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| show | Full grown man with the mentality of a child but lots of strength. Lennie= dependent on George and others, like and animal. George enjoys his company and promised Lennie's Aunt Clara he would take care of him.
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| show | Lennie wanted to touch a girl's dress (said it looked soft) but she misunderstood and thought she was being attacked. She sent some men after him, and they tried to lynch him.
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| What does the girl's dress in Weed and the mouse he carries in his pocket have in common for Lennie? | show 🗑
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| show | Lennie could pet a pup without killing it. This promise will get Lennie to keep his promises of keeping quiet and avoiding Curley
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| show | Have a future and each other (other guys travel alone from farm to farm)
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| show | They're going to own a farm (a few acres with cows and pigs)and make their own money. During the Depression, ppl didn't own private land. Lennie is going to tend to the rabbits
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| What instructions does George give Lennie right before they go to sleep? | show 🗑
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| show | Mice are helpless. Can be destroyed by pwrs that are beyond their control. Represent ppl who couldn't control situation during that time period (like Lennie)
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| George remarks that he continually has to get Lennie out of trouble. What things does he say to Lennie that lead one to believe he expects trouble? Does it seem likely or unlikely that this new job will turn out differently for the two of them? | show 🗑
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| show | George would feel guilty leaving Lennie (promised his aunt clara he'd take care of him). Lennie is company for George and protection. Lennie's need for George gives George a purpose in life.
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| show | Lennie doesn't talk (George does all of the talking). He thinks George only defends Lennie and makes him work so that he can take the money.
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| show | He's never seen one man try and go to so much trouble to get a job for another man. The boss thinks that George only hangs around and travels w/ Lennie so he can take his pay b/c George does ALL of the talking
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| What explanation does Candy give George for Curley's treatment of Lennie? | show 🗑
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| Summarize Candy's description of Curley's wife. | show 🗑
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| Name the 2 things George tells Lennie to do with regard to Curley. | show 🗑
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| show | A piece of "jail bait." George tells Lennie not to even look at her
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| What does George say he's scared he will do? Why? | show 🗑
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| George lies to the boss about being Lennie's cousin and about the cause for Lennie's condition. Why do you think he feels it is necessary to tell such lies? | show 🗑
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| George reminds Lennie, after his instructions to him about Curley, to remember the hiding place by the river. What does this suggest George is thinking? | show 🗑
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| show | Not being allowed to take care of the rabbits
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| Lennie says he wants to leave the ranch b/c "It's mean here." What do you think he's trying to express? | show 🗑
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| show | Wants to put the dog down only b/c it smells, not to put it out of its misery. He's selfish and pushy
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| What's a bindle? | show 🗑
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| What is a skinner? | show 🗑
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| show | He gets angry and defends Lennie. Says that everyone on the farm is not smart if they don't have their own land.
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| How does George explain his relationship w/ Lennie to Slim? | show 🗑
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| Why does George tell Slim the truth about what happened in Weed? | show 🗑
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| show | The "prince of the ranch;" represents justice; has last say in things (deciding factor)
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| What does Carlson ask Slim to do for Candy? | show 🗑
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| show | If there has been any trouble since she arrived at the farm (Lennie)
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| show | He doesn't like Curley and is still afraid of getting into a fight w/ Curley. He's very caution b/c he doesn't want to lose his temper and get fired (Curley= farm owner's son)
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| show | To pay for part of the house he and Lennie want to buy. At first George doesn't want to share it but they decide that they will all 3 move in at the end of the month. Candy promises to give entire life savings if he could live there (old- die in streets)
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| show | Should have done it himself (responsibility). Intentions; wishes someone would shoot him from being penned up on the farm
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| show | He needs to take his anger out on someone and thinks Lennie is laughing at him (Lennie was smiling at the thought of the rabbits) At first Lennie doesn't know what to do and lets Curley bruise his face but breaks Curley's hand (George tells him to).
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| What does Slim makes Curley agree to? | show 🗑
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| George tells Slim that he used to play jokes on Lennie but that he finally stopped. What does this indicate to you about George's character? | show 🗑
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| show | Yes, Lennie is like a kid b/c he: is dependent on others, esp George; will not stand up for himself on his own; always gets overexcited about small things (like the rabbits); and is comforted by petting soft objects but does not think of the consequences
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| Carlson assures Candy that he can shoot Cnady's old dog w/o him feeling any pain and demonstrates how he would do it. What does this scene reveal about Carlson's character? | show 🗑
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| show | I think he protects George and Lennie after the fight b/c he realizes that they really care`about him and aren't just pretending for attntn, like Curley. He's observant and fair.
