Information

Question 1

Of mice and men information

Answer 1

General lack of feeling for other people
Playing cards& tossing horseshoes= fast way of escaping poverty n relieving boredom
Men hunt Lennie like an animal
Guns-easy solution to problems
The work is physical labour, long hours& injuries
Magazines are fantasy
Violence mentioned causally as if it’s a part of their lives ~ how brutal life was

Question 2

Setting

Answer 2

The last scene - George surrender of dream

Question 3

Setting x2

Answer 3

The idyllic setting turned predator
Instead of a place of sanctuary - a pool of death
Safe place of Lennie - place of death
Companionship for George - future of loneliness

Question 4

Setting x3

Answer 4

Carlson & candy show weak get vanquished by the strong

Question 5

Setting x4

Answer 5

The title - despite all best intentions the best of plans can go wrong

Question 6

Lennie

Answer 6

His helplessness in face of the events that unfold
He’s defenceless
Devoted to George
Can’t avoid danger

Question 7

George

Answer 7

Short tempered but loving devoted friend

His protests against living with Lennie never weaken his commitment to protecting Lennie

The stern warning his gives Lennie about drinking water sets the tone on their friendship

He may be terse & impatient but he never strays away from his primary source of looking after Lennie

Question 8

Killing of Lennie

Answer 8

It was an accident
George could help him get away and start again
The police should be involved

Question 9

Killing of Lennie …..

Answer 9

Problems will always repeat
He killed an innocent women
George could kill Lennie as painless as possible
Lennie would die happy & not afraid

Question 10

Killing of Lennie …..

Answer 10

George takes control
He has to save him
All options are bad
Lennie would die with dignity

Question 11

Killing of Lennie …..

Answer 11

Slim says jail is like a ‘cage’ saying ‘that ain’t no good George’
Curly wants to shoot him in the guts
Lennie would be tortured by the men & Curley

Question 12

Killing of Lennie …..

Answer 12

Story ends where it Begins
It’s a mercy killing
‘We can’t let I’m get away’
No hope of getting into the hands of law safely

Question 13

Violence & harshness

Answer 13

Curleys wife threatens crooks
After shooting Lennie George shivers & throws the gun away from him
Candy lost his hand
Curley brings violence around him

Question 14

Violence & harshness

Answer 14

His stance is threatening & defensive ‘his shoulders dropped and squared’
He’s a excelled fighter
‘He’s god damn handy’
Curley wants to kill Lennie for revenge

Question 15

Violence & harshness

Answer 15

Ranch hands quickly keen for a fight
Lennie touches a girls dress = lynching
Carlson is explicit in the way he describes killing candys dog
Curly wants to shoot Lennie in the guts ( most painful)

Question 16

Loneliness

Answer 16

Crooks is excluded from everyone
Crooks lives on his own & reads Instead of company
His prefers to be on his own
‘A guy need somebody to be near him’

Question 17

Loneliness

Answer 17

Curleys wife tries to get company
When first meeting her she’s isolated, partly being the only women
Curly is lonely even tho married
They’ve got nothing to look forward to just work for the rest of their lives

Question 18

Loneliness

Answer 18

Candys dog is a equivalent to a friend
Candy knows that the future is more loneliness and death
The ranch is isolated suggested by g&l walk
Sole Dad means loneliness

Question 19

Loneliness

Answer 19

When George kills Lennie he makes sure he isn’t lonely

No family and they all go to buy temporary company from women In town

Question 20

Animal comparison

Answer 20

‘Dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws’ the brute force of the man
The way he drinks is like an animal answering a basic need
He’s described as a animal as he’s always unwilling to release a hold and he can’t control his strength

Question 21

Animal comparison

Answer 21

” I ought to of shot that dog myself’ this shows George he needs to find courage to kill Lennie
Ranchmen hunt Lennie like an animal - survival of the fittest
‘ and a manure pile under the window’ crooks is kept in a barn and treated no different to how an animal would be treated