Blog 7: The Boss

When the boss is talking to George about their work, George speaks for himself and Lennie. What does his boss suspect is going on between George and Lennie? What is George's response?

The boss thinks that George is trying to pull something over. He also thinks that George is going to take Lennie's pay.  Then George says how they are cousins and how he got hit in the head with a horse when he was a kid but he is alright. George says how Lennie is a strong worker and will get everything down and can do anything.

Blog 6: Beginning, Of Mice and Men

Compare and contrast the two men who come into the clearing by the river. [pages 2-3] Why do you think Steinbeck introduces the men by describing their physical features, highlighting the fact that one is small and one is huge? What can the reader infer about the two men based on their descriptions?

Lennie was tall, skinny, dumb, and forgets things. He also likes ketchup on his beans and he also pets mice but kills them by accident. George is fat, short, his arms just hang their, he's smart, knows what he is doing, and gets frustrated with Lennie. He does that to show how different their appearances are and how they are not the same. 

Blog 5: Pandora's Box

The world was lucky in that Pandora did not release "foreboding" from the box Hermes gave her.

1. What was "foreboding"? How would it have changed our society, according to Greek myths?

Foreboding means that all hope is gone and everyone would of been told what there misfortune was every day. Everyone would of been very depressed and they wouldn't have any hope.

2. Choose another "ill" in the box and write about how the world would be different had Pandora not released it.

Another ill would be death. If Pandora did not release death than the world would be over populated and there would be to many people.