Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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Of Mice and Menby
John Steinbeck
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• Born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California.
• Attended Stanford, but did not graduate from there.
• 1936 Of Mice and Men published. Setting is Soledad, California
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• 1939 published The Grapes of Wrath, which won a Pulitzer Prize.
• Died on December 20, 1968, as one of the most honored writers of his time.
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•All of his novels deal with a personal experience.•He advocated the need for humans and nature to be in partnership.•His characters are the outcasts of society: poor, demented, uneducated and rebellious.
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Of Mice and Men The Novel and Characters
“The economic upheavals of the 1930’s produced a rootlessness in Americans who found themselves without possessions or hope. Of Mice and Men, is, in part, an examination of this peculiarly American kind of Alienation.”
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George MiltonSmall
Sharp-witted
Ranch hand
Takes care of Lennie
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Large man with a slow mind.
Short attention span
Does not understand the outcomes of his actions.
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Wise
Well-respected ranch hand whose word is law
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Ranch hand
Exact opposite of Slim
Coarse and insensitive
Unable to understand the feelings of others
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Ranch hand
Old
Lost a hand in an accident
Only companion is an old dog
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Got his name because of his crooked, hunchback body
Proud and independent Negro
An outcast at the ranch
bitter against racial discrimination
Accepted by Lennie and Candy
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Small, evil son of the boss
Wears a glove on one hand
Vicious bully who picks on people smaller than him
Tries to intimidate men bigger than him
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Bitter wife of Curley
Attempts to seduce the ranch hands
Is called a tart by the ranch hands
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Symbolism = most important literary element in the story
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The American Dream: George and Lennie, Candy, andCrooksLoneliness: Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s WifeInnocence: Lennie
Discrimination: Lennie, Curley’s Wife, Crooks, CandyFriendship: George, Lennie, and Candy