Of Mice and Men

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Of Mice and Men

• By John Steinbeck
• PowerGuide

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Chapter 1
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Chapter 1 Content Specific Words

• junctures meeting places
• debris rubbish, trash
• mottled spotted or blotched in coloring
• recumbent bent or lying down
• heron a bird w/ long legs and a long neck
• stilted stiffly formal or dignified

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Chapter 1 PSSA Anchors

• As you read, search for examples of the following
  literary techniques
• Figurative Language
• Simile
• Personification
• Imagery

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Oppression does not come only from the hands of
the strong or powerful.
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The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
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With men, true friendship is more like
brotherhood.
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• George Go to sleep, Lennie. Lennie George?
  George Go to sleep, Lennie! Lennie I am
  sleepin', George.

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Critical Reading Guide Ch 1

• How would you describe Lennie?
• How would you describe George?
• To what animal would you compare George?
• Why were George and Lennie run out of Weed?
• What things does Lennie say and do that make him
  seem like a small child?
• Does George Really Want Lennie to go away?
• What is the meaning of the phrase an live of
  the fatta the lan?

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Chapter 2
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Ch 2 Content Specific Words

• Scowl to frown
• Complacent smug, in a self-satisfying way
• Archly clever, sly
• Flounce to leave in an angry, rude manner
• Tart slang word for a woman of questionable
  morals
• Skeptically in doubt or disbelief

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Ch 2 PSSA Anchors

• Characterization
• Swamper, Curleys Wife, Slim, Boss, Curley
• PARTS
• Physical
• action
• others Reaction
• Thoughts
• Speech

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Men and women can never be friends.
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The American Dream is still alive.
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Honesty is the best policy.
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• Lennie You said I was related to you, George.
  George Lennie, if I was related to you, I'd
  shoot myself.

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Ch 2 Critical Reading Guide

• 1. Whom does the boss punish because George and
  Lennie are late?
• Why does George answer all the questions directed
  at Lennie?
• How does the boss react to Georges friendship
  with Lennie?
• How does Curley react to Lennies silence?
• What does Curley think about George and Lennie
  traveling together?
• What does the swamper mean by the statement,
  Curleys pretty handy?
• What uneasy feeling does George have about
  Curleys wife?

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Chapter 3
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Ch 3 Content Specific Words

• Poised balanced, composed
• Receptive alert willing to receive
  instruction
• Impressively admiringly
• Reverently with great respect
• Subdued toned down, quieted
• Reprehensible -- objectionable

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Ch 3 PSSA Anchors

• Symbols - What do each of these symbols
  represent?
• Old dog
• Solitaire game
• The big dream
• The puppy

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Money can buy you happiness.
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People can never be without prejudice.
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Trust no one.
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• Slim You travel around together? George Yeah.
  Slim There ain't many guys travel around
  together. I don't know why. Maybe everybody in
  the whole damn world's scared of each other.

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Ch 3 Critical Reading Guide

• Who is Slim and what does he do for Lennie?
• How does Slim react to Lennie and George
  travelling together?
• Why do you think George told Slim what happened
  in Weed?
• Why does George stop playing jokes on Lennie?
• What is Carlsons solution to the problem of the
  dog?
• What role does Candy play in helping George and
  Lennie buy land?
• Why does Curley attack Lennie? What happens to
  Curley?

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Chapter 4
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Ch 4 content Specific Words

• Aloof remote
• Fawing affectionate
• Sullenly in a sad or gloomy way
• Mauled beaten, injured
• Disarming -- charming

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Ch 4 PSSA Anchors

• Conflict Consider how each of these conflicts
  are represented in the novel.
• Vs. nature
• Vs. man
• Vs. self

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Bullies build themselves up by tearing others
down.
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Twos company threes a crowd.
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True friends bear each others weaknesses.
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• Lennie The rabbits we're gonna get and I, I get
  to tend 'em.

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Ch 4 Critical Reading Guide

• Why is crooks jealous of Lennies friendship with
  George?
• How does Crooks fill his loneliness?
• How does Crooks feel about Lennies dream of
  livin off the fatta the lan?
• Why does Curleys wife interrupt Crooks, Candy,
  and Lennie?
• How does Curleys wife react when she sees her
  husbands hand?
• Do you think Curleys wife really knows what
  happened to his hand?
• Why does Crooks offer to work for nothing if he
  can live with George and Lennie? Why does he
  renege on his offer?

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Chapters 5 - 6
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Chapters 5 6 Content Words

• Cringe to flinch, to shrink in fear
• Sluggishly in a slow, listless way
• Retort to answer, often sharply
• Belligerently aggressively
• Sulkily irritably, moodily
• Consoled - comforted

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Ch 5 6 Anchor Word

• Theme find scenes that illustrate each theme.
• No matter how well we plan our goals, they are
  seldom realized.
• Friendship is vital.
• Dreams and goals make life worthwhile.

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To like and dislike the same things is what
makes solid friendships.
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Your friend is a person who knows all about you
and still loves you.
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Between friends, there is no need for justice.
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• George Guys like us that work on ranches are the
  loneliest guys in the world. They ain't got no
  family and they don't belong no place. They got
  nothin' to look ahead to... Lennie But not us
  George. Tell about us. George ...well, we ain't
  like that. We got a future. We got somebody to
  talk to that gives a damn about us. If them other
  guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody
  cares. Lennie But not us, George, because I...
  see, I got you look after me, but you got me look
  after.

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Ch 5 6 Critical Reading Guide

• Why is Lennie angry at the puppy?
• Whom does Candy blame for the murder?
• Why is Candy so angry at what Lennie has done?
• Why does George leave and then return to the
  scene with the others?
• Why does George mislead the others about where
  Lennie has gone?
• Why did George have to do it?
• Do you think that this story has a positive or
  negative ending?

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Some say that George should not have killed
Lennie because he had a number of alternatives.

• Georges Alternatives

• The Probable Results