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English Literature and Film Unit 5: Of Mice and Men

English Literature and Film Unit 5: Of Mice and Men. Scott DeWaelsche 5/7/2013-5/9/2013. Participation Portfolio. Keep all of your written work from today until the end of the semester. Any class notes and written answers to study questions can be included in your portfolio. Easy points.

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English Literature and Film Unit 5: Of Mice and Men

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  1. English Literature and FilmUnit 5: Of Mice and Men Scott DeWaelsche 5/7/2013-5/9/2013

  2. Participation Portfolio • Keep all of your written work from today until the end of the semester. • Any class notes and written answers to study questions can be included in your portfolio. • Easy points. • Keep your papers neat, without folds. • Use A-4 paper only. • Staple all pages together to be turned in on the day of the final exam.

  3. Group Presentation • Each group will work on a group presentation. • Presentations will be given in the last three weeks of the semester. • Choose one of the Three films for the second half for your presentation. • If you use a PowerPoint, don’tcopy/paste from a website.

  4. Presentation • PowerPoints should not have too many words, but pictures are good. • The speaker will then tell us the information while showing the PowerPoint. • You can choose what you want to talk about on the presentation. • All students should speak and participate. • Bring a laptop (notebook computer) to class to work on PPT in class.

  5. Presentation Ideas • Elements of fiction analysis. • Compare and contrast two films. • Compare and contrast two characters from different films. • Compare different film versions (ex: The old Frankenstein movie and the new one). • Compare the book with the movie. • OR-Choose your own idea!

  6. Conversation Questions • Discuss the similarities between Victor and the monster. • Why did the monster kill himself in the end? Why did he work so hard to start the funeral fire for Frankenstein? • What is the importance of nature in the story? • Are Robert Walton and Frankenstein similar or different? • What themes did you find in the story?

  7. Possible answers to discussion questions

  8. Question 1: Similarities between Victor and the monster • They both are obsessed with revenge • They each desire love and family – Victor wants to marry Elizabeth and the monster has a bond with the family in the woods. • They both find comfort in nature

  9. Question 2: Why does the monster light the funeral fire? • Even if he hates Victor, the monster feels a bond with him and wants to give him a proper burial/funeral. • The monster no longer wants to have anything to do with man anymore so he is ready to die.

  10. Question 3: Importance of nature • Nature is where both Frankenstein and Victor go to feel better when they are distressed. • Nature is what gave life to the monster, in the form of lightning’s electricity.

  11. Question 4: Similarities between Victor and Robert Walton • Both Victor and Robert Walton have a thirst for knowledge, to learn and fight against nature. • They both are willing to go against the people around them (Victor’s Elizabeth and Henry; Walton’s crewmen) to reach their goals.

  12. Of Mice and Men • Written by: John Steinbeck • Type of Work: novel • Genres: parable; Great Depression (Film: drama) • First Published: 1937 • Setting: a ranch • Main Characters: George Milton; Lennie Small; Candy; Curley; Curley's wife; Slim; Crooks

  13. Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a parable about what it means to be human. Steinbeck's story of George and Lennie's ambition of owning their own ranch, and the obstacles that stand in the way of that ambition, reveal the nature of dreams, dignity, loneliness, and sacrifice.

  14. Of Mice and Men Ultimately, Lennie, the mentally handicapped giant who makes George's dream of owning his own ranch worthwhile, ironically becomes the greatest obstacle to achieving that dream.

  15. Genre: Parable (이솝우화 ) A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. What is the moral lesson in Of Mice and Men?

  16. Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men takes place during America's Great Depression, which lasted from the Stock Market Crash of October 1929 until 12 years later when World War II began. One result of the Depression was a lack of steady jobs, which resulted in an increase in the number of traveling workers moving from town to town looking short-term jobs.

  17. Characters

  18. Of Mice and Men Foreshadowing is an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future. It is a hint of what may come later in the story. Steinbeck used foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men. Watch the beginning of the film and look for possible examples of foreshadowing. Make predictions about what will happen later in the story.

  19. During film screenings • Do not sleep • Do not do homework • Put your phone away

  20. Group discussion • What predictions can you make about the story based on foreshadowing? Be ready to discuss with examples from the film. • List everything that you think is important about the setting of the film. • Make a Venn diagram comparing the characters George and Lennie.

  21. Setting The setting is almost as small and confined as the plot; it occurs over a period of three days in four specific locations: a wooded area next to the Salinas River, a bunkhouse on the ranch, the stable worker’s room on the ranch, and the main barn on the ranch.

  22. Setting: Importance But there is a larger background to the novel's setting: the Great Depression, which left people all over the country (especially men) poor and desperate for work. This poverty makes the characters suspicious and distrustful: there isn't enough work and money for everyone. In this world of suspicion and isolation, Lennie and George's friendship seems even more remarkable—and even more doomed.

  23. Setting So the setting is connected to the conflict in the story: Lennie and George are looking for work in the Great Depression. The location and the time remind us of the difficulty of life for the two characters.

  24. Link for more information: http://www.slideshare.net/bmcqueen2/of-mice-and-men-powerpoint-3966831

  25. Presentation Work with your group to discuss your presentation topic. Next week bring a laptop (notebook) if you want to work on a PPT in class.

  26. Films • The Shawshank Redemption • Rear Window • Watchmen • Frankenstein • Of Mice and Men • The Great Gatsby

  27. Next Week • Watch OfMice and Men (1992) • Based on the novel by John Steinbeck

  28. Class Site http://sdewaelscheusw.weebly.com/

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