Reflection Essay on Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men Chapter Four Study Guide Vocabulary: Define the following terms. Aloof: Distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote. Fawning: To exhibit affection or attempt to please. Apprehension: Fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread. Indignation: Anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy. Crestfallen: Dispirited and Depressed; Dejected . Literary Terms: define the following and provide and example from the chapter. Verbal Irony: A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. “Sure”, said Crooks. “And a manure pile under the window.
Sure it’s swell. ” pg. 75 Symbolism: Investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. Crooks – stereotype of a black person being discriminated. Infer: to derive by reasoning. Curleys wife – the ways she is seen by the other guys trouble like the bad wife. Questions: Answer the following using complete sentences. 1) Describe Crooks’ room? Where is it? What is in it? What can we infer about him? Crooks lives in the stable with the other horses the harness room. It had a little shed, a window in one side of the wall and in the other wall a door which lead to the barn. His bed was a lobg box filled with straws.
There were also pegs, broken harnesses and a becnh below the window. He had law books which makes us thing he is intelligent. We can infer he is treated like an animal because he lives with them. Obviously he is discriminated. 2) Why does Crooks tell Lennie about his childhood? What characteristics about Lennie mollify his aloofness? Crook told Lennie that he played with children and that his dad got mad at him and he didnt understand why until he grew up (discrimination). His disarming smile, mental disability, and his innocence. 3) Why does Lennie get mad at Crooks? Why does Crooks do this?
He gets mad at Crooks because he starts asking what he would do if George dint come back. He started getting worried at first but then he got angry because Lennie really thought of someone hurting George. Crook did this because this was the why everyone treated him and tortured him. Now he enjoyed doing the same with an innocent man. 4) How is Candy like Lennie in this chapter? What does he say that is similar? He is like Lennie in this chapter because he is dependent of him and every time Crooks said something bad abouth their dream he always said that George said that. They act childish. ) What is Crooks’ opinion of the dream? How does it change? He says that everyone has the same dream but that it never comes true. This people die and never have their ownland. His opinion changes when he realizes that they have most of the money to buy it (Candy’s savings). 6) How does Curley’s wife describe her relationship with Curley? Is she happy? She says that she is unhappy and that she is always at the house telling her what he will do with the people he doesn’t like (he doesn’t like anyone). 7) What does Curley’s wife say the men are when they are together? What does t tell us about ranchers? She says they are scared of each other of getting something into them. This tells us that ranchers are not very good friends because they are always afraid of loosing their job or getting into trouble which will cause them to looose their job. 8) What does Crooks believe is true? What other story does it remind you of? Why? He believes that he is just a nigger and just that. It reminds of boys and girls because the narrator as her dad said she was just a girl. It’s like if there was a limit of their stereotype they can go further just because the other people say that.
