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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a theme? | A fundamental and universal idea explored in a library text |
| What is a motif? | A recurring idea, structure, contrast or device that develops or forms the major themes of a work of literature |
| Theme= | What it means |
| Motif= | What you SEE repeated |
| A few miles south of ---------, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.’ – The first line of the novel, describing the setting of the key location of the river, Ch. 1. | Soledad |
| ‘The first man was small and ------, dark of face, with restless eyes and strong, sharp features.’ – Steinbeck’s first description of George, Ch. 1. | quick |
| ‘a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a --------- drags his paws.’ - Steinbeck’s first description of Lennie, Ch. 1. | bear |
| ‘Lennie, who had been watching, ------- George exactly.’ – Lennie is desperate to please George, Ch. 1. | imitated |
| ‘If I was alone I could live so ------’ – George about Lennie, Ch. 1. | easy |
| ‘Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the ----------- guys in the world.’ George, on ranch life. Ch. 1. | loneliest |
| ‘Lennie – if you get into trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the ------.’ George’s plan for Lennie. Ch.1. | brush |
| ‘those Western magazines that ranch men love to read and scoff at and secretly ---------.’ The bunkhouse, Ch. 2. | believe |
| ‘He stiffened and went into a slight crouch. His glance was at once calculating and ---------------.’ Steinbeck’s description of Curley, Ch. 2. | pugnacious |
| ‘Both men glanced up, for the ------------ of sunshine in the doorway was cut off. A girl was standing there looking in.’ Curley’s wife, Ch. 2 | rectangle |
| ‘a jerkline skinner, the --------- of the ranch.’ Slim, Ch. 2. | prince |
| ‘The next minute Curley was ------------- like a fish on a line, and the closed fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand.’ The fight between Curley and Lennie, Ch. 3. | flopping |
| ‘he had books, too; a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California ------ code for 1905.’ Crooks, Ch. 4 | civil |
| ‘Crooks was a --------, aloof man.’ Crooks, Ch. 4. | proud |
| ‘A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody…I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets ----------.’ Crooks’ loneliness, Ch. 4 | sick |
| ‘Nobody gets to heaven, and nobody gets no --------.’ Crooks on the American Dream, Ch. 4. | land |
| ‘Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Think I like to sit in that -------- alla time?’ Loneliness of Curley’s wife, Ch. 4 | house |
| ‘A guy tol’ me he could put me in --------.’ Curley’s wife’s dream, Ch. 4. | pitchers |
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