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Idioms in Of Mice and Men

Objectives. By the end of today's lesson you will be able to:Answer an exam question about the themes in the novel Of Mice and Men.. Steinbeck writes about nature. He uses a metaphor to show that Lennie is like an animal when Curley stood crying, his fist lost in Lennie's paw' This shows that L

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Idioms in Of Mice and Men

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    1. Idioms in Of Mice and Men Can you tell me what each of these idioms mean?

    2. Objectives By the end of today’s lesson you will be able to: Answer an exam question about the themes in the novel Of Mice and Men.

    4. Exam Question How far do you think that Steinbeck presents dreams as futile in Of Mice and Men? Write about: the dreams the characters have the effects of these dreams on the characters to what extent the writer presents the dreams as futile.

    5. Themes in of Mice and Men

    6. Of Mice and Men The title of the book comes from a poem by the 18th century Scottish poet Robbie Burns. It is about a mouse which carefully builds a winter nest in a wheat field, only for it to be destroyed by a ploughman. It is written in Scots dialect. The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promised joy! The mouse had dreamed of a safe, warm winter and is now faced with the harsh reality of cold, loneliness and possible death. There is a parallel here with George and Lennie's joyful fantasy of a farm of their own, and its all-too-predictable destruction at the end of the story. Perhaps the is also meant to suggest to us how unpredictable our lives are, and how vulnerable to tragedy.

    9. Exam Question How far do you think that Steinbeck presents dreams as futile in Of Mice and Men? Write about: the dreams the characters have the effects of these dreams on the characters to what extent the writer presents the dreams as futile.

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