Of Mice and Men - My Way the Book Will End

George led the way, nervously. it was a long walk to where George had told Lennie to go, hide in the brush. "Lennie" George called loudly his voice was a little shaky too. "where is that big son-of-a-bitch. ooh when I get my hands on him he gonna wish he hadn't missed with me"said Curley. George tried to stay calm it wasn't  easy. I better find him. He got my gun. said Carlson. "Lennie, where are ya?" George said with a little anger in his voice. There was a sound of movement coming from one of the bushes. Everyones head turned to where the sound was coming from. Curley was the first one to move towards the sound. He peered over the bush and there sat Lennie rocking back in forth scrunched up like a ball. "If I were you I get up right know so I can shot ya" yelled Curley. Lennie slowly got up and looked at everybody. George walked up to Lennie said "Lennie why" and walked away with Lennie with a gun put to his head. Goerge couldn't look he turned around and the sound of the bullet went off. Everybody walked back to the ranch in silence. Never again was Lennie's name every said.  

Of Mice and Men - literay devices that Steinbeck uses in his story telling

Imagery
Imagery is what one imagines when one is reading a book. It is the pictures that appears in ones mind, which helps one to better understand the story. I good example of imagery in Of Mice and Men is "On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong and rocky Gabilan mountains, but on the valley side the water is lined with trees" (Steinbeck 1). While reading this one can imagine a Foothill that has a path with a S shape. Also one can imagine a valley that is covered in different types of trees. 

Characterization
Characterization is the way the author choices to present the character. The ways this might be done is ether direct, which is the character is described by the author, the narrator or the other characters. The other way is indirect where the characters traits are revealed through there actions and speech. An example of indirect Characterization is when "Crooks said sharply, "you got no right to come in my room. This here is my room. Nobody got any right in here but me"" (Steinbeck 68).  This quote tells that crooks is a grumpy person and he doesn't like to be social. 

Zoomorprism
Zoomorprism is when a character in a book is describe with an animal trate. An example of zoomorprism in Of Mice and Men is "dragging his feet a little. the way a bear drags his paws" (Steinbeck 2). 

Dialogue
Dialogue is what the character says in the story and also is the conversation between the characters. Dialogue also helps create the character through characterization. Dialogue also helps to understand what is going on too. An example of Dialogue in Of Mice and Men is "take Curley. his hair is jus' like wire. But mine is soft and fine.'Course I brush it a lot. That makes it fine. Here - feel right there" (Steinbeck 90) this is what Curley's wife said to Lennie. 

Setting
Setting is the location where the story is taken place at. In a story there can be more than one setting. The setting is where the action or the place where every day to day thing happens in a story. In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck has a lot settings so do other books. An example of settings would be "A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River" (Steinbeck 1). This quote just tells where it is set, the Salinas River. 

Of Mice and Men - Curley's wife (behaviours and feelings)

Curley's wife flirts a lot with the other men that work on the ranch. She is always looking for attention, she is a attention seeker. She acts like she already knows whats happening when she really doesn't. Curley's wife inside must feel very alone because Curley does not give her any attention and is always working or with the other men going to the whore house. There is a huge difference between inner thoughts, feelings, and outward behaviours. The difference is inner thoughts is what she feels and thinks inside. Outward behaviours is what she acts like towards everybody. Their is a difference between theses two because outward behaviour is what you say, Inner thoughts is what you think and feel but never say.

Turning point in Of Mice and Men

The turning point in this would be when Curley starts hitting Lennie. Than when Lennie holds on to Curley's hand to make him stop and almost breaks Curley's hand. This a turning point because Curley knows that Lennie is strong as he already does looks even though he is not very intelligent. I think Curley won't be messing with Lennie ay time soon. "I think got your han' caught in a machine. If you don't tell nobody what happened, we ain't going to. But you jus' tell an' try to get this guy canned and we'll tell ever'body. an' then you will get the laugh" (Steinbeck 64). 

Definition of  Juxtaposition:

An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. An argument of two or more characters, ideas, actions, setting, phrases, or words side-by-side.

I think Steinbeck juxtaposition the scene with George, Lennie and Candy discussing their plans to get some land of their own with the fight scene between Lennie and Curley because it shows how far they are from their dreams when it seems so close. 

Of Mice and Men - My Dreams and Ambitions for the Future

My dreams and ambitions for the future is to become a lawyer. Too one day be a successful lawyer were people will keep calling me for my assistants in cases. I have also thought about being a model. I have always wanted to try modelling, but all this stuff is a long way from now. An ambitions I have more closer to know might be to bump up my grades for school. Another thing would be to be more organized with my time. A big ambition would be of course to graduate high school and university. 

