Monday, October 21, 2013

Day 3 (Period 7)

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.

15 comments:

  1. do you think Lennie knows right from wrong or does he just do what George orders him to do? Does he learn from his mistakes or does he not fully comprehend what he has done?

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    1. I think Lennie doesn't understand society's ethics and morals; he doesn't know Society's Right/Wrong. So, George's word is Lennie's law, something absolute for him to follow. He doesn't learn from his mistakes because for one, he doesn't comprehend his actions, and two, he can't remember his actions.

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    2. I think that George is the only person Lennie knows well and can understand and vice versa. Therefore, because Lennie does not have "common sense" he only does what George commands him to do and listens to no one else.

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  2. As shown on Page 64, Lennie was beat up by Curley for laughing, which led to an unwanted battle of fear for Lennie, and strength for Curley.
    Do you think it was a good idea that George let Lennie beat up Curley/defend himself and go insane on Curley?

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    1. Yes, for two reasons. First, Curley deserved it for trying to beat up Lennie(not a good idea :) ). Secondly, George wanted to show everyone that Lennie was as strong as he had said before, and to stop Curley from picking fights with Lennie in the future. However, it was close when George barely stopped Lennie from totally destroying Curley's hand.

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    2. (sorry i did this before but it never went through so im posting again.)
      I do think that it is a good idea. Curley and other workers now know that he they should not pick on Lennie anymroe, for now they knows what Lennie can do to them. Also, it was a good way to show Lennie that he can stand up for himself, even when he feels defenseless; he has great advantage from physical strength. It taught Curley and Lennie a very important lesson.

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  4. Why did George want to keep his and Lennie's (and now Candy's) dream to be a secret between the 3 of them?

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    1. I feel that they wanted this to be a private dream, one they could feel and revel in and have a sense of sanctity before everybody started stampeded into the one thing they could own without restrictions: a dream.

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    2. He wants the dream to be kept between them three because having too many people in the plan would become a problem. It was originally supposed to be only George and Lennie because they've known each other for a long time and get along fine. With other people, you never know if they're trustworthy or not. George only agreed to have Candy join the plan because Candy could contribute half of the cost of the land and ultimately accomplishing their goal faster.

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  5. In the beginning of the chapter, on page 39, why does Slim think that it's "Funny how you an' him string along together."? Is it just because of Lennie's and George's personalities are the complete opposite ("It jus' seems kinda funny a cuckoo like him and a smart guy like you travelin' together.")? Or does he think something else?

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    1. Maybe it was because back then, people usually don't befriend those with mental disabilities because it might've been embarrassing and was seen as a burden to those around them.

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    2. I think people like them were usually alone. It's implied in the part about "the rabbits," and mentions how the other people are the loneliest in the world and have no family (while they have each other). Also, when they met the boss, the boss said (on page 22), "Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy."

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  6. Why is Lennie not allowed to say ANYTHING even though sometimes what he is saying is harmless?

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    1. I think it is because George doesn't want to take a risk for Lennie to say something that is actually harmful enough to make them lose their jobs again.

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