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| spotted with different colors |
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| appease the anger or anxiety of |
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| having a composed and self-assured manner |
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| to show satisfaction with yourself or your achievements |
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| Describe George and Lennie when you meet them for the first time (physical characteristics). |
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| When you meet George for the first time, you see that he is small and quick, has a dark face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Lennie is the opposite, because he is huge, has a shapeless face, with large, pale eyes, and wide, sloping shoulders. |
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| Dreams. Why are dreams so important to all the people living in the bunkhouse. Select two characters who have shared their dreams with you to frame your response. |
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| Dreams are so important to all the people living in the bunkhouse because they are what keep them going everyday, because without anything to look forward to, they would all just give up. George and Lennie share their dream of getting a house, some land, and some animals, which is what keeps them working so they can arn enough money to get these things. |
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| Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to tell the story of Lennie and George. Share an example of his foreshadowing and how it may have helped you to gain an understanding of the events portrayed in the novel. |
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| An example of foreshadowing is at the beginning when Lennie and George are by the pond, and George tells Lennie that if there's any trouble, he should come back to that spot. That helps because it hints that something is going to happen and Lennie will have to go back there. |
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| Curley and Lennie have a confrontation between them. What is his intent when he comes to the bunkhouse? What is the outcome of this "confrontation?" |
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| He is intent on fighting Lennie and beating him to prove that he is stronger than Lennie is. Lennie comes out on top of this confrontation when he grabs Curley's hand and breaks it. |
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| Lennie has a dilemma he needs to solve. What is this dilemma that he faces and how does he deal with it? |
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| Lennie's dilemma is that he breaks Curley's hand by accident. He deals with it by having the other guys keep it a secret so he won't get fired. |
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| Why do you think that Steinbeck includes Crooks in the novel? What do you think of this portrayal? Good/Bad/Indifferent |
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| I think that Steinbeck includes Crooks in the novel to show the way that white people and black people were to each other at that time. I think it was a good portrayal because it shows the things a black person had to deal with at that time, and how they felt about it. |
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| Curley's wife and Lennie (others too) have dreams for themselves. What are their dreams and how does the final outcome of the story affect their dreams? |
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| Lennie's dream is to have the ranch with the rabbits, and Curley's wife's dreams is to to become an actress. These dreams are affected because they both end up being killed, so they can never reach their dreams. |
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| Friendship and lonliness are major themes in this novel. Select one and show how it plays an important in the novel. Details, details, details... |
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| Friendship is important in the story, because that is what keeps Lennie alive as long as he was. Without George's friendship, he would have had nobody to look after him, and he would have caused even more trouble than he already did. |
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| Were you completely satisfied with the conclusion to this novel? Explain why/why not. How would you have ended the novel yourself? |
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| I didn't care for the ending of the book, because I didn't like how George killed Lennie. I think that he should have kept Lennie alive, and sent him somewhere that he could live without causing any more trouble. |
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