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Of Mice & Men Themes - Key essay points
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- 1Discrimination/Prejudice* Lennie - mental disability
* Crooks - skin colour
* Candy - old
* Curley's wife - woman seen as trouble & possession of Curley - 2Friendship* George and Lennie
* Candy and his dog
* Crooks
* Curley's wife - 3Dreams/Hope* Lennie - comforting, simple dream
* Candy - worried what will happen when he gets canned
* Curley's wife - movie star
* Crooks - says everyone has the same one, is lured in - 4Violence* Curley - violent character
* Carlson - insensitive, goes to watch violence, goads Curley
* Lennie - unintentional violence, immense force - 5Futility* Lennie - has physical power but not mentally able
* Economically - little money, spend it one go
* Crooks - other characters have power over him - 6Loneliness* George - had companionship & will be lonely
* Crooks - jealous of G & L's relationship, has memories of better times
* Curley's wife - Nothing to do, tries to befriend weaker characters
* Candy - loss of his dog, likes to gossip - 7Foreshadowing* Woman in Weed - Lennie told to keep away from Curley's wife
* Candy's dog - shot when it's better for it than being alive
* Dead animals - destroys anything he touches - 8Animals* Lennie - compared to animals
* Candy's dog - like Lennie's outcome but George does it not someone else
* Death of animals - foreshadowing death of Curley's wife.....Lennie
* Rabbits - Lennie's dream, hallucination - 9Setting* Contrasts from chapter 1 & 6 - set in same place
* Barn - location for lots of negative events
* Crooks' room - books, separate from everyone else
* Bunkhouse - no personal touches - 10Relationships* George and Lennie
* Candy and dog
* Curley and his wife
* Crooks and Lennie/Curley's wife and Lennie - 11Power* George - Has parental control over Lennie
* Curley & the Boss - have power over the workers
* Lennie - has immense physical power
* Slim - has great authority over other men
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- Flashcards showing a theme from Of Mice and Men and some key points to put in an essay question about them.
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