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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.
The scene on page 84 is one of calm / peace, while page 85 reveals that Lennie had screwed up again and shows his internal struggle. This sharp juxtaposition emphasizes the constant mental/emotional struggle Lennie deals with - feeling like he is out of control of his own actions. In the beginning of the story, George talks about how he can't stop killing mice despite him just wanting to pet them. This is further explored later, when Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife and he says "I don't want ta hurt you, but George'll be mad if you yell," and continues with "I done a bad thing. I done another bad thing," (91). He is never trying to kill anything, but he has a hard time controlling his own strength. This leads to any inner peace being shattered, which is emphasized even more by the juxtaposition of the scene on page 85.
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