https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca This padlet will be dedicated to reviewing Chapters 1-3 (pp.1-65) by having students engage in finding important textual evidence for assigned pages. They will then describe WHY the selected quote is significant to the OVERALL novel in their own words. en-us 2019-05-06 17:18:24 UTC 2025-03-31 17:53:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/378228921/2ba419edddecfc49faa915388b781f58/Book_Cover.jpg anthony_zarate2 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357317390 The beginning of the novel Of Mice and Men commences with vivid description of Soledad and the mountainous landscape within the novel. Steinbeck writes, "[o]n 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...and sycamores..." (1). The author chooses to open the novel with concrete sensory imagery to create a vivid picture for the reader so that they feel apart of the world of the characters. ]]> 2019-05-06 17:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357317390 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674044 In these pages, Carlson convinces Candy to let him shoot his old dog. Carlson says, "' If you want me to, I'll put the old devil out of his misery...'" (47). This quote is important because, Carlson wants to put Candy's old dog out of its misery and also because of its stench. ]]> 2019-05-07 15:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674044 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674047 George tells Lennie to go hide in the brushes, in case he gets into trouble. He says, "Hide till I come for you. Don't let nobody see you. Say that over" (29). While Lennie was repeating those, Curley's wife comes in to the bunkhouse. She's described as, "had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made-up" (31).
She says she is "looking for Curley". George tells him that Curley just left and she (the wife) was not trying hard to find him. Lennie says, "Gosh, she was purty" (32). George warns him to stay away from her. ]]> 2019-05-07 15:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674047 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674241 On page 12 of Chapter 1 George says to Lennie, " I been mean, ain't I?" Lennie says to George, "if you don't want me I can go off in the hills an' find a cave. I can go away any time." This important because it shows that George knows he can be hard on Lennie.]]> 2019-05-07 15:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674241 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674432 In this page the introduction of a new character was brought in, Crooks, who may later be an important character in the novel.
¨Got a crooked back where a horse kicked him. The boss gives him hell when he´s mad. But the stable buck don´t give a damn about that. He reads a lot. Got books in his room¨(20). Hence the name they give him, Crooks. And from what we now know, he is the only black character in the novel. The author includes the character in a way of diversity by having a black character in the novel but also tells the discrimination of how he gets treated as a colored  person.]]> 2019-05-07 15:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674432 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674473 The chapter begins with a physical description of Curley as he looks for his dad. However, he sees Lennie, asks him to answer his question, and argues with George for answering instead. "George said, 'S'pose he don't want to talk?' Curley lashed his body around. 'By Christ, he's gotta talk when he's spoke to. What the hell are you gettin' into it for?'" (25). We think Steinbeck created this scene to introduce Curley's personality through his rough actions and dialogue towards our main characters.]]> 2019-05-07 15:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357674473 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675017 In these pages Lennie was asking George to explain to him their American Dream once again. Then Candy over heard George and Lennie talking about the American Dream. Once Candy over heard what they were talking about he wanted to be a part of it. That leads candy to make a deal with George and Lennie. Candy- "'S'pose I went with you guys. Tha's three hundred an' fifty bucks I'd put in. I ain't much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some, How'd that be?"'(59). This helps everyone get a few steps closer to their american dream.]]> 2019-05-07 15:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675017 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675099 We can see that Lennie would do anything in order for George to be happy because Steinbeck describes, " Lennie avoided the bait. He has sensed his advantage. 'If you don't want me, you only jus' got to say so, and I'll go off in those hills right there-- right up in those hills and  live by myself. An' I won't get no mice stole from me' 