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| show | Accumulated a lot of things; likes to read and be educated; crippled.
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| show | They become very confused and feel lost in life b/c they don't have anyone to double-check things with; go crazy.
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| show | Will be taken to the "booby trap" (insane asylum)
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| show | Offers to work for nothing. He'd come and help out if they wanted and he'd lend a hand. He does this to show that he acknowledges their kindness and doesn't want to be discriminated against for being black and crippled.
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| What is Curley's wife's explanation for the reason guys won't talk unless the're alone? | show 🗑
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| What does Curley's wife say she might have done instead of marrying Curley? | show 🗑
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| Why does Curley's wife threaten Crooks? What does she threaten him with? | show 🗑
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| show | She's glad Lennie beat Curley up b/c he deserved it. Cometiomes she wants to beat him up too.
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| Crooks tells Lennie he now knows why his old man didn't like his playing w/ white kids. What does he now know? | show 🗑
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| show | Yes. Many men have passed through w/ the same big ideas but didn't accomplish their goals b/c they gave up hope. George, Lennie, and Candy have money, each other, are saving money, and already picked out a house.
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| Curley's wife indicates that she doesn't like her husband. Why do you think she married him? Base your answer on what you know about her character. | show 🗑
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| Crooks tells George to forget what he said about hoeing and doing odd jobs on their dream ranch. He says he didn't mean it and wouldn't want to go to a place like that. Do you believe that he didn't mean what he said? | show 🗑
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| show | I think he's afraid of what will happen if he tries to assert his independence again (Curley's wife threatened to lynch him JUST for telling her to leave his room)
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| show | He can't help having a mental disability
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| Why do mice represent Crooks? | show 🗑
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| show | Old; can't do much more work on the farm; can't assert his opinion about his dog.
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| Why do mice represent Curley's wife? | show 🗑
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| Why does Lennie get angry at his dead puppy? | show 🗑
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| show | She's lonely and wants a friend
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| show | To spite her mother and get away from her mother.
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| show | For yelling b/c he was grabbing her hair, which made him yank harder. He kills her.
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| show | Let him get away on his own
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| What does George tell Candy he has known all along? | show 🗑
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| What does Slim tell George might happen to Lennie if they bring him in? | show 🗑
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| What does Curley say he's going to do to Lennie? | show 🗑
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| show | George and Lennie's dream . It was George's way of soothing Lennie, even thouhgh he knew they wouldn't actually get it. He'd feel funny sharing this dream w/ someone else.
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| show | he's suggesting that George should get rid of Lennie by killing b/c Curley is rounding up others and coming after him so the only other choice is for Lennie to disappear. If he ran away he would end up in an institution: locked, strapped, in cage.
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| show | Carlson's nature is to get what he wants: he pushed Candy until he had permission to shoot the dog and probably would make up an excuse so no one would think he misplaced the gun. (Another reason to kill Lennie: theft). George could've taken it.
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| show | He says that he tried and tried (to mind George so that he could tend the rabbits)
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| show | Hope for a better future
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| What is the statement the gigantic rabbit repeats to taunt Lennie? | show 🗑
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| Describe George's reaction and reply when Lennie says he thought George was mad at him? | show 🗑
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| What does Carlson assume happened to Lennie? What does George say? | show 🗑
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| Both Lennie's Aunt Clara and a gigantic rabbit appear while Lennie waits for George. What might each of these figures represent? | show 🗑
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| Describe what Slim does at the end of the novel. What does he tell George? | show 🗑
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| Lennie tells Aunt Clara that he "tried and tried" but he "couldn't help" doing bad things. Were the things Lennie did "bad"? Could he "help it"? | show 🗑
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| show | He said these things so that he could honestly tell Lennie how he felt before killing him. Although Lennie is a burden and a hassle for George, George wouldn't have continued to travel w/ Lennie if he didn't feel this way.
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| show | This solution just got rid of the current prob (Lennie killing someone) and any future probs. I feel like Lennie and George could've run far away again b/c news didn't travel terribly fast then, Curley didn't seem to love his wife, &no one trusted others
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