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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.
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ReplyDeleteThe men seam so quick to spend the money that they earn because of their style of living. When George and Lennie meet Slim, Slim describes many of the workers saying, “they just come in and get their bunk and work a month and then they quit and go out alone. Never seem to give a damn about nobody” (39). These men are lonely and do not have a very exciting or enjoyable life. When they get their paycheck, they feel the urge to spend they money to get some enjoyment. These lonely workers do not have anyone that cares for them, therefore they do not feel that there is any reason to save the money. They know that next month, they will be working on some other person’s land donning the same difficult, boring work.
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These working men live tough lives with little luxury, and during this particular time period, life seems especially difficult. Most of the men working these ranches are not unintelligent, and they often do have plans and goals, but the temptation for pleasure, no matter how short lived, to help them forget their current situation is often stronger than their capability to save their money for the far away future. When Candy explains to Curley’s wife that he will one day have his own house and beautiful property, and not have to work for anyone, she responds with laughter, ‘“I seen too many you guys. If you had two bits in the worl’, why you’d be in gettin’ two shots of corn with it and suckin’ the bottom of the glass”’(79). Unfortunately Curley’s wife is accurate with her observations on how the men usually spend their money. As Ryan said above, their lifestyle doesn’t consist of much joy or pleasure, so it is easy to use what little money they have to disregard and forget their current problems and woes. It is proven though, that no long term happiness or pleasure can come from this way of life.
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