OMAM less important characters

Question 1

How does the Boss show power

Answer 1

-asks a lot of questions
-squints a lot to show he is scrutinized
-wears boots from height insecurity
-he is short fused from g+l arriving late

Question 2

What does Candy’s dog represent

Answer 2

representation of what Candy himself has become (old)

Question 3

describe Curley’s appearance

Answer 3

‘thin young man’
‘head of tightly curled hair’
‘high-heeled boots’
‘work glove on his left hand’

Question 4

‘his hands’

Answer 4

his hands closed into fists
-curley’s first resort is anger
he has a short fuse

Question 5

he’s handy

Answer 5

curley is a fighter

Question 6

What is curley self concious of

Answer 6

his smallness, he wears high-heeled boots to assert power and physically make himself taller

Question 7

I’ve got a (candy)

Answer 7

I’ve got a gut ache
-he is ill
-frail with a lack of health
-he thinks alcohol will solve his issues

Question 8

I never notice (candy)

Answer 8

I never notice hoe he stinks
-loyal, always with his dog
-physically uncomfortable from the comments that carlson makes
-unbothered by dog’s smell

Question 9

Describe Carlson’s hardened approach to Candy’s dog

Answer 9

-He doesn’t care that he is the only company that Candy has
‘I’ll put the devil out of his misery’

Question 10

‘he was the best

Answer 10

he was the best damn sheep dog
-thinking of the glory days
-praising and loyal

Question 11

‘candy looked for help

Answer 11

candy looked for help from face to face
-he was desperate to save his dog
-doesn’t want to lose him, being an itinerant worker he has not family and has only the dog for company
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Question 12

‘silence fell on the room again

Answer 12

silence fell on the room again.. candy lay still staring at the ceiling’
-thinking about what the others could do to him since he is also old

Question 13

Describe SLim’s more gentle approach to handling Candy and his dog

Answer 13

‘take a shovel’
Slim wants to give the dog dignity and offers Candy one of his puppies

Question 14

Curley’s Wife real name

Answer 14

is never given as she is treated as a possession

Question 15

make a will an’ share

Answer 15

make a will an’ share.. in case I kick off
-Candy offers his entire life savings to people he has known for a very short period of time.
-It suggests he leads a lonely.
-demonstrates eagerness to leave the ranch

Question 16

What does candy losing his hand tell us about life on the ranch

Answer 16

‘two hundred an’ fifty dollars ‘cause I los’ my hand’
-working conditions on the ranch were poor
-jobs were dangerous

Question 17

when they (candy)

Answer 17

when they can me
-Candy is worried he will end up like his dog
-the elderly and disabled were mistreated

Question 18

‘she got the

Answer 18

she got the eye
-she is looking at other men

Question 19

what dessert is curley’s wife described as and why

Answer 19

a tart
- she’s easy to please, sweet and will go with anything/anyone

Question 20

curley’s wife wears ostrich feathers, what does this foreshadow

Answer 20

-red foreshadows danger
-ostriches can’t fly; she is trapped on the ranch

Question 21

majesty only achieved

Answer 21

majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen
-shows how respected he is on a social scale

Question 22

for slim’s word