OMAM essay plan Flashcards
(13 cards)
1
Q
Lennie
A
- Childlike Innocence and dependance on George - rabits, and reliance
- Physical strength as both a gift and a curse - animalistic imagery
- Outsider and marginalised - derogatory language and crooks
- Tragic role and collapse of american dream. - cyclical and candys dog
2
Q
Dreams
A
- Source of hope and motivation - rabits and companionship
- Escape from isolation and oppression - crooks and curley’s wife (reveal what they are missing)
- Illusory nature - candy and lennies death (human nature gets in the way)
- Source of misery - crooks heaven and curley’s wife dream - makes them hate their current life.
3
Q
George
A
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4
Q
Curley’s wife
A
- Promiscuous
- Isolation and loveless marriage
- Oppressed and cruel
- Dreams
5
Q
Crooks
A
- Lonely
- Racism (and intelegence)
- Power/powerless
- Dreams
6
Q
Curley
A
- Insecure
- Power/authority
- Violent
- neglect of his wife
7
Q
Candy
A
- Weak and disposable
- Isolated
- Predjudice
- Dreams (fears)
8
Q
Carlson
A
- Pragmatic
- Mysoginistic
- Violent
- Cruel
9
Q
Slim
A
- Authority
- Tolerant
- Pragmatic
- Moral
- (not) Lonely
10
Q
George and Lennie
A
- Interdependancy
- Dreams
- Loneliness/Burdened
- Tragic/violence
11
Q
Curley and his wife
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- Possession
- Loveless marriage
- Survelaince - mistrust
- Tragic - power
12
Q
Prejudice
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- Racism - dehumanisation
- Ableism - target for fear and exclusion
- sexism - victim of patriachal control
- ageism - discarded
conclusion: call for empathy and microcosm
13
Q
Cruelty
A
Cruel setting
Cruel environment and social structures
Cruelty born from weakness
Cruelty from good intentions