"Gerorge said, 'I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Jesus Christ, somebody'd shoot you for a coyote if you was by yourself. No, you stay with me. Your Aunt Clara wouldn't like you running off by yourself, even if she is dead'" (13). In this page, Steinbeck describes that George Cares about Lennie, even if its a difficult task to care of Lennie. ]]> 2019-05-07 15:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675099 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675217 Early in the chapter George is frustrated with Lennie , specifically in page 7 when George says "I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn't have you on my tail"(7). This is important because it shows that no matter how difficult Lennie makes Georges life he doesn't abandon him.]]> 2019-05-07 15:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675217 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675576 In this section of the chapter George and Lennie meet the boss, "The boss stepped into the room with the short quick steps of a fat-legged man" (21). The boss was bothered at the fact that they were late to their first day on the job. George was afraid that Lennie would make them lose this job so he made him stay quite. Since Lennie was silent the whole time and George reponded for him the boss assumed that George was taking Lennie's pay, "I said what stake you got in this guy? You takin' his pay away from him?" (22). The author chose to write about this scene because he wanted to show how George did everything in his power to protect Lennie.]]> 2019-05-07 15:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675576 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675730 In these pages, it's mainly about George and Lennie getting comfortable in the bunks. They're meeting everyone and like always, don't like someone already. After, it's like George just gets in this comfort zone with Slim and tells him stuff about Lennie. He starts to say why he doesn't play tricks on him anymore and why he stays with him. "'Tell you what made me stop that. One day a bunch of guys was standin' around up on the Sacramento River. I was feelin' pretty smart. I turns to Lennie and says, 'Jump in.' An' he jumps. Couldn't swim a stroke. He damn near drowned before we could get him. An' he was so damn nice to me for pullin' him out. Clean forgot I told him to jump in. Well, I ain't done nothing like that no more'" (40).]]> 2019-05-07 15:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357675730 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357676025 "'Where we goin', George' The little man jerked down the brim of the hat and scowled over at Lennie. 'So you forgot awready, did you? I gotta tell you again, do I? Jesus Christ, you're a crazy bastard!'" (4) In this quote you can see the friendship between George and Lennie. It shows how they get along and can tell they've been together for a long time base on how close they are.]]> 2019-05-07 15:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357676025 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357676210 In this chapter the author is describing Slim, The way how he was described shows us a little bit more about his character and his authority. ¨His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love This was Slim, the jerkline skinner. His hatchet face was ageless. He might have been thirty-five or fifty. His ear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought¨ (33-34). This is important because it shows us the readers how Slims role is taken on the ranch, and maybe it foreshadows how his authority and understanding can be of use to Lennie and George.

]]> 2019-05-07 15:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357676210 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357676250 Near the end of page 41 you read a conversation between Slim and George. It goes as the following, "You wouldn't tell nobody?" in which Slim says, ""What'd he do in Weed?" George then repeats himself by saying, "You wouldn't tell?...No, 'course you wouldn'" After this conversation George then tells Slim what happened in Weed. Which is surprising as previously stated George didn't want anyone finding out about the situation in Weed. This goes to show that George trusts Slim, unlike others in the ranch. It foreshadows future events such as how Slim is telling Curley not to snitch about how he got his hand broken. It also hints that George is forming a friendship with Slim.]]> 2019-05-07 15:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357676250 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357676581 Lennie showed his innocent side when he miserably cried out, "'You tol' me to, George,'" (64). This quote reveals the loyalty that Lennie has to George. Lennie can't think for himself so he relies on George to take decisions for him. Steinbeck wants to know how strong Lennie is by comparing Curley's hand to his hand. "He stood crying, his fist lost in Lennie's paw" (64). Lennie's hand is referred to as a paw because it is so big and strong. Steinbeck includes this two quotes to describe Lennie's mentality by using metaphors and adjectives. ]]> 2019-05-07 15:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357676581 https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357679290 It isn't no secret that Curly's wife always seems to get in around the other guys. Whit even says "I bet she even gives the stable buck the eye. I don't know what the hell she wants?" (51) This is important because its because of her that problems that start to show up in the ranch. From Altering Curly's behavior to almost causing fights with Curly and the other guys]]> 2019-05-07 15:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/anthony_zarate2/9bivxcrfgxca/wish/357679290