What is the relationship with the novel title and the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns?
In the poem, the mouse loses his home and the men in the novel don’t have a permanent home.
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What does Candy’s dog symbolize?
That the weak can not survive in the world of the novel.
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What time period is the novel set in?
The Great Depression
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Why did the author choose to set the novel in this time period?
To set the mood and show us a reality of life during that time.
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What was Candy’s greatest fear after Curley’s wife died?
That they would not get their own piece of land anymore.
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The only character that really knew what happened at the end of the novel was…
Slim
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What is foreshadowing?
When we are given clues of something that is going to happen in the novel later.
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What is an example of foreshadowing in Of Mice & Men?
When George tells Lennie to go back to the forest if he gets in trouble.
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How are women portrayed in the novel?
As troublemakers and sexual objects.
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How does Crooks represent the theme of loneliness?
He is discriminated because he is black, so he feels very lonely and never has anyone to talk to.
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What does the piece of land represent to George?
Freedom of not having to worry about Lennie and freedom of not working for someone else
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What does the piece of land represent to Lennie?
Freedom of not getting in trouble for doing "bad things", giving George freedom and happiness with his rabbits
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How is the little piece of land related to The Great Depression?
Because of The Great Depression, it was a dream and not realistic.
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How is the little piece of land related to The Great Depression?
Because of The Great Depression, it was a dream and not realistic.
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What is assisted suicide/euthanasia?
When someone helps someone else die/when someone takes their own lives (but it's different from suicide)
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How is assisted suicide/euthanasia related to the novel?
George killing Lennie can be considered a type of assisted suicide/euthanasia because otherwise someone else would have killed him and he would have suffered.
