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Title: Of Mice and Men practice question
Description: Answers to the questions; 1) In this passage, how does Steinbeck present Slim? 2) In the rest of the novel, how does Steinbeck show that some people on the ranch are considered more important than others? How does this reflect the society in which the novel is set?
Description: Answers to the questions; 1) In this passage, how does Steinbeck present Slim? 2) In the rest of the novel, how does Steinbeck show that some people on the ranch are considered more important than others? How does this reflect the society in which the novel is set?
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OF MICE AND MEN PRACTICE QUESTIONS
PART A) In this passage, how does Steinbeck present Slim?
Steinbeck highly praised Slim and the reader nearly gets the impression that his description is
exaggerated for amusement
...
” and “He was capable of killing a fly on the wheeler's butt with a bull
whip without touching the mule
...
They may compare Slim to one of the
cowboys in the magazines that they fantasize
...
This contrasts greatly with people like Curley who
wants authority but is not liked or respected
...
” This shows
how in a ranch everybody's appearance is the same and it may be hard for the men to show their
unique identity
...
It also says; “His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those
of a temple dancer
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Steinbeck is trying to
show, through describing Slim, that the ranch men may be thick-skinned and weather-beaten on the
outside, but they have personalities and families and memories and feelings human beings in the
present day would have
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PART B) In the rest of the novel, how does Steinbeck show that some people on the ranch are
considered more important than others? How does this reflect the society in which the novel is set?
I noticed that the dress code on the ranch gave a subtle outline of the workers who were less
wealthy and the bosses who were taking advantage of people that had no other choice but to work
under harsh and tiring conditions to get a non-existent wage
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It says; “Both were dressed in denim trousers and in denim coats with brass
buttons
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However the
bosses dress individually and more uniquely
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” This may show that the people of 1930s America dressed the way they felt
...
Steinbeck used Candy in the novel to show how some people on the ranch are considered more
important than others
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For
example, Carlson says; “If you want me to, I'll put the old devil out of his misery right now and get
it over with
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Can't eat, can't see, can't even walk without hurtin'” This
seems very heartless of Carlson but this represented the views of the wider American population
...
This
is ever-more fuelled in Steinbeck's ranch-based community that is close-knit but has obvious
divides
Title: Of Mice and Men practice question
Description: Answers to the questions; 1) In this passage, how does Steinbeck present Slim? 2) In the rest of the novel, how does Steinbeck show that some people on the ranch are considered more important than others? How does this reflect the society in which the novel is set?
Description: Answers to the questions; 1) In this passage, how does Steinbeck present Slim? 2) In the rest of the novel, how does Steinbeck show that some people on the ranch are considered more important than others? How does this reflect the society in which the novel is set?