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Flashcards by Tara Carmichael, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tara Carmichael
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Theme (Male) Friendship | "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. With us it ain’t like that. We got a future.We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us." |
| The American Dream The appeal of this dream rests in the freedom it symbolises, its escape from the backbreaking work and spirit breaking will of others. It provides comfort from psychological and physical turmoil. |
"An' live off the..."
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| Human Nature The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men Gang aft agley, An'lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! | Translate this Robbie Burns stanza into your own words |
| Characterisation: Curley | Section 2 "His glance was at once..." |
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George
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Section 1 "George put his hand on Lennie's shoulder. 'I ain't takin' it away ...'" |
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Lennie
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Section 1 Zoomorphism/animal imagery "Slowly, like a terrier..." |
| Curley's Wife | Section 2 "She had full, rouged lips..." |
| Slim | Section 2 "He was a jerkline skinner, the prince..." |
| Candy | About his dog (section 3) "Well-- hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a ..." |
| Carlson | Section 3 (about Candy's dog) "Got no teeth. He's all stiff with rheumatism. He ain't no good to you..." |
| Crooks | g |
| Setting | Section 1 "A few miles south of ..." |
| Descriptive language/ Paradisaical symbolism | Section 1 "On one side of the river, the golden foothill slopes ..." |
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