Zusammenfassung der Ressource
OMAM
By Aishah
Rao
- Themes
- Friendship
- George and Lennie are the
ones, along with Candy
and his dog, who really
experience companionship
and the importance of it
- Friendship is rare
on the ranch
- Loneliness
- Curley's Wife
- Only female on the
ranch. The men on the
ranch may get in trouble
with associating with her
- The only female
on the ranch
- Crooks
- Crooks is segregated
from the others in the
ranch due to his colour
and that he is African
American
- Candy
- Candy only has his dog
as a companion, but
loses this
companionship when
Carlson shoots his dog
- Dreams
- The Dream of having their
own ranch is what
motivates George and
Lennie; that good things can happen
- Curleys Wifes dream is that
she could have made it in
"the pictures"
- Crooks' dream is that
he can live in a fair
society without
prejudice
- Isolation
- The card game solitaire is
frequently played by George.
Solitaire is emphasises that it
is a one player game ;
"solitary" and "solitaire"they
both have the same linguistic
root
- Crooks has a room to
himself in the barn,
away from everyone
else
- Main
Characters
- George
- Appearance
- George is a small man, but has the
brains and quick wit.
- Wears denim trousers and
denim coat - emphasises
that he is an itinerant
worker.
- Lennie
- Appearance
- "Sloping shoulders"
- Slim
- Candy
- Curley
- Curley's Wife
- Crooks
- Historical &
Social Context
- "Wall Street Crash"
- Itinerant workers
- Migrant workers