Chapter 3: Of Mice and Men

What does juxtaposition mean?

Two things next to each other for effort or for contrast

Why are dogs important to real life and literature?

Represents loyalty and act like a companion, man’s best friend, innocent and pure, support characters

What is the setting of chapter 3?

Outside men are playing horse-shoe while George and Slim are talking

What was a direct theme in this chapter?

“Guy don’t need no sense to be a nice fella,” (40).

How did loneliness play a role in the novel?

Migrant farmers are usually lonely which could make them mean bc no human interaction

What do George, Lennie, and Candy talk about?

Their dream of getting their own land and home

How did self-worth play a role?

All character wanted to matter no matter what

What big event happened in this chapter?

Lennie got into a fight with Curley bc Lennie was smiling from their talk about the dream and Curley thought he was laughing at him. Lennie broke “every bond” in Curley’s hand which Slim said that it was caught in a machine for the boss/no one to get suspicious

Why did George and Lennie get fired from their pass job?

Lennie saw a girl with a red dress and wanted to touch it so he went up to her and started touching her, causing her to be scared and tell the manager “he raped me” causing them to hide and eventually leave to their current job