OMAM character essay plans Flashcards
(28 cards)
Curleys wife paragraph plan
Para 1 - male gaze, initial description
Para 2 - interaction with crooks
Para 3 - backstory and violent death
Curleys wife Para 1 - male gaze
“tart”
“jailbait”
“rouged lips” and “red”
“ostrich feathers”
“Curley’s”
“suddenly apprehensive”
Curleys wife Para 2 - interaction with crooks
“Lousy ol sheep”
“N-r” - gain superiority over him, unsympathetic
“I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny” - lynching, KKK
“whips” - reference to slave trade
Curleys wife Para 3 - backstory and death
“girl” - youth and naivety
“was a natural” - manipulated
“wild with terror” - sympathy, violent
“flopped like a fish” - zoomorphism
George paragraph plan
Para 1 - relationship with Lennie
Para 2 - dream
Para 3 - having to kill Lennie
George Para 1 - relationship with Lennie
“imitated him exactly” - father figure, responsibility
“if I was alone I could live so easy”
“I was only foolin, George” - showing George that he has been unkind, teasing him
George Para 2 - dream
“live off the fatta the land” - unachievable
“I bet we could swing her” - hope
“you an me can get that little place, can’t we George?” - dream dies with Lennie, even though still feasible
George Para 3 - having to kill Lennie
“the hand shook violently” - difficult
“but you remember ever word I say” - pain in the ass
“take off your hat Lennie” - easier
Lennie paragraph plan
Para 1 - relationship with George and dream
Para 2 - disability and consequences
Para 3 - views on his disability and George shooting him
Lennie Para 1 - relationship with George and dream
“imitated him exactly” - father figure
“live of the fatta the land” - repetition, comfort
“if I was alone I could live so easy” - George hates him but needs him as well
“I was only foolin, George” - smart enough to tease him and show George he has been unkind
Lennie Para 2 - disability and consequences
“girl in weed” - foreshadowing
“flopped like a fish” - zoomorphism, mirrors “paws”
“why’d you have to get killed” - blames dog
“I already done enough” - doesn’t understand the difference between dog and CW
Lennie Para 3 - views on disability and George having to shoot him
“kicked in the head by a horse” - won’t get a job, great depression
“cage” - freak shows
“the hand shook violently”
Candy paragraph plan
Para 1 - social Darwinism and his dog
Para 2 - relation with George and dream
Para 3 - sexism and CW
Candy Para 1 - Social Darwinism and dog
“had him ever since he was a pup”
“struggled lamely”
“looked helplessly” - alone even though he is surrounded by others
“I ought to have shot that dog myself George” - foreshadowing
Candy Para 2 - relationship with George and dream
“jus something that was his”
“I never had none” - negation
“you and me can get that little place, can’t we George”
Candy Para 3 - sexism to CW
“tart”
“you god damn tramp”
“ever’body knowed you’d mess things up” - blames her for dying
Crooks paragraph plan
Para 1 - his room and introduction
Para 2 - relationship with other ranch workers
Para 3 - CW interaction
Crooks Para 1 - room and introduction
“California civil code” - knows his right
“swept and fairly neat”
“nice fella too” - candy, but also calls him “n-r”
Crooks Para 2 - relationship with other ranch workers
“I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse”
“they say I stink” - racism
“I got a right to have a light”
“lighted with pleasure in his torture” - reciprocating prejudice
Crooks Para 3 - CW interaction
“drew into himself”
“reduced himself to nothing”
“N-r”
“whips” - allusion to slave trade
“I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny” - allusion to lynching
Curley paragraph plan
Para 1 - Sexism and CW
Para 2 - fight with Lennie
Para 3 - aggression in finale
Curley Para 1 - sexism to CW
“keeping that hand soft for his wife” - objectifies her
“Curley’s” - possessive
Curley Para 2 - fight with Lennie
“like a lotta little guys, he hates big guys”
“Curley was white”
“his fist lost in Lennie’s paw”
Curley Para 3 - aggression in finale
“worked himself into a fury”
“I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts”
“still mad about his hand”
