Introduction lesson Of Mice and Men

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Of Mice and Men

Pre-reading information

• The Novella
• John Steinbeck
• The American Dream and the Great Depression
•  Characters
  
• Themes throughout the novel

Of Mice and Men

• Published in 1937
• Widely read in classrooms
• Blacklisted for controversial topics
• Adaptations 

John Steinbeck

• Born in 1902 in Salinas, California
• Poor background
• Stanford University
• Wrote about social and economic issues
• Award-winning novels

The Great Depression
of the 1930's

• Roaring 
•  Stock Market crashed
• Half of the US banks went bankrupt
• Migrant workers
• The American Dream (George and Lennie's farm)

Characters

• George: Small, smart, Lennie's guardian
• Lennie: Big, intellectually disabled, loves to pet soft things
• Candy: Ranch handy-man, 1 hand, has an old dog
• Slim: Well-respected, mule driver.
• Curley: Boss's bitter son, small, mean and aggressive
• Curley's wife: Very flirtatious
• Crooks: Black, isolated, bitter but funny.
• Carlson: Ranch-hand, wants to kill Candy's old dog

What do you expect the themes to be?

Themes

• Poverty
• Friendship
• The American Dream
• Good vs. Evil
• Fear
• Racism 

Reading Time!

The text and Study Guide can be found on OneDrive under 'Literatuur'. 

What do we think?

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• See you all on Monday :)