get angry?
He thought George wasn't gonna let him tend the rabbits and he got mad because the pup was killed so easily just like a mouse
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Why didn't Lennie want to talk to Curley's wife
George told Lennie that he can't tend to the rabbits if Lennie talks to her or anything
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What things does Curley's wife tell Lennie that she has not told anyone before
She tells him her back story about how she was gonna be in the moves and that she doesn't even like Curley
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List, in order, the events that led to the death of Curley's wife
She told him to feel her hair She thought he would mess it up so she started yelling and pulling away He grabbed on even tighter to her hair He grabbed her mouth to keep her quiet She kept screaming because she was afraid Lennie broke her neck
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In what way did Curley's wife look different in death
The meanness and the planning and the ache for attention were all gone from her face She was very pretty and simple; her face was sweet and young
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Who finds the body, and what does he do
Candy finds the body so he goes and he gets George
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Why did George go back to the bunkhouse and pretend he didn't know about Curley's wife
He doesn't want the other guys to think he was in on it
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Why does Candy object when George suggest they find Lennie and lock him up
He thinks that Curley will have him lynched and that locking up a guy like him won't do him no good
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What excuse does Curley give for wanting to shoot Lennie instead of capturing him
He has Carlson's Luger so they had to defend themsleves; he was a murderer and a stealer
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Describe Lennie's imaginary conversations
They are him thinking that he should've been better to George and how George is gonna be mad at him
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What does George realize about himself and his dreams
George realizes that he was being foolish and that his dreams are never going to come true
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Why does George ask Lennie to look across the river
He asks him to look so he won't see him holding the gun
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What does Lennie want George to talk to him about
He wants George to talk about the place they're gonna get and the rabbits
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How does the story end
Slim tries to comfort George and they walk off to get a drink
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What event foreshadows the death of Curley's wife
Whenever Lennie kills the pup and she sees him with it
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What event foreshadows the death of Lennie
When Carlson shoots Candy's dog
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Who was the author of "To A Mouse" the poem that the title of "Of Mice And Men" comes from
Robert Burns
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What era did this story take place in
1930s Great Depression Dust Bowl era
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The Great Depression
Began Black Tuesday in 1929 Stock market crashed Hundreds of thousands of people out of work Lasted until WWII
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Causes of the Great Depression
Unequal distribution of wealth High tariffs and war debts Over production in industry and agriculture Stock market crash and financial panic
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Effects of the Great Depression
``` Widespread hunger Poverty Unemployment Worldwide economic crisis Democratic victory in 1932 election FDR's New Deal ```
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Itinerant Farm Workers
Moved from farm to farm to work at harvest Huge farms depended upon this labor Hated to travel alone so they sometimes did it in pairs Often homeless and starving while they waited for crops to ripen Constantly moving Paid poorly Often mistreated
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John Steinbeck
Born in 1902 in California Itinerant farm worker after dropping out of Stanford University Witnesses many workers being mistreated Won the NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE based Lennie on an actual worker he saw kill a ranch foreman who had stuck a pitchfork through the stomach of his traveling buddy
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Teleological Thinking
"Is thinking" Seeing and accepting life as the way things are OMAM is meant to be read with this
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Point of View
OMNISCIENT pov is used in omam | "all-seeing" point of view
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Themes
Loneliness Hopes and dreams Dignity and pride Morality
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Loneliness
All main characters suffer from this
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Hopes and Dreams
George and Lennie's place of their own Curley's wife and being a movie star Candy not staying on the farm forever
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Dignity and pride
Lennie's pride in George Curley has little in himself Crooks' makes him inaccessible to others Curley's wife hopes to become someone some day
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Morality
George's sense of morality makes him regret the pranks he played on Lennie Lennie's makes him know whenever he does a "bad thing" Candy's makes him regret not shooting his own dog George's makes him take care of Lennie so other's wouldn't hurt him Slim's makes him comfort George after he had to shoot Lennie

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