https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s Discussion and reflections of Steinbeck's Novella. en-us 2021-03-09 20:11:53 UTC 2023-12-03 18:16:13 UTC hello@padlet.com kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1402667749 2021-04-10 15:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1402667749 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1402676863 2021-04-10 15:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1402676863 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1480862841 2021-05-01 13:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1480862841 https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1502026235 2021-05-07 12:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1502026235 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1506607495 2021-05-09 16:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1506607495 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510218980 "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place." [George]]]> 2021-05-10 17:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510218980 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510231409 "I hardly never seen two guys travel together. You know how the hands are, they just come in and get their bunk and work a month, and then they quit and go out alone. Never seem to give a 🤬 about nobody." [Slim]]]> 2021-05-10 17:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510231409 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510245139 'Now Candy spoke his greatest fear, "You an' me can get that little place, can't we, George? You an me can go there an' live nice, can't we, George? Can't we?" [Candy]]]> 2021-05-10 17:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510245139 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510275267 "I seen it over an' over - a guy talkin' to another guy and it don't make no difference if he don't hear or understand. The thing is, they're talkin', of they're settin' still not talkin'. It don't make no difference, no difference". [Crooks]]]> 2021-05-10 17:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510275267 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510414631 "Wha's wrong with me?" [...] "Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am anyways? You're a nice guy. I don't know why I can't talk to you. I ain't doin' no harm to you." [Curley's wife]]]> 2021-05-10 17:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510414631 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510860299  Loneliness is a recurrent theme in the novel. "Guys like us," George says, "that work on the ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place." Lennie replies: "But not us. And why. Because ... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why." The alternative to the companionship that George and Lennie share is loneliness. George frequently affirms the fraternity between them. "He's my... cousin," George tells the ranch boss. "I told his old lady I'd take care of him” The boss is suspicious of the bond between George and Lennie, and the other characters in turn also question this friendship: they have simply never seen anything like it. In their world, isolation is the norm Even Slim, who is usually sympathetic and understanding, expresses surprise. "Ain't many guys travel around together. I don't know why. Maybe ever' body in the whole damned world is scared of each other." Distrust is the quality of the modern world in which people live in alienation from one another. Later, the theme of loneliness is further explored in the solitude borne by Crooks and Curley's wife, who dies as a result of seeking human companionship. Both these characters crave company and, as Curley's wife says, "someone to talk to." Despite everyone's suspicion, the friendship between George and Lennie remains solid. In fact, Candy becomes part of their dream to buy the little farm, and later Crooks also expresses his desire to become part of the expanding fellowship. This is the high point of optimism in regard to the theme of overcoming loneliness in the modern world, when it seems most likely that alienation and loneliness will be overcome. After this point, however, the dream of fellowship on the farm begins to lose its promise, and at the moment that George and Candy discover the body of Curley's wife, they both realize that the dream is lost; their partnership dissolves. Actually, the dream was doomed from the start, because fraternal living cannot survive in a world ruled by loneliness, homelessness, and poverty. This outcome also suggests that loneliness is an essential part of humanity's nature. This theme of loneliness has been implied from the beginning of the novel, when the author establishes the setting as "a few miles south of Soledad." Soledad is the name of a town in central California, but it is also the Spanish word for solitude Yet Steinbeck's emphasis is on the greatness of his characters' attempt to live as brothers. Although the dream is doomed, the characters devote themselves to pursuing human fellowship. ]]> 2021-05-10 19:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1510860299 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1519056916 2021-05-12 20:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1519056916 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1628622965 2021-06-28 16:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1628622965 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1628624197 Foreshadowing is a literary device that writers utilise as a means to indicate or hint to readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story. Foreshadowing, when done properly, is an excellent device in terms of creating suspense and dramatic tension for readers. It can set up emotional expectations of character behaviours and/or plot outcomes. This can heighten a reader’s enjoyment of a literary work, enhance the work’s meaning, and help the reader make connections with other literature and literary themes. ]]> 2021-06-28 16:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1628624197 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1628627218 2021-06-28 16:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1628627218 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1955633302 2021-12-19 16:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1955633302 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1955633909 2021-12-19 16:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/1955633909 kzmarr https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/2811901732 2023-12-03 18:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kzmarr/hlkjl3ac83857w8s/wish/2811901732