Have a Thunk Was George and Lennies dream
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Have a Thunk! Was George and Lennie’s dream ever really possible? Why?
Animals To explore the use of animals and natural imagery in the novel.
Animals What animals are referred to in the novel? Create a list in pairs of all of the animals you can remember. • • Rabbits Mice Bear Puppy/dogs Fish Snake Heron Are there any we have missed?
Group Work Each group will be allocated an animal to investigate and some quotations to explore. You should produce a 1 page information sheet for the rest of the class so that we can create a class booklet. In your groups you should: • Find where the animal appears in the novel (is it in more than 1 place? ) • Discuss why Steinbeck has chosen to use this particular animal: – What does it tell us about the setting? – What does it tell us about the characters? – Is it used to foreshadow any later events? • Analyse key quotations • Discuss how this links with the main themes and context of the novel. http: //www. slideshare. net/bluejorj/of-mice-of-men-animals
Group Work Group 1: • Rabbits - ‘the rabbits hurried noiselessly for cover’ Group 2: • Mice - ‘jus a dead mouse George. I didn’t kill it honest’ Group 3: • Bear – ‘dragged his paws…’ Group 4: • Puppy/dogs – ‘I drowned four of ‘em last night’ Group 5: • Horse – ‘the horses snorted’ Group 6: • Fish – ‘flopped like a fish’ Group 7: • Snake - ‘a watersnake slipped across the pool, its head up like a periscope’
Consolidation Let’s hear a brief summary from each group.
Robert Frost (1874 -1963) Two Tramps in Mud Time Out of the mud two strangers came And caught me splitting wood in the yard, And one of them put me off my aim By hailing cheerily "Hit them hard!" I knew pretty well why he dropped behind And let the other go on a way. I knew pretty well what he had in mind: He wanted to take my job for pay. The time when most I loved my task These two must make me love it more By coming with what they came to ask. You´d think I never had felt before The weight of an axhead poised aloft, The grip on earth of outspread feet. The life of muscles rocking soft And smooth and moist in vernal* heat. *Vernal = appropriate to Spring Task: In groups discuss the following: 1. What does this poem mean? 2. What do you know about the speaker and how do you know it? 3. What do you observe about the rhythm and imagery of the poem? 4. How does the imagery of the poem relate to the meaning of the poem? 5. How does the poem relate to Of Mice and Men?
