Faculty Profile prashantha K EEE dept Sri Sairam college of Engineering
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1. Name Theme: In Of Mice and Men , because of the condition in society, people are destined to be alone. Point one: Crooks is a black man who is segregated into his own room because of his race, and he is not allowed to interact with others. Support from the novel (Give the quotations and the page numbers): “’Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black.” (page 68) Point two: Curley’s wife is lonely because she married Curley for security. Curley does not love her or give her any attention, and he does not allow her to talk to the other guys on the ranch. Support from the novel (Give the quotations and the page numbers): “Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? I don’t know why I can’t talk to you.” (page 87-88) Point three: George and Lennie are two characters who are not alone, but because of Lennie’s interaction with others, their friendship is doomed. Support from the novel (Give the quotations and the page numbers): “But not us! Why? Because . . . because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” Page 14 “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head . . . He pulled the trigger.” Page 106 To plan the body , we will use the POINTS now. The SUPPORT will be used when we write the body . Planning the Essay
2. In Of Mice and Men , people are destined to be alone. Crooks (Point 1) George (Point 3) Curley’s wife (Point 2) Segregation Crooks is black and lives alone George and Lennie travel together Crooks needs someone to talk to Take care of each other Men think she is a “tart” Wants to talk to Lennie Hangs around the bunkhouse George ends up alone at the end Essay Planning – Prewriting!!!
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14. Writing the Body Name Theme: In Of Mice and Men , because of the condition in society, people are destined to be alone. Point one: Crooks is a black man who is segregated into his own room because of his race, and he is not allowed to interact with others. Support from the novel (Give the quotations and the page numbers): “’Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black.” (page 68) Point two: Curley’s wife is lonely because she married Curley for security. Curley does not love her or give her any attention, and he does not allow her to talk to the other guys on the ranch. Support from the novel (Give the quotations and the page numbers): “Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? I don’t know why I can’t talk to you.” (page 87-88) Point three: George and Lennie are two characters who are not alone, but because of Lennie’s interaction with others, their friendship is doomed. Support from the novel (Give the quotations and the page numbers): “But not us! Why? Because . . . because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” Page 14 “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head . . . He pulled the trigger.” Page 106 + Thesis: Steinbeck uses characters in his novel Of Mice and Men to point out that because of the condition in society during the Great Depression, people were destined to be alone. I: Crooks is a black man who is segregated into his own room because of his race, and he is not allowed to interact with others. A.Segregation was common in the 1940s. B.Crooks must live in a room attached to the barn. C.Crooks tells Lennie that everyone needs someone to talk to. II: Curley’s wife is lonely because she married Curley for security. Curley does not love her or give her any attention, and he does not allow her to talk to the other guys on the ranch. A.Curley’s wife spends her time hanging out around the bunkhouse. B.The men misinterpret her as a “tart” with a roving eye. C.She tells Lennie about her dreams and her desire for someone to talk to. III: George and Lennie are two characters who are not alone, but because of Lennie’s interaction with others, their relationship is doomed. A.George and Lennie travel together, and most men do not. B.George and Lennie look out for each other. C.George becomes a lonely character by the end of the novel because he is forced to make a choice to “protect” Lennie.
15. Writing the Body = Crooks is a black man who is segregated into his own room because of his race, and he is not allowed to interact with others. Segregation was common in the 1940s, but it seems more powerful in a novel that shows the effects of loneliness on all people. In fact, it seems cruel to force a man to live alone in a room attached to a barn when even the men who share the bunkroom together feel lonely. When Lennie stumbles into Crooks’ room, Crooks is willing to forget that they are from two different races because he would like to talk to anyone. He tells Lennie that people will not talk to him , “’Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black” (Steinbeck 68). He also says, “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody” (72). Because of his race, Crooks is one of the loneliest characters in the novel.
