of mice and men revision summary
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Your response to the text Is it a “sad” novel? How do you feel about the treatment of: The disabled/infirm? Women Mentally challenged Language and Imagery Nature (ch 1) Candy’s dog (ch 3) The mouse (ch1) The colour red (ch 2 and ch 5) The heron and the snake (ch1 and 6) Death (ch 5 and ch 6) The fight (ch3) Light and dark (ch 4 and ch 6) Settings 1. Soledad 2. Salinas Valley 3. Crook’s bedroom 4. Bunkhouse 5. The bush 6. America/CaliforniaTRANSCRIPT
Of Mice and MenRevision Topics
Characters• Appearance • Significant events• Background knowledge• Relationships with others• Significant dialogues• Changes in character throughout the novel• Human behaviour
Themes- Loneliness- Isolation- Fear- Discrimination- Foreshadowing and Fate- Dreams - Power- Women- Violence
- Cycles of life/ death
Settings1. Soledad2. Salinas Valley3. Crook’s bedroom4. Bunkhouse5. The bush6. America/California
Language and Imagery Nature (ch 1) Candy’s dog (ch 3) The mouse (ch1) The colour red (ch 2 and ch 5) The heron and the snake (ch1 and 6) Death (ch 5 and ch 6) The fight (ch3) Light and dark (ch 4 and ch 6)
TechniqueSignificance of the titleThe novel as a moral messageSignificance of context Start and the end of the novelSteinbeck building tension throughout the novel
Your response to the text- Is it a “sad” novel?- How do you feel about the treatment of:
The disabled/infirm? Women Mentally challenged Social outcasts
- Do you feel that the issues raised in the novel still exist?- How successful would this story have been as a play text (as it was originally intended)?