Of mice and Men READING TRACKER PADLET by Christa https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4 OMAM READING TRACKER PADLET en-us 2019-09-04 18:26:35 UTC 2019-09-21 19:54:48 UTC hello@padlet.com 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/380092086 Indirect characterization:
unaware of his actions, likes soft things and animals, lack of intelligence
Evidence:
p.3"Lennie, you gonna be sick like you was last night"
p.11"Well, how the hell did she know you just wanted to feel her dress"...and get outta the country"
p.3"Drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse"]]> 2019-09-04 18:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/380092086 Dreams 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/382358778 George and Lennie's dream is to own a farm of their own.
Quote #1
"Ok someday, we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres and a cow and some pigs and..."
p.14
Analysis:
It's the central theme of the book.Without dreams or goals, life is meaningless.You give a meaning to your life when you create a dream and it pushes you to go after it just like George and Lennie who kept working and moving to get money and chase ther dream. Also, we can see that in several times in the book,  Lennie asks George to remind him about the farm with the animals and the rabbits like this it will motivate him.Their dream of owning a land is like their ritual.(It's hard for them to persue their dream, since Lennie is a threat to it.)]]> 2019-09-10 18:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/382358778 Loneliness 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/382359129 George and Lennie try to avoid loneliness by having each other, which shows the importance of companionship.
Quote #1
"I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain't no good. They don't have fun. After a long time, they get mean."
p.41
Analysis: 
In Omam, all the men are holding onto hope while facing loneliness as they travel as migrant workers as we can see in this quote where Slim says that they get mean because they are lonely and depressed.]]> 2019-09-10 18:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/382359129 Weakness 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/382359620 In the book, we can see how people were considered weak. Characters like Crooks, Candy and Curley’s wife are very isolated because they are different.
Quote #1
"They left all the weak ones here"
p.77
Analysis:
Curley's wife said that the strong men left the weak ones. In the book, Steinbeck is showing us how they are considered as weak.
For example, Candy is weak because of his age and disability, making him less useful on the ranch and therefore weak and insignificant.Crooks is separated from the other workers on the ranch because of his race. Curley’s wife is shown as weak too since she is the only woman on the ranch and she is the only one that doesn't have a name in the story. Lennie is not treated equally either due to his lack of intelligence.]]> 2019-09-10 18:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/382359620 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384369866 Quote #2
 "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place... With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us
p.13
Analysis:
John Steinbeck seems to be telling us that loneliness is even worse than poverty.Georgeand Lennie are lucky that they have eachother.]]> 2019-09-15 20:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384369866 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384372874 Quote #2
"I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads . . . Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land."
p.74
Analysis:
After Lennie tells Crooks their plan about the farm, Crooks disappoints Lennie saying that so many men have passed through the ranch, all of them with dreams similar to Lennie’s and none of them got their dream.]]> 2019-09-15 20:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384372874 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384376293 Quote #2
"George… I ain’t got mine. I musta lost it." He looked down at the ground in despair."You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of ‘em here. Think I’d let you carry your own work card?"
Lennie grinned with relief.
p.5
Analysis:
This shows that Lennie has a disability so he's weaker and George has to take care of him.

]]> 2019-09-15 21:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384376293 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384379218 Direct characterization:
and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws. His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung loosely.

]]> 2019-09-15 21:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384379218 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384380154 Direct characterization:
small and quick
Evidence:
p.2 The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and  sharp, strong features.]]> 2019-09-15 21:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384380154 Indirect characterization: 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384382343 caring of Lennie, responsible, Lennie's boss
Evidence:
p.6 "I'll give him the work tickets, but you ain't gonna say a word. You just stand there and don't say nothing."
p.106
"No, Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know."]]> 2019-09-15 21:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384382343 Lennie and George's dream farm 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384385055 The farm is a symbol of the American Dream and a symbol of freedom, and heaven where the men will feel protected during the Depression and will feel like bosses.It's also where Lennie can pet the animals and George can grow some food.]]> 2019-09-15 22:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384385055 Hands 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384385404 Hands are symbolically used in the novel to show how strong the characters are.Lennie's hands are a sign of trouble because he uses them when killing the mouse, the dog and Curley's wife.For Candy, he has a missing hand which indicates a sign of weakness.]]> 2019-09-15 22:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/384385404 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385494398 Direct characterization
cripple
Evidence:
p.67 Crooks could leave his things about , and being a stabe buck and a cripple, he was more permanent than the other men.]]> 2019-09-17 18:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385494398 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385500927 Direct characterization
He moved with a majesty  only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen.
Evidence:
Prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders...]]> 2019-09-17 18:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385500927 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385506219 Indirect characterization:
everyone goes to talk to him about their problems , friendly, strong, good at what he does, like a "prince"
Evidence:
p.34 His tone was friendly.
p.38 No need to thank me about that.
p.39 Slim just sat back quiet and receptive.]]> 2019-09-17 18:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385506219 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385510911 Direct characterization:
rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes

]]> 2019-09-17 18:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385510911 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385511168 Indirect characterization:
lonely, polite, nice,discreet
Evidence:   
The workers left her behind with Lennie, Candy and Crooks on a Saturday.
-she came very quietly , so that Lennie didn't see her.]]> 2019-09-17 18:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385511168 3700010 https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385512589 Indirect characterization:
listener, discreet, lonely, proud, aloof
Evidence:
p.67 He kept his distance and demanded that the other people did too.]]> 2019-09-17 18:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/3700010/ngwgya2kixj4/wish/385512589