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Soledad... American... American Dream... Soledad

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Soledad... American... American Dream... Soledad

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What does it mean to be American? Is there a classical American identity?
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Did anyone already accomplish their american dream?

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Don't all dreams have a cost and a cause? Such as the Nazi's dream to conquer Europe or early explorer's dreams to colonize the new world.

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Don't any dreams cause pain

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Did Slim have an American Dream? He was known as "the prince" and it appeared as if he has everything he needed and wanted.

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Why did Steinbeck choose to include the American Dream in this novel?

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there are dreams... and there's THE AMERICAN DREAM. Why do we never hear about The German Dream or the Norwegian Dream? Why uniquely AMERICAN?

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Agree - great realizations... now let's shift the lens to THE AMERICAN DREAM... what is it? what does it cost?

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That's some good realizations

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What other things in the novel get "crushed"???

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Trace each thing that is killed and decide what it represents.
ex. Lennie found the mouse... was it that important?

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What if Lennie represents society and Steinbeck was trying to say if we don't come together that society is going to die?

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Why does Steinbeck write bigotry into the novel?

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Author's Purpose and Style

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*Hint Hint* use text evidence

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do you think that steinbeck was trying to show how society idolized the "strong white male"

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Notice the way that many characters (Crooks, Lennie, Candy, and Curley's wife) were treated and the similarities in the way they were treated as subhumans of a sort. Is this reflective of historical norms in the story's setting? What was Steinbeck doing in focusing on these "subhuman" characters moreso than he did on the "normal" characters?

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You could talk about how Steinbeck had a bad life so he was trying escape his life and feel like others had his problems or worse problems.

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Do you feel that Steinbeck was trying to expose society? Hold a mirror up to it? Criticize it? Explain it?

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Do you think if the story Of Mice and Men would've taken place today it would be different?

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you're drifting from the contex of the book a little

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If you noticed, Steinbeck placed all the "weak people" in one room. (The old woman, curlys wife, a mentally troubled male aka lennie, and an African American)

Why do you think they all related despite how they faced different problems

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We're still talking quite a bit about plot...

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Can yall use some text evidence please?

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Notice the way that many characters (Crooks, Lennie, Candy, and Curley's wife) were treated and the similarities in the way they were treated. Is this reflective of historical norms in the story's setting?

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Do you think the fact that in this time period, workers had to make money from manual labor impacted the worth society viewed them as having?

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Make sure everyone is talking, we want to hear all of your points of views.

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With regard to how every character was treated... was there a norm? Why were the different characters treated differently?

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This novel took place at an interesting time for African Americans -- about 60 years after slavery was abolished, but about 30-40 years before schools were desegregated.

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Why do you think women were treated like that back then? Why did women have to stay home instead of being able to work or go out?