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Guided Notes – Of Mice and Men, Chapter 1-6 and related concepts
Jigsaw
Novella:
Part 1: The Cast of Characters and their Conflicts
The four kinds of conflicts are:
Man vs__________
Man vs__________
Man vs__________
Man vs__________
Names:
Lennie Small
-Conflicts:
-What problems does he present to society?
George Milton
-Conflicts:
-Problem in Society:
Candy
-Conflicts:
-Problem in Society:
Crooks
-Conflicts:
-Problem in Society:
Curley’s Wife
-Conflicts:
-Problem in Society:
Flat characters are_______________________. Examples are:
Round characters are_________________________. Examples are:
Protagonists are____________________________. Examples are:
Antagonists are______________________________. Examples are:
Part 2: Figurative language. Symbolism uses symbols or objects to stand for a greater idea. What do these items stand for? Could a character be a symbol? A Place? An event?
The game of solitaire:
George and Lennie’s Dream:
Lennie’s Crimes (Curley’s wife):
The mouse:
Candy’s Dog:
A metaphor is____________________________________________________________
A simile is ___________________________________
An example from Ch. 1 about Lennie is:
How do all the “crippled” characters (Lennie, Curley, Crooks, and Candy) relate to the poem To A Mouse? Team Member #5 will be your guide to finding this answer.
Part 3: Cyclical Novel/Steinbeck’s Author’s Craft
“PARALLELS” (Parallels are things that are similar or alike and their similarity provides emphasis.) Think of a math equation: although either side of the = has different forms, they work out to be the same.
Curley’s Wife compared to Lennie’s puppy
Lennie compared to Candy’s Dog
George compared to Carlson
Define foreshadowing:
Foreshadowing
The mice
Candy’s old dog
Look up any words in the pyramid you don’t know. Come up with the events in the story that coincide with the story pyramid.
o Exposition
o Rising Action
o Climax
o Falling Action
o Denouement/Resolution
Part 4: MAJOR THEMES of the novella, Of Mice and Men
Provide two examples of each theme.
Loneliness/Family/Friends
1.
2.
Discrimination/Prejudice
1.
2.
Dreams
1.
2.
Innocence
1.
2.
Part 5: MEANING of the title, Of Mice and Men
Comes from the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns
“The best laid plans of mice and men, often go awry.” What does this mean? How does it relate to the story?
5.
“To A Mouse” by Robert Burns
“The best laid plans of mice and men, often go awry.” What does this mean? How does it relate to the story?
What emotions does the farmer have when he destroys the mouse’s den?
Why would John Steinbeck be inclined to name his novella Of Mice and Men?
Tiny, sleek, cowering, fearful mouse,
O, what a panic is in your breast!
You need not start away so hasty,
With pattering noises!
I would be loath to run and chase you,
With my murdering spade!
I'm truly sorry that my world,
Has broken into your world,
And justifies your ill opinion of men,
Which makes you startle
At me, you poor, earth-born companion,
And fellow mortal!
I doubt not that at times you may steal;
What then? poor little animal, you must live!
An occasional ear of corn out of twenty-four sheaves
Is a small request;
I'll be blest with the rest of the corn,
And never miss the ear you took!
Your tiny house, too, in ruin!
Its fragile walls the winds are strewing!
And nothing, now, to build a new one,
Out of densely growing grass!
And bleak December's winds are following,
Both harsh and keen!
You saw the fields were bare and desolate,
And weary winter coming fast,
And cozy here, beneath the wind,
You thought to dwell—
Till crash! the cruel plowshare passed
Right through your cell.
That little heap of leaves and stubble,
Has cost you many a weary nibble!
Now you are turned out, for all your trouble,
Of house and home,
To endure the winter's sleety dribble,
And hoarfrost cold!
But, Mousie, you are not alone,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes of mice and men
Go often astray,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!
Still you are blest, compared with me
The present only touches you:
But, Oh! I backward cast my eye.
On prospects dreary!
And forward, though I cannot see,
I guess and fear!
