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