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Oppression does not come only from the hands of the strong or powerful. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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Oppression does not come only from the hands of the strong or powerful. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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    3. Chapter 1 Discuss Vocabulary Does George really want Lennie to go away? What is the meaning of the phrase An live off the fatta the lan? Compare and contrast George and Lennie. Discuss the use of Literary Techniques.

    4. Do You Agree? Men and women can never be friends. The American Dream is still alive. Honesty is the best policy.

    5. Chapter 2 Discuss Vocabulary What can be learned about each character? Swamper * Curleys wife Slim * Curley Boss * George Lennie

    6. Trust no one. Money can buy you happiness. People can never be without prejudice. Do You Agree?

    7. Chapter 3 Discuss Vocabulary Why does Curley attack Lennie? What happens to Curley? How did Lennie react to the attack? Why? How are the following symbols used: Old Dog -- Dream Solitare -- Puppy

    8. Money can buy you happiness. People can never be without prejudice. Bullies build themselves up by tearing others down.

    9. Chapter 4 Discuss Vocabulary List examples of conflict: Man vs. Man Man vs. Society Man vs. Self

    10. Twos company; threes a crowd. True friends bear each others weaknesses. To like and dislike the same things is what makes solid friendships.

    11. Chapter 5 & 6 Discuss Vocabulary Describe Lennies hallucination & provide a reason for his thinking. (This is the first time we are able to get into his head. What does this scene tell us about Lennie?) How else could the story have ended?

    12. Your friend is a person who knows all about you and still loves you. Between friends, there is no need for justice.

    13. Top 10 Quotes "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an work, an no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want." "All kin's a vegetables in the garden, and if we want a little whisky we can sell a few eggs or something, or some milk. We'd jus' live there. We'd belong there. There wouldn't be no more runnin' round the country and gettin' fed by a Jap cook. No, sir, we'd have our own place where we belonged and not sleep in no bunk house." "Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is. "I ain't got no people. I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain't no good. They don't have no fun. After a long time they get mean. They get wantin' to fight all the time. . . 'Course Lennie's a God damn nuisance most of the time, but you get used to goin' around with a guy an' you can't get rid of him." "S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause you was black. How'd you like that? S'pose you had to sit out here an' read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody-to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick."

    14. Quote 6-10 "I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. They come, an' they quit an' go on; an' every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn one of 'em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Everybody wants a little piece of lan'. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It's just in their head. They're all the time talkin' about it, but it's jus' in their head. Maybe you guys better go. I ain't sure I want you in here no more. A colored man got to have some rights even if he don't like 'em. "If I catch any one man, and he's alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the guys get together an' you won't talk. Jus' nothing but mad. You're all scared of each other, that's what. Ever' one of you's scared the rest is goin' to get something on you." "I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would. "Never you mind. A guy got to sometimes."

    15. Title Inspiration Robert Burns, a Scottish poet: Translated into modern English, the verse reads: "The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry."

    16. Themes Loneliness The American Dream Friendship Innocence Discrimination Change

    17. Symbolism George & Lennies Farm Lennies Puppy Candys Dog Handicap Solitaire

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