Of Mice And Men 🐁 Flashcards
Who is the author?
John Steinbeck
Why is lennie compared to so many animals throughout the book?
His size and lack of intelligence
What was the great deppression?
A period in the late 1920s where the american stock market crashed
What is the american dream?
An idea where in america everyone has the oppurtunity to achieve their goals
What is segregation?
The act of seperating thing apart from others
What is racism?
The idea that other races are infirior to others
What is isolation?
The act of where you are alone/seperated from others
What is loniless?
Sadness because one has no friends or company
What does cyclical mean?
A cycle/reccurance
What is marginalisation?
To marginalise people is to make them feel alone or unimportant
What did george tell the boss as why lennie is dumb?
He was kicked in the head by a horse
How are lennie and george stuck in the cyclical nature of existence?
Because when they go to a ranch, lennie does a bad thing, they run away, they go to a ranch……etc
Why does curleys wife having no real name show womans insignifance back then?
Because woman were very un important back then very seggregated so because she has no name it shows she means nothing
