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Big Ideas • relationships, balance, mutualism
Theme • Relationships serve many purposes
Essential Questions • What are the benefits of having relationships? • Are all relationships equal? • How do relationships support our lives? • What are the trade-offs in relationships? • What determines the relationships we have? • How does class, religion, race, and culture determine our relationships? • What place does a dream/ vision have in one's life/ relationships?
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Terms Harlem Renaissance Imagism Onomatopoeia Dialect Loss of innocence Alienation Parody Anti-hero "Make it New!" Slice of life
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1. Men's Relationships: Discuss the book's view of relationships between men. 2. Mercy Killing: Discuss George's actions at the end of the story. How can we justify what he does to Lennie? How can we condemn it? 3. Nature: Discuss Steinbeck's descriptions of the natural world. What role does nature play in the novella's symbolism? Of Mice and Men opens and closes in a natural setting. The chapters in between take place in various man-made settings - the bunk house, the barn, Crooks' room. Why does Steinbeck organize the novel in this way? In general, what does he propose about the relationship between man and nature? 4. Analyze the characters of Slim, Crooks, and Curley. What role does each character play? 5. Dreams: What is the importance of dreams in Of Mice and Men? What role do they play in people's lives? How do people use dreams, and how do various characters' dreams affect them? 6. Friendship: How does Steinbeck portray friendship in Of Mice and Men? How does its presence or absence affect different characters, in their actions and in their relationships? What does it require of people, and what does it offer them in return? 7. Loneliness: Many of the characters in Of Mice and Men seem lonely. Why are various characters lonely, and how does it affect them? 8. Power: Think about different characters in Of Mice and Men, and the power that they have. What different kinds of power do different characters have? Where does it come from? What do they do with it? How does it help them, or hurt them?
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Artists Robert Frost Langston Hughes John Steinbeck
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