Of Mice And Men PreRead

Before	Statement	After
-	People that are poor should rely on their friends, family, or church for help, not the government.
+	A true friend will tell you the truth, even when you don’t want to hear it.
+	The “n-word” is more offensive than other racial slurs because of the history of hate behind it.
-	Women today are more often treated by men as equals rather than objects
-	When people are a victim of a crime, they should be able to take the law into their own hands.
-	Nations with the death penalty have lower murder rates
+	The best place for justice to be determined is in a court of law.
-	Being rich is more important than having close friends.
+	Sometimes a person has to break the law to make sure justice is served.
+	Life today is more difficult and complex than it was in the 1930’s

Blog:

Women today are more often treated by men as equals rather than objects. Except when men treat us like objects by cat-calling us on the streets or objectify us in magazines and online. We are more often treated as equals except for the whole wage gap and how women in high positions are often assumed to have done something to get to that position. I don’t agree with that statement because I see the opposite everyday. You’d think it was true, but for some god forsaken reason in this day and age it still isn’t. Like I’m still not expected to have loud opinions because there is something less desirable about a girl with a loud mouth. I guess I have to believe the opposite of this statement because if I don’t I disregard countless women's own experiences and it’s the least I can to do avoid trying to do that. If you say that now women are mostly treated as equal you pretty much abolish the need for feminism but we definitely need feminism and so women clearly aren’t mostly being treated as equal. I was even afraid to drop ‘feminism’ in this in fear of my point not being taken seriously like advocating equal rights is a negative thing put that way and that definitely says something.

1. Who are the main characters in the story?

Lennie and George.

2. What are some of the characters’ distinguishing characteristics?

Lennie is big and strong but super dumb and George is small but smarter and very protective.

3. What is the setting of the novel?
   The fields in California in the 1930s?
4. What can you piece together about the plot of the novel?  What do you think will happen?

I think that Lennie will mess up badly and George will have to get them out of it.

5. What themes are present in the novel?

There are themes of family vs friends, poverty, and equality.