Please take some time to post two responses to Of Mice and Men before you return to class on January 4. Each post should be at least 100 words long and should include direct references to the text you are discussing. Even if you are responding to a quote in the prompt, you should bolster your own response with other references. Those references should include internal citations to note where you are in the book (p. #). When you make a post, please read all other posts for that question so that you are participating in a conversation. Please do not repeat what other students have already said. There are many questions from which to choose, so you should be able to discuss your ideas somewhere without being redundant. Remember to make some post-it notations about symbols and archetypes, along with any other ideas you would like to discuss when we get back to class.
Feel free to respond to as many prompts as you would like. If you respond to more than two, please asterisk the responses that are NOT for evaluation. Be sure your name appears on each comment, so I can see who you are. I think you will need to log in to your Google account as you work. If you can, please post with your school Google identity. If you post as "Anonymous" without your name, you will not be able to receive credit for your work, so be sure your name appears within the comment if you do that.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Candy's Rant
Respond to Candy’s rant at Curley’s dead wife (96).
Candy blames Curley's dead wife because he won't be able to get a house with George and Lennie. He says awful things to her, like, "'Ever'body knowed you'd mess things up'" and "'You ain't no good now, you lousy tart'" (95). Candy got his hopes up about finally leaving the ranch and daydreamed for hours about his future home. When that was out of the picture due to Curley's wife's death, he took his anger and devastation out on her. He didn't actually mean those things, but said them out of sadness and shock. His yelling faded into "a singsong" and he said, "'...an' in the winter...the little fat stove....an' the rain comin'...an' us jus' settin' there'" (96). In the back of his mind, George knew getting a home wouldn't become a reality, but he managed to gets Candy's hopes up until Candy truly believed they would leave the ranch. After Curley's wife died and reality set in, Candy was obviously upset and yelled at the only person around: Curley's dead wife.
Candy blames Curley's dead wife because he won't be able to get a house with George and Lennie. He says awful things to her, like, "'Ever'body knowed you'd mess things up'" and "'You ain't no good now, you lousy tart'" (95). Candy got his hopes up about finally leaving the ranch and daydreamed for hours about his future home. When that was out of the picture due to Curley's wife's death, he took his anger and devastation out on her. He didn't actually mean those things, but said them out of sadness and shock. His yelling faded into "a singsong" and he said, "'...an' in the winter...the little fat stove....an' the rain comin'...an' us jus' settin' there'" (96). In the back of his mind, George knew getting a home wouldn't become a reality, but he managed to gets Candy's hopes up until Candy truly believed they would leave the ranch. After Curley's wife died and reality set in, Candy was obviously upset and yelled at the only person around: Curley's dead wife.
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