Of Mice and Men - Chapter 6

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Chapter 6

Today's Lesson

Check homework

You read Chapter 6 of Of Mice and Men

Today you will check your knowledge

The test will be next week

Tell me about Chapter 6

The story of the farm and Lennie and George’s dream is repeated once again.
What point do you think the writer is making about the American Dream?

The story of the farm and Lennie and George’s dream is repeated once again. What point do you think he is making about the American Dream?

The story of the farm is often told to comfort Lennie when he is feeling scared. 

It is meant to give him hope, and that is why George tells him the story before he shoots him. 

"Look acrost the river, Lennie, an' I'll tell you so you can almost see it." In the end the dream is a fantasy, meant for comforting and hope – it doesn’t come true. 

Explain how the following aspects of the novel have foreshadowed the final tragedy of
Lennie’s death: The incident between Lennie and the girl in the red dress.

This incident showed that Lennie has had to run before, because he could not control himself. Causing other people to go after him to punish him. The only difference with the end of the story is that the girl in the red dress did not die. 

Explain how the following aspects of the novel have foreshadowed the final tragedy of
Lennie’s death: The symbolism of Candy’s dog.

The dog symbolised that sometimes it is better to pull the trigger yourself, so you know that they won’t suffer more than necessary, which is exactly what George did. 

What drove George to believe he had to kill Lennie?

What drove George to believe he had to kill Lennie?

He knows that the other men are close and on their way to kill Lennie and he feels it is his duty to make it as painless as possible – because they care about each other. 

"An' I got you. We got each other, that's what, that gives a hoot in hell about us," Lennie cried in triumph.” 

This way he can at least make sure that Lennie isn’t scared, but happy. 

Do you think George did the right thing? Why/Why not?

Evaluation

You now know more about:

- The situation surrounding Lennie's death

- George's reasoning for killing Lennie

- Something that was foreshadowed in the book several times

Homework

Of Mice and Men test = Friday 3 June

- Finish reading the book!

- Prepare by going through the old LessonUps

- Go through the booklet with questions

- Look up summaries

- Watch the film