Monday, October 21, 2013

Day 3 (Period 3)

Make it count this week folks! Since I'm out and you have a sub, we'll track a lot of our discussion here. I'll be checking the comments while I'm away.

Instructions if you need them:

1. Each student needs to post at least once in the comments section of their period's blog post.
2. Posts should be about Days 1, 2, or 3 reading, and can be either a discussion question, or an answer to someone else's discussion question.
3. Try to keep questions and answers roughly equal... if you see there are more questions than answers, add a question. If you see more answers than questions... pose a question!

Some additional suggestions:
  • include page numbers if you're asking a question
  • make sure it's clear who you're answering- either reply directly to a question, or state in your comment which question you're referring to

-Mrs. L.

23 comments:

  1. Why does George tell Slim the truth about what Lennie did in Weed?

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    1. From the description given of Slim, I believe that George told Slim the truth about what happened in Weed because he seems like a trustworthy person. When George was talking to Slim prior to when he tells him about Weed, he seems to feel comfortable around Slim because he almost tells Slim the real truth about Lennie. Also, on page 39 it says this after the conversation between the two about how him and Lennie travel together, "George fell silent. He wanted to talk. Slim neither encouraged nor discouraged him. He just sat back quiet and receptive." This shows Slim's personality and how George starts to feel comfortable around him.

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    2. I think he did it to accept the fact that he doesn't want to live a lonely life like the rest of the guys. I think he actually likes Lennie to a degree

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  2. What is the significance of the William Tenner letter? (pg.46)

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    1. I don't think it has much significance to the actual storyline. It's a side story to try to distract Candy from thinking about his soon-to-be-dead dog.
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  4. Why does George stop Slim from entering the fight between Curley and Lennie?(63)

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    1. George wanted Curley to learn that Lennie is able to protect himself just fine and didn't need help.

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  5. Question: What is euchre? (end of pg. 48)

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  6. Why do you think George trusts Candy and will actually let him in on their dream to own a farm? Is it just because Candy has money?

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    1. I think it might be because he wanted to make sure that he wouldn't make Candy anymore depressed than he was after Carlson killed the dog. Additionally, he probably doesn't want him to become suspicious of why they want to do everything by themselves. They didn't realize that Candy was listening to their conversation so not reply would be even more suspicious

      It is possible they are doing it for the money, so that they can reach their dreams sooner

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  7. Why is Candy so into George and Lennie's dream, even going so far as risking all his savings for it?

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    1. Well, I think it is possible that George and Lennie's dream was also Candy's dream of having their own place, but it could also be that he wanted to get away from the ranch he was working on because he didn't like it. Candy had just lost his companion dog that he had for a really long time, and he wasn't ready for someone to just shoot his dog. Also, the people their weren't very thoughtful of Candy's feelings since no one said anything to Carlson when he was insisting on killing the dog. So maybe he was risking all his savings to get to a better place, a place where he wasn't pressured.

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  9. Why is Carlson so insistent on killing Curly's dog?

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    1. The author probably designed the plot this way to point out two things--
      1. Since Carlson often represents "the average man" at this time, his thoughts reflect the thoughts of most people in the time period. His actions represented the attitude towards the disabled--if someone or something is impractical, they are just taking up space and not producing anything; therefore, they should not be present. Carlson probably could not bear the thought that there was a creature who was consuming food and taking up space without producing, which was why he killed Candy's dog.

      2. The killing of the dog represented what the consequences of what happened to the disabled--people had negative attitudes towards them, and some people did not want them to be present.

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  10. Do you guys think that the symbolism of Candy's dog dying will have importance as we get farther in this book?

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    1. Yes, because when Carlson was trying to convince Candy to let him shoot the dog, Slim said, "I wisht somebody'd shoot me if I got old an' a cripple." (45). He seems to be describing Candy's old as if he were disabled. I think this may be foreshadowing that Lennie may die at the end of the book since Lennie is also described as disabled.

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  11. Yes, I think it will have an impact later on as well because Candy's dog represented Candy/Lennie, as "useless." This might be important later on because the characters could have something happen to them and the death of Candy's dog could relate to something in the future.

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  12. wait, so why is Curley's wife so mean to Crooks?

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  13. Why is it that Curley's wife is so mean to Crooks while the other men are not? Why does she feel like she has so much power over him, while none of the other characters seem to have?

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  14. Why does Lennie tell Crooks about the dream that he and George have?

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