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Mind Map by jessicasusanevans , updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jessicasusanevans
about 9 years ago
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OF MICE AND MEN
- THE
DEPRESSION
- on October 29 1929 the Wall
Street Stock Exchange collapsed.
many people lost their life
savings and 15 million men and
women lost their jobs
- this lack of work in the
northern states created a
migration to the south and
California
- this lack of work in the
northern states created a
migration to the south and
California
- those that did get work
lived on ranches and were
very easily dismissed
- after Curley and
Lennie's fight the men
are very quick to hush it
up, saying that Curley
got his had stuck in a
machine
- after Curley and
Lennie's fight the men
are very quick to hush it
up, saying that Curley
got his had stuck in a
machine
- on October 29 1929 the Wall
Street Stock Exchange collapsed.
many people lost their life
savings and 15 million men and
women lost their jobs
- HUMAN FRAGILITY
- Lennie's mice are
used as a motif to
show his
vaunrability. As is
Steinbecks other
comparisons to
animals
- humanity is short
and fragile
compared to the
other forces that
contol our lives
- references to
nature and
sunlight
throughout the
novel also the
cyvlical stucture
- references to
nature and
sunlight
throughout the
novel also the
cyvlical stucture
- Lennie's mice are
used as a motif to
show his
vaunrability. As is
Steinbecks other
comparisons to
animals
- DREAMS AND
REALITY
- George and Lennie
dream of owning
their own farm and
being independent
- Candy is swept up
in this dream and so
is the cynical Crooks
- common dream
amongst migrant
workers in the
1930's
- shows that even though
George and Lennie are
unusual in that they are a
pair they still have a
generic dream showing
that their not that different
from anyone else.
- FAILED DREAM
- Lennie dies
- Lennie dies
- FAILED DREAM
- shows that even though
George and Lennie are
unusual in that they are a
pair they still have a
generic dream showing
that their not that different
from anyone else.
- common dream
amongst migrant
workers in the
1930's
- Candy is swept up
in this dream and so
is the cynical Crooks
- Curley's wife
dreams of being a
movie star
- pathetic
dream
- childlike in
that she will
never fully
accept the
real world
- during the
depression
very few
movies were
being made
- during the
depression
very few
movies were
being made
- she is also a
posesion of Curley
and he will never
let her leave
- FAILED DREAM
- in that
she dies
- in that
she dies
- FAILED DREAM
- pathetic
dream
- the men dream of
being cowboy
heroes and read
pulp magazines
- as they read about them in magazines
it suggests they are fictional much like
their dream ever coming true is
fictional
- "western magazines"
- description of
the bunk house
- description of
the bunk house
- "western magazines"
- as they read about them in magazines
it suggests they are fictional much like
their dream ever coming true is
fictional
- the American Dream of
freedom and
independnce is where all
Steinbeck's characters
dreams come from
- Curley dreams of
being a
champion boxer
- George and Lennie
dream of owning
their own farm and
being independent
- PESSIMISM OR
OPTIMISM
- POSITVE
- George's care
for Lennie
- Lennie's
adoration
George
- natural
dignity of
Slim
- George's care
for Lennie
- NEGATIVE
- Curley's
wife's
death
- the condition or life
of the workers
- Curley's
wife's
death
- LENNIE'S DEATH
- Lennie in the end dies at
the hand of someone he
trusts, in the open,
painlessly and still
believing in the dream
- could be compared to the
killing of the water snake at
the end of the book so then
Lennies's death is only
inevitable and almost
superfluous
- Lennie in the end dies at
the hand of someone he
trusts, in the open,
painlessly and still
believing in the dream
- POSITVE
- PREJUDICE AND PROTEST
- overall the ranch
hand seem to have a
decent life earning
$50 a month
including food and
housing so to that
extent the novel isn't
political
- Crooks illustrates racial
prejudice
- he is intelligent, reads books and like any
other human being needs warmth and
companionship
- however he is denied human
comfort because he is black
- LONLINESS
- LONLINESS
- however he is denied human
comfort because he is black
- he is intelligent, reads books and like any
other human being needs warmth and
companionship
- Candy and his dog represent discrimination of age
and that once someone has with lasted their worth
they become dispensable
- Candy also represents disability and how people
with a disability are restricted to the bottom of the
food chain
- Candy also represents disability and how people
with a disability are restricted to the bottom of the
food chain
- overall the ranch
hand seem to have a
decent life earning
$50 a month
including food and
housing so to that
extent the novel isn't
political
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