space and room in section 2 of mice and men
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Homework•C
omplete any task from the Of Mice and Men homework menu.
This has been set on the ‘Show my homework’ website and is also available to download from the year 9 literature blog.
http://strattonenglishyear9.blogspot.co.uk/
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L.O: To consider how space represents mood in the novella.To analyse the introduction of characters in section 2
SPACE AND ANTITHESIS IN ‘OF MICE AND MEN’
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This is the setting for Chapter 0ne – Write two paragraphs
describing it.Use as many adjectives as
you can…
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Task
• We need to consider locations and places in the text.
• Today we will look at space and room.• We will focus on chapter 2 and consider
how space is used and how this reflects on characters.
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Find a quote using…• Death imagery• Lists and long sentences• Any language that suggests the room is
small/cramped• What possessions the men have.• Any language that suggests if this is a
masculine or feminine room?
• What effect does this have on a reader?
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Themes
•Dreams•Loneliness•The working man•Prejudice and protest•Fate and destiny
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Antithesis• What does this term mean?• When two opposite words or two opposite
situations are put together.• Antithesis happens a lot in Of Mice and Men;
and happens in Chapter 2.
Foreshadowing• A technique used by authors to give clues about
what will happen later in the text.
New terminology
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Questions1. Find a quote that shows the bunkhouse is like a
coffin. What does this foreshadow in the novel?
2. Does the Bunkhouse fit with the description of what the American Dream is made out to be?
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Characters•C
andy – Pg 39•T
he Boss – Pg 41•C
urley 46-48•C
urley’s wife 46-48•S
lim 55-56
•Look at these sections and other places in the chapter.
•Find quotations and write key words relating to the first impressions of these characters.
•Focus on physical descriptions and what we (the reader) learn of their characteristics.