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Mind Map by Arabella Whatling, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Arabella Whatling
almost 6 years ago
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Dreams
- American Dream
- What was the American
Dream?
- "That dream of land in which life should be better and richer and
fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his
ability or achievement.' James Truslow Adams, 1931.
- "That dream of land in which life should be better and richer and
fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his
ability or achievement.' James Truslow Adams, 1931.
- Who had the American
Dream?
- Crooks
- Candy
- Lennie &
George
- George speaks in long, complex sentences to continue adding detail to their dream.
This reflects how many times they've recited it and their desperation for it to be
possible.
- George understands how it is unrealistic whereas
Lennie is blissfully ignorant and naïve
- Setting
- Steinbeck uses fire to symbolise hope and
darkness as foreboding of the reality. The
quotation 'don't bulid up no more fire. We'll
let her die down" portrays how George
doesn't wan tto become attached to the
dream as he knows it's futile.
- Steinbeck uses fire to symbolise hope and
darkness as foreboding of the reality. The
quotation 'don't bulid up no more fire. We'll
let her die down" portrays how George
doesn't wan tto become attached to the
dream as he knows it's futile.
- The dream is recited like a bed time
story: positive, hopeful and comforting.
This emphasises the need for goals or
ambitions in 1930s America.
- George speaks in long, complex sentences to continue adding detail to their dream.
This reflects how many times they've recited it and their desperation for it to be
possible.
- Crooks
- What was the American
Dream?
- Achievement & Failure
- Curley's Wife's Death
- Curley's Wife's Death
- Other Dreams
- Curley's Wife
- Curley
- Other Ranch Men
- Curley's Wife
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