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Middelbare school
havo
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Of Mice and Men
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Pre-reading information
The Novella
John Steinbeck
The American Dream and the Great Depression
Characters
Themes throughout the novel
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Of Mice and Men
Published in 1937
Widely read in classrooms
Blacklisted for controversial topics
Adaptations
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John Steinbeck
Born in 1902 in Salinas, California
Poor background
Stanford University
Wrote about social and economic issues
Award-winning novels
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The Great Depression
of the 1930's
Roaring
Stock Market crashed
Half of the US banks went bankrupt
Migrant workers
The American Dream (George and Lennie's farm)
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Slide 6 - Video
Characters
George: Small, smart, Lennie's guardian
Lennie: Big, intellectually disabled, loves to pet soft things
Candy: Ranch handy-man, 1 hand, has an old dog
Slim: Well-respected, mule driver.
Curley: Boss's bitter son, small, mean and aggressive
Curley's wife: Very flirtatious
Crooks: Black, isolated, bitter but funny.
Carlson: Ranch-hand, wants to kill Candy's old dog
Slide 7 - Slide
What do you expect the themes to be?
Slide 8 - Open question
Themes
Poverty
Friendship
The American Dream
Good vs. Evil
Fear
Racism
Slide 9 - Slide
Reading Time!
The text and Study Guide can be found on OneDrive under 'Literatuur'.
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What do we think?
How was it?
Feedback class
Feedback teacher
Deadline Chapter 1 on Wednesday --> SOM
See you all on Monday :)
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