Themes:
@@Attainment of the American Dream
Loneliness@@
Carlson reveals he is callous ( lacking empathy, hard, uncaring )
Steinbeck's position on the possibility of the attainment of the American Dream -- it won't come true / will never be more than a dream
%%Ironical %%that Lennie's last name is Small, because he's so large
- Why did the author give George the last name "%%Milton%%"
A very famous English poet, John Milton, wrote a poem: %%"Paradise Lost" (starts out in the Garden of Eden, loss of paradise / loss of American Dream)%%
Ironical - the opposite of what is expected
Curley's wife married him to get ^^freedom^^ from her mother, yet ^^lost her freedom^^ to Curley
Incident that foreshadowed Lennie's Death: ==shooting Candy's dog==
both mercy killings
Candy kept the dog for company, George kept Lennie for company
Candy's dog is an animal, Lennie is constantly described with animalistic traits
Foreshadowing of Curley's Wife's death
Setting- Salinas River, outskirts of Soledad: 1982
Information given in exposition - main characters appearance, general personality
Protagonists - George, Lennie, ~~Candy~~
Antagonists - Curley, “society”, ~~Curley's Wife, Carlson~~
3 Examples of Foreshadowing
Main External Conflict - Man vs. Man (George vs. Lennie), Man vs. Society, Man vs. Self (George vrs. his decisions/feelings towards Lennie)
What is the stake the men talk about in the story? The down payment given to ranch hands after a period of work
Why does Curley's wife like Lennie? Lennie hurt Curley, and Lennie is fond of her
Why does Candy want to join George and Lennie's goal?
How does Candy get Gurley's wife to leave Crook's room? He promises that "if she leaves now, he wont tell Curley that she ever showed up"