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| This pic is just for me to be able to print out on another computer but will not save in correct format to disc! | |
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| I went to a wedding on Saturday, It was absoloutley boiling I know have sunburnt shoulders but hey who cares it was a great day and so here are some photos... | |
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Your Kissing Purity Score: 54% Pure
For you, kissing isn't a casual thing
Lip to lip action makes your heart sing
Kissing Purity Test
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| On friday I can't belive that we have to be at hendersons for 7:00am. It looks like I am going to have to stay at Anns house, I want to stay at my house and get ready there cos I hate not being able to use whatever i want on a morning! | |
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Mmm rhubarb crumble and custard!  | |
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“Of Mice and Men” (Chapter One)
Q1: Where and when do we first meet George and Lennie?
A1: We first meet George and Lennie in a clearing by a stream at sunset, they camp there for the night and sleep under the trees. They are on their way to a new job on a ranch and have been dropped off in the wrong place by the bus driver. This has caused then to have to walk an extra four miles in the heat of the day.
Q2: Describe George in your own words?
A2: George is small, clever and much more careful than Lennie, he acts like a guardian for Lennie and treats him like a child at times. George takes his anger out on Lennie, and shows him no respect.
Q3: Describe Lennie in your own words?
A3: Lennie is tall and heavily built, he is child-like and immature for his age, he is forgetful and irresponsible, and Lennie obviously aspires to be like George, this is shown by Lennie imitating George’s movements and actions.
Q4: Why does George tell Lennie to stop drinking the water?
A4: George tells Lennie to stop drinking the water because it is not flowing, if the people of Weed had followed them they would be able to tell that the stream had been disturbed.
Q5: Why is George angry with the bus driver?
A5: George is angry with the bus driver because he had told them that the ranch was just down the road, George then found it to be four miles away. George was concerned that because there was no chance of them arriving at the ranch on time it may cost them their job opportunity.
Q6: Where are George and Lennie going?
A6: George and Lennie are going to work on a ranch near Soledad because they were run out of Weed. They obtained jobs at the ranch as there were men whom had recently left.
Q7: How did they get the jobs they are going to?
A7: George and Lennie obtained these jobs as there were men who had recently left the ranch meaning there were positions to be filled.
Q8: Why does George tell Lennie not to say anything when at the ranch?
A8: George tells Lennie not to say anything whilst at the ranch because he was worried he may something about what happened in Weed which may cost them their job.
Q9: Why does George decide they will spend the night out by the pool?
A9: George decides to spend the night out by the pool because he was tired and hungry and he had travelled far enough for one day, because he liked it there too.
Q10: Describe what happens with the mouse, what does the incident show us about the relationship between George and Lennie?
A10: The incident shows that Lennie does not always understand why George does some things, Lennie does not understand that it is not just out of spite. George cares for Lennie, but shows this in an unusual way.
Q11: What happened in Weed?
A11: Lennie wanted to feel a ladies vibrant red dress, he touched it and then clung to it like a baby to its mother, Lennie does not understand simple requests such as “let go”, Lennie clung on tighter to the dress, the woman stated this to be rape or abuse and the people of Weed ran Lennie out of town, George had no part in this incident, yet felt responsible for Lennie and stick by his fiend in a time of need.
Q12: Write about George and Lennie’s plans for the future?
A12: George and Lennie's plans for the future are to get a house with rabbits (all different colours) and a patch of alfalfa so that Lennie can tend to them. George promises Lennie that the first chance he gets he will get Lennie a puppy, the reason for this is that Lennie pets mice too hard. Lennie is pleased by George’s promise and is enthusiastic about the dream.
“Of Mice and Men” (Chapter Two)
Q1: What time do George and Lennie arrive at the ranch?
A1: George and Lennie arrive at 10am, the morning after the night they were meant to arrive.
Q2: Describe Candy the “old swamper”?
A2: Candy the “old swamper” is a “tall, stoop-shouldered old man” Candy wore “blue jeans”, “he carried a big push broom in his left hand”, Candy had lost his right hand in an accident on the ranch, and Candy seems to be quite a friendly man.
Q3: What does George have in his bindle?
A3: George has a “razor and a bar of soap, his comb and bottle of pills, his liniment and leather wristband” in his bindle.
Q4: Why is the boss annoyed with George and Lennie?
A4: The boss is annoyed with George and Lennie because they were meant to arrive on the ranch the night before, so they could do a full days work today. The boss says “I had to send out the grain team short two buckers”.
Q5: What sort of person is the boss?
A5: The boss is “a little stocky man” who wore “blue jean trousers, a flannel shirt, a black, unbuttoned vest and a black coat”. The boss is not a man of work neither this is shown by “high-heeled boots and spurs to prove he was not a labouring man”. The boss is unpleasant towards Crooks the stable buck all because he is black. He is full of himself and walks around with his thumbs hooked on either side of his steel belt buckle.
Q6: What do we learn about Crooks the stable buck?
A6: We learn that Crooks is a black man, more commonly known on the ranch as “nigger” the majority of the ranch thinks that he’s a “nice fella” The boss takes his anger out on Crooks, just because he is black.
Q7: Describe the boss?
A7: (See Answer of Question Five)
Q8: Why is the boss suspicious of George?
A8: The boss is suspicious of George because he will not let Lennie answer the questions he is asked, the boss thinks that George is taking his fifty bucks away from him each month. The boss asks George “Then why don’t you let him answer? Why you trying to put over?”
Q9: Why does George get angry with Candy?
A9: George gets angry with Candy because he thinks that he was listening to what George was saying to Lennie, he says “I don’t like nobody to get nosey”.