Of Mice and Men - pg. 38-56 (questions answer)

1.Why did George and Lennie first start working together?

• they were friends for a long time
• Lennie's Aunt Clara died  so  George started takeing care of him
• both grow up in Auburm

2.Why did George stop picking on Lennie?

• Lennie is to dumb to understand

3.What does George get out of his relationship with Lennie?

• George is comfortable with him around

4.Why did George and Lennie leave Weed?

• because of Lennie
• he wanted to feel the fabric of a ladies' dress
• the lady told the police that he raped her when he didn't

5.What animal references are there to the woman in Weed?

• "Squwak" was what teh lady in the red drees said when Lennie was feeling the fabric. 

6.Why do you think Steinbeck used animal reference to describe the woman in Weed?

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7.Why does Carlson want to get rid of Candy’s dog?

• It's very stinky
• made the bunkhouse smell bad
• the dog is useless 
• is old
• has no teeth
• Believe that the dog is already in so much pain

8.Why doesn’t Candy want to get rid of his dog?

• too attached 
• all hes got
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9.What happens when Slim offers his opinion?

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10.What do Candy and his dog have in common?

• there both old
• dont have much use in the ranch

11.How does Steinbeck create tension in the bunkhouse once Carlson leaves with the dog?

• silence in room
• Tried not to notice what was happening 

12.Why does George refer to Curly’s wife as jail bait?

• she could get them in trouble
• she flirts alot

13.What is Old Susy’s place, what happens there?

• A bar
• Susy tells jokes 
• her place is better than another persons 
• she's got clean chairs 
• her place is clean too

14.Why would George only have a shot at Old Susy’s but nothing else?

• because Lennie and George are trying to roll up a stake

15.Why does George not leave the bunkhouse to see what’s going on with Curley and Slim?

• he dosen't want to lose his job when he just got it

Of Mice and Men - Lennie (character foil)

The quote "a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws" (Steinbeck 2). This quote tells the way Lennie walks how similar it is to a bears this quote also tells that he is a very large man. The quote "drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse" (Steinbeck 3) in this quote it describes the way Lennie drinks his water,  so far all the quotes describe him having some sort of animal quality. "He can put up a four hundred pound bale" (Steinbeck 22). This quote shows that Lennie is very strong. Bale is a large package made for shipping.

Of mice and Men - The boss

The boss has "short, quick steps of a fat-legged man" (Steinbeck 21). This quote tells about the bosses  appearance, he must be short, not so tall. The boss seems like a understanding person "gets pretty mad sometimes, but he's a pretty nice fella" (Steinbeck 20). This quote really tells that he has a good side and a bad side. " He pulled his time book out of his pocket and opened it where a pencil was stuck between the leaves" (Steinbeck 21). This quote tells that the boss is very organized and likes to keep track of things, such as what and who his workers are.

My Bedroom

In my bedroom there is not much to see. I have the basic things such as my bed, dresser, full mirror, and night stand. I have a pretty big window with a ledge. On my ledge I have my stuffed animals which have a layer of dust on them. A radio and my annoying alarm clock. Beside my bed I have a black lamp which I use to read (when I do read). I have a comfy mattress also a queen size bed. My night stand is beside my closet door. In my closet theres just clothing and things I don't use anymore. On top of my dresser theres random things such as jewellery, makeup, and stuff that I haven't put away yet. My room is rectangular shaped its not to big nor is it to small, its just right. The colour of my rooms walls are grey and the carpet is bash-ish.

Of Mice and Men pg.1-16

Looking back at what I had predicted the two main characters Lennie and George, have no place to live barely any food or money. This is one of the things that I predicted that people will be homeless and not have much food. In this book Lennie and George  have a ambition to have a little house with acres filled with animals also a garden with rabbits for Lennie to pet. I think with hard work this dream could be fulfilled. My personally reflection: The thing that I like is the imagery in this book. While I read this book I actually felt I was there. The setting of the book is Soledad. There is a lot of dialogue between Lennie and George, mostly always about Lennie.

Questions about the book

1. Will Lennie and George get the job at the ranch?
2. If they do get the job how long will they have it for until Lennie gets in trouble?
3. Will Lennie get a rabbit in the future?

Prediction Of Mice and Men

From researching about some of the main things and places, Also about what the writers writing style is. This book takes place during the wall street crash which had led to the Great Depression. During this time people were going bankrupt, losing there jobs and homes, even banks were going bankrupt! During theses times people watched movies and listened to music. This is so they could relax and get out of there problems for the time being. This is what i think the book Of Mice and Men will be about.