Animals within Of Mice And Men
- Created by: AcousticPsycopath
- Created on: 07-12-15 20:39
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- The natural world and animals is used by Steinbeck to explore the difficulties faced by the characters in the novel. Discuss.
- Candy and his dog
- "This ol' dog jus' suffers hisself all the time"
- "crippled"
- "that dog stinks"
- "led the dog into the darkness"
- "I ought to have shot that dog myself"
- Lennie
- Sheep - "bleated"
- "snorting into the water like a horse"
- Beat - "paws"
- "Somebody'd shoot you for a coyote"
- Rabbits
- "Oh, she don't mind, she let me"
- affinity with animals (opposite to Curley's Wife)
- The Brush
- "Hide in the brush 'til you come"
- Safe place
- Cyclical nature of the novel
- Calm in C1 // Rough/wild in C6
- Snake - Violent. Cruel. Everything is easily replaced.
- "Hide in the brush 'til you come"
- Rabbits, mice, puppies
- An Ode To A Mouse
- Future cats and rabbits - they don't live as one
- Nature changes
- Vulnerable, small, disposable
- Lennie easily breaks them
- Candy and his dog
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