Q10: Describe Curley, the boss’ son.
A10: Curley is a small man, who likes to pick fights with guys bigger than him, he is arrogant, cocky and boastful, and he has a violent temper. Curley does not think that his new wife is trustworthy as whenever she is not under his supervision he thinks that she is off with other men.
Q11: Why does Curley try to pick a quarrel with Lennie?
A11: Curley picks a fight with Lennie because he is bigger than himself and he wants to show how masculine he is, this results in injury.
Q12: What does George tell Lennie to do if Curley hits him?
A12: George tells Lennie “if the son-of-a-bitch socks you –let ‘im have it.”
Q13: Describe Curley’s wife.
A13: Curley’s wife is lonely and the only woman on the ranch she is often described as a tart or a whore, she is very flirtatious with the other men; she causes trouble, and doesn’t really love Curley.
Q14: Why does George warn Lennie about Curley’s wife?
A14: George warns Lennie about Curley’s wife because the other men say that she causes trouble and that she can be tempting and flirtatious.
Q15: Write a description of Slim.
A15: Slim the Jerkline Skinner; he is a suspect of Curley’s eye, as he suspects that his wife may be having an affair. He is a skilled man, with much talent. And is one of the few men on the ranch who shows respect and receives it.
Q16: What is Slims attitude towards George and Lennie?
A16: Slim at first seems to be hostile and then warms up to Lennie and George. He is a friendly man, and one of the few men whom others show respect.
Q17: What does Carlson want Slim to do?
A17: Carlson wants Slim to tell Candy to shoot his old dog and give him of one of his bitches new pups.
Q18: Why does Lennie get excited?
A18: Lennie gets excited because George tells the dream again, but this time to Candy too, Lennie adds in the parts about having all different coloured rabbits, and a patch of alfalfa, his enthusiasm is that of a child’s.
“Of Mice and Men” (Chapter Three)
Q1: Why does Slim think George and Lennie's friendship is unusual?
A1: Slim thinks that George and Lennie's friendship is unusual because he has never known two guys travel round together.
Q2: Explain briefly in your own words, how George and Lennie came to be friends.
A2: George and Lennie became friends because George knew Lennie's aunt Clara and when she died George took on the responsibility of caring for Lennie.
Q3: Explain briefly in your own words, what happened in Weed.
A3: What happened in Weed is that Lennie saw a girl in a red dress and wanted to feel it so he touched it and the girl told him to let go, Lennie can’t process simple requests and therefore in a panic could only think to hold tighter, the girl screamed, the people of Weed misunderstood this to be rape/assault, and this caused Lennie to be run out of Weed. George had nothing to do with the incident but decided to stick with Lennie when he was need most.
Q4: How does Carlson persuade Candy to let him shoot his old dog?
A4: Carlson persuades Candy to let him shoot his dog by telling Candy that the dog stinks and that it is cruel to keep him alive, as the dog can barely move, killing it would be putting it out of its misery.
Q5: What does Slim add to the argument?
A5: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q6: How do the men in the bunk-house react when Carlson takes the dog out?
A6: When Carlson takes the dog out to be shot the room falls silent.
Q7: What does Whit say about Curley’s wife?
A7: Whit asks “seen the new kid yet?” referring to Curley’s wife, he calls her a “looloo” (a good looking woman or a whore).
Q8: Where do the men go on Saturday nights?
A8: On a Saturday night then men of the ranch go into Soledad.
Q9: Write about George and Lennie’s dream for the future.
A9: George and Lennie’s dream for the future is to own their own house and be their own bosses, have rabbits (all different colours) and a patch of alfalfa, so that Lennie can tend to them. To have something that they can call their own, and something to be a permanent fixture.
Q10: Why does Candy want to join George and Lennie?
A10: Candy wants to join George and Lennie because he is lonely and isn’t much use to anyone on the ranch, he has 350 bucks which means they can make the dream happen faster.
Q11: What does George decide to do?
A11: George decides to let Candy in on the dream and for them to work another month and go for it for Candy to earn his place by helping out.
Q12: Write about Curley’s attack on Lennie, in your own words.
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Q13: What happens to Curley?
A13: Curley gets his hand crushed by Lennie because George told him to defend himself if Curley hit him. Lennie does not realise his own strength and therefore caused Curley heavy harm.
Q14: How does Slim persuade Curley to say it was an accident?
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“Of Mice and Men” (Chapter Four)
Q1: Where does Crooks, the stable buck live?
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Q2: Why does Crooks have more personal possessions than the other men?
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Q3: Write a description of Crooks, in your own words.
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Q4: What was Crooks doing when Lennie came to his room?
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Q5: Why does Crooks tell Lennie to get out of his room?
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Q6: Why has Lennie come out to talk to Crooks?
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Q7: What does Crooks say that upsets Lennie?
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Q8: Why is Crooks surprised to see Candy in the doorway?
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Q9: What does Crooks say about Slim?
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Q10: What does Crooks think about George, Lennie and Candy getting their own place?
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Q11: Why does Curley’s wife come to talk to them?
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Q12: What does she say about Curley as a husband?
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Q13: Why is Candy suddenly not afraid of getting the sack?
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Q14: What does Curley’s wife say to Crooks to reduce him to nothing?
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Q15: Why do you think Candy and Crooks were so antagonistic towards Curley’s wife?
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Q16: Why is George annoyed to find Lennie and Candy in Crooks’ room?
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| what is a definate definition of someone who is an emo? you get all these stupid theorys of what emos should be like or are? but it really confuses people when there is no set definition! | |
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