OMAM - Killian Hedou 405 by Killian Hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe Let's pool our knowledge about the 4 main themes in this novella en-us 2018-10-04 13:19:00 UTC 2018-10-15 00:58:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png Dreams: a double-edged sword? killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289113119 In Of Mice and Men, dreams, hopes, and plans are the very foundation of what makes life worth living, but they are also double-edged. What does this mean?
 
The word "dream" is never used in the book in reference to anything like a hope or aspiration.
The characters never regard their hopes as impossible things to
fulfill. Instead, they see them as concrete and realistic plans.

GEORGE said, "O.K. Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and ...." (Steinbeck, ##)
]]> 2018-10-04 13:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289113119 Racism, sexism, ageism: just parts of our human nature? killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289113122 Of Mice and Men deals with many of America’s age-old, hot-button issues, including sexism, racism, ageism, and discrimination against those with disabilities. Most importantly, this prejudice isn’t ever explicitly noted or fought against – those who are discriminated against accept the prejudice against them as a way of life. 
 
Prejudice is a fact of life on the ranch because it was a fact of life everywhere in America at
that time.
 
Crooks said darkly, "Guys don’t come into a colored man’s room very much." (Steinbeck, ##)
]]> 2018-10-04 13:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289113122 Which to choose? Friendship or Isolation... killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289113124 In this novella, George and Lennie represent THE ideal male friendship.  They don’t talk about how they feel about each other or why they should stay loyal – they just stand by each other, and that’s that. 

In contrast, everyone else is isolated from one another.  Everyone seems to get along quite well together by talking about how isolated they are, even though the men on the ranch are constantly together and chatting.

Although they are always together, George and Lennie are isolated from the rest of the world. Friendship is a negative relationship in the novella; every time any character gets close to any other, something goes wrong. 
 
LENNIE exclaimed, "But I wouldn’t eat none, George. I’d leave it all for you. You could cover your beans
with it and I wouldn’t touch none of it." (Steinbeck, 93-95)

VS.  

LENNIE whined, "If you don’ want me I can go off in the hills an’ find a cave. I can go away any time." (Steinbeck, ##)
]]> 2018-10-04 13:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289113124 The American Dream: a reality or an illusion? killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289113125 Of Mice and Men captures the feel of rural America during the Depression. Different outlooks are presented: 
--the never-will-be starlet trying to make it to Hollywood, 
--the isolated black man born and raised in California, 
--a ranch full of men that like to go to whorehouses, play pool, and drink away their earnings
 --men that are constantly bouncing from job to job just shy of making ends meet. 

The America of Of Mice and Men is populated with dreamers who are constantly struggling to achieve their dreams.
 
This novella argues that there is no single America. Rather, there are many different groups
(women, blacks, farm workers, farm owners), each with their own unique struggle.
 
Quote:
GEORGE complained, "…If I was bright, if I was even a little bit smart, I’d have my own little place, an’ I’d be bringin’ in my own crops, ‘stead of doin’ all the work and not getting what comes up outa the ground." (Steinbeck, ##)
 
]]> 2018-10-04 13:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289113125 Quote 1 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289115311 ''With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.''
(p.32) - George]]> 2018-10-04 13:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289115311 Quote 1 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289115468 ''I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn't have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.''(p.24) - George ]]> 2018-10-04 13:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289115468 Quote 1 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289115597 ''Well, you keep your place then, N*gger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easily it ain't even funny.'' (p.113)
- Curley's Wife]]> 2018-10-04 13:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289115597 Quote 2 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289126811 '' No - look! I was jus' foolin', Lennie. 'Cause I want you to stay with me. [...] I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Jesus Christ[...]''
(p.31) - George]]> 2018-10-04 13:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289126811 Quote 3 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289128018 " 'No, 'course I ain't. Why ya think I'm sellin' him out?'
'Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. [...]' " (p.43) - George and The Boss]]> 2018-10-04 13:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289128018 Quote 2 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289149013 "Sure, we'd have a little house an' a room to ourself. Little fat iron stove, an' in the winter we'd keep a fire goin' in it. It ain't enough land so we'd have to work too hard. Maybe six, seven hours a day. We wouldn't have to buck no barley eleven hours a day. An' when we put in a crop, why, we'd be there to take the crop up. [...] "(p.85) - George]]> 2018-10-04 14:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/289149013 Quote 3 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/291709909 "Maybe if I give you guys my money, you'll let me hoe in the garden even after I ain't no good at it. An' I'll wash dishes an' little chicken stuff like that." (p.88)
- Candy]]> 2018-10-11 13:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/291709909 Quote 2 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292618519 " From a distance came a clear call. 'Stable Buck - ooh, sta-able Buck!' and then, 'Where the hell is that God damn n*gger?' " (p.50) - Curley]]> 2018-10-15 00:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292618519 Quote 3 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292618970 " Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain't no place for a girl, specially like her" (p.78) - George]]> 2018-10-15 00:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292618970 Quote 4 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292620735 " She turned to him in scorn. 'Listen, N*igger,' she said. 'You know what I can do to you if you open your trap?' (p.113) - Curley's Wife]]> 2018-10-15 00:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292620735 Quote 4 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292621692 "[...] we'll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we'll just say the hell with goin' to work, and we'll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an' listen to the rain comin' down on the roof-Nuts!" (p.33) - George]]> 2018-10-15 00:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292621692 Quote 4 killian_hedou https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292622085 " 'Ain't many guys travel around together [...] '
' It's a lot nicer to go around with a guy you know,' " (p.57)
- Slim and George]]> 2018-10-15 00:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/killian_hedou/k2070kasoufe/wish/292622085