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Themes

and symbols

Characters

  • Vengeance
  • Dream
  • Loneliness
  • Death
  • Delirium, madness
  • Sadness
  • Friendship
  • The past

Language

Candy :

  • is devastated about George's decision
  • feels anger towards Curley's wife

Curley :

  • is furious towards Lennie, he wants to kill him
  • acts like the leader, gives orders

Slim :

  • feels sympathy for George, he tries to console him

Lennie :

  • acts and thinks like a child
  • feels bad about deceiving George
  • is tormented by his psyche (hallucinations)
  • wants to go back (to after the Weed event)

George :

  • is tormented because of Lennie's actions
  • gives up his dream of getting a farm
  • wants to kill Lennie himself but he still has trouble

Carlson :

  • also wants to chase and kill Lennie
  • has a gun

Curley's wife :

  • had a sweet face and soft hair
  • she's dead, Lennie has killed her
  • has made a lot of troubles

Whit :

  • the youngest man
  • is excited, likes fights
  • wants to have a gun like Curley or Carlson
  • Anaphora at p.107(middle) : "I'll work my month an' I'll take my fifty bucks an' I'll..."

-> means that George can only think of his

future alone

  • Antithesis at p.120(middle) : "The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied."

-> George has now enough determination

to kill Lennie.

  • Personification at p.112
  • Paraphrase at p.119

Questions ?

Similarities

  • p.107 : "I'll work my month an' I'll take my fifty bucks an' I'll..." -> said at p.12
  • p.109(end) : Slim mentions Weed
  • p.113 : Lennie went hiding where they where before working
  • p.114 : Ketchup is mentioned
  • p.117 : Lennie wants George to lecture him like before (p.10-12)
  • p.119 : they talk about their dream

Division in parts

  • p.107-108 : Death of the dream
  • p.108(last paragraph)-111 : Rage
  • p.112-115 : Lennie's guilt/madness
  • p.116-121 : George's resolution

Summary

  • George & Candy talk about the farm -> George gives up, Candy is devastated
  • The others find the body, but George isn't suspected
  • Curley becomes furious, he wants to kill Lennie
  • Carlson's weapon was stolen, they go search for Lennie
  • Lennie hides near the Salinas River
  • He sees a projection of his aunt Clara and a huge rabbit that are making him feel miserable
  • George finds him before the others
  • They talk about their dream, then George kills Lennie
  • The others find the body and George who was sad and distraught

Situation of the passage

  • Curley's wife tried to get closer to Lennie
  • She started to raise her voice when Lennie pulled down her hair.
  • Lennie get scared, he strangeled Curley's wife and killed her.
  • Lennie ran away near Salinas River
  • Candy discovered the body and informed George

Summary of the presentation

  • Situation of the passage
  • Summary
  • Division of the text in parts
  • Characters
  • Themes
  • Language and similarities
  • onclusion

Pages 107 to 121

John Steinbeck

Anas Yusuf and Laurianne Chassot

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