Exploring Key Moments and Quotations in Of Mice and Men
Dive into the key moments and insightful quotations from Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Explore how pivotal events like the killing of Candy's dog and Lennie's tragic actions shape the plot, characters, and themes of the story. Unravel the significance of George and Lennie's dream, the inevitability of tragedy, and the loneliness that permeates the lives of ranch workers.
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Of Mice and Men Key Moments and quotations
Key Moment: a moment in the novel which reveals important information about a character(s) or a significant moment which effects the plot of the story.
Key moments are critical when discussing your novel. For your exam, you should know five key moments. This will allow you to refer to specific moments that are important to the story. When does the key moment happen in the novel? What characters are involved? Why is the moment important to the protagonist? Is the event important in establishing the theme? What is the outcome of the moment?
Key moments in Of Mice and Men 1. The opening of the novel when we are introduced to George and Lennie. We are told their dream for a better future. 2. The killing of Candy s dog. 3. Lennie crushing Curley s hand. 4. Lennie killing Curley s wife. 5. George shooting Lennie at the pond in the brush.
Write a brief summary outlining why each key moment is important to the story. Think about plot, characterisation, themes and relationships.
Why the key moments are important 1. The opening of the novel (introduced to George and Lennie. We are told their dream for a better future. Foreshadowing: Lennie s love of soft things and his inability to stay out of trouble). 2. The killing of Candy s dog (foreshadows the death of Lennie and why George must be the one to kill him). 3. Lennie crushing Curley s hand (shows Lennie s strength and foreshadows how easily he kills Curley s wife) . 4. Lennie killing Curley s wife (the death of the dream). 5. George shooting Lennie at the pond in the brush (death of the dream, ambiguous ending. What happens to George?).
Important quotations Guys like us, that work on the ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don t belong no place. (George) With us it ain t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.
Hide in the brush till I come for you. Can you remember that? (George)
Curleys like a lot of little guys. Hes alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he s mad at them because he ain ta big guy. A girl was standing there looking in. She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up.
I ought to have shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn t ought to have let no stranger shoot my dog. (Candy)
The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie s big hand. ...and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.
And George raised the gun and steadied it...he pulled the trigger...Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering. Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin them two guys? (Carlson) You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me. (Slim)
