https://padlet.com/2000101202/sq597e1bf01k By: Haley Brown, Jayla Brown, Maggie Smith en-us 2019-01-15 18:47:38 UTC 2026-02-17 21:11:38 UTC hello@padlet.com 2000101202 https://padlet.com/2000101202/sq597e1bf01k/wish/321416022 2019-01-16 19:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2000101202/sq597e1bf01k/wish/321416022 2000101202 https://padlet.com/2000101202/sq597e1bf01k/wish/321418559

The bunkhouse is an overall representation of how barren the lives of the ranch hands are. 

They come in with extremely little to none, sleep on crummy cotts possibly infected with lice.

They are still used to this, and greatful. 

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The novel opens up with the description of the meadow: a beautiful green oasis like Garden of Eden, where rabbits run lounge, and boys come to swim. 

Rabbits, the constantly mentioned favourite animal of Lennie, just hang around symbolizes a life of luxury and care-freeness, so to speak, that every character in the novel is striving for and trying to accomplish. 

And this representation of the ‘pocket of sunshine,’ is a stark comparison to that of the Bunkhouse, a representation of the real world. 

Hard thin cotts are compared to “the golden foothill slopes” (Steinbeck 2). The apple boxes the men use to house their scarce possessions to the ora of the golden sands and overall happy and hopeful mood that surrounds Steinbeck’s description of the area.

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It is clearly evident that life on the ranch is anything but easy; from their living arrangements, to the work loda the men have it rather rough. 

Even more evident, is the fact that none of the men are fully continent with the life they are living and they want more. 

They seem to be using their life on the ranch as a way to accomplish their goals.

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George lies to the boss about his relationship with Lennie because he knows that Lennie’s disability could possibly stop then from getting the job. 

He tells the boss that Lennie is his cousin that is dumb, but does not mention that he has a mental disability. 

He also lies to the boss about why they left Weed. He told the boss that they left Weed because they job there was finished. 

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2. "Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted. In three walls there were small, square windows, and in the fourth, a solid door with a wooden latch. Against the walls were eight bunks, five of them made up with blankets and the other three showing their burlap ticking" (Steinbeck 17).

3. "In the middle of the room stood a big square table littered with playing cards, and around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on" (Steinbeck 17).]]> 2019-01-16 19:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2000101202/sq597e1bf01k/wish/321421255 2000101202 https://padlet.com/2000101202/sq597e1bf01k/wish/321423586 2019-01-16 19:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2000101202/sq597e1bf01k/wish/321423586 2000101202 https://padlet.com/2000101202/sq597e1bf01k/wish/321426184 2019-01-16 19:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2000101202/sq597e1bf01k/wish/321426184