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George is short in stature but is sharp, intelligent and practical. He takes on a caring, almost older brotherly role in his friendship with Lennie. |\n| --- | --- |\n| LENNIE\u003Cbr>SMALL | The secondary protagonist in OMAM. He is a huge, lumbering man whose bearlike appearance masks a sweet, gentle disposition. Lennie has an unnamed mental disability which often gets him into trouble. |\n| CURLEY | Curley, the son of the ranch’s boss, is a mean and power-hungry individual obsessed with securing the respect and submission of everyone around him on the ranch. |\n| CURLEY’S WIFE | The only woman on the ranch, Curley’s wife is viewed as a “tart” by the men who surround her. Young, lonely, and desirous of attention, Curley’s wife spends her days roaming around the ranch looking for someone to talk to—even though she knows that the men all around are reluctant to talk to her for fear of incurring the wrath of her jealous husband. |\n| CROOKS | The only black labourer on the ranch, Crooks the stable hand is a sensitive but“aloof” man who is ostracized due to his race. |\n| SLIM | A tall, strong, quiet, and craggy-faced labourer on the ranch who works as a mule driver. Slim has an ageless, inscrutable face and a reserved disposition, and his physical power and commanding nature make him |\n\n| RACISM AND PREJUDICE |\n| --- |\n| DREAMS, FAILED DREAMS AND THE AMERICAN DREAM |\n| LONELINESS |\n| FRIENDSHIP |\n| POWER AND POWERLESSNESS/THE WEAK AND THE STRONG |\n\n\n| KEY CONTEXT |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| AUTHOR: John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. Although his family was wealthy, he was interested in the lives of the farm labourers and spent time working with them. He used his experiences as material for his writing. |  |\n| LITERARY AND HISTORICALCONTEXT:\u003Cbr>• On October 29 1929, millions of dollars were wiped out in the Wall Street Crash. It led to the People losing their life savings and a third of America's population became unemployed.\u003Cbr>• A series of droughts in southern mid-western states like Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas led to failed harvests and dried-up land. Farmers were forced to move off their land: they could notrepay the bank-loans which had helped buy the farms and had to sell what they owned to pay their debts.\u003Cbr>• Racism/sexism were common, especially in Southern states due to economic climate & history of slavery |  |\n\nOF MICE AND MEN KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER – KEY VOCABULARY AND SELF STUDYTASKS  \n| Discrimination | The unjust treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability. | Arguably, Curley’s Wife faces discrimination based on her sex alone – the men of the ranch do not trust her simply because she is a woman. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Ostracised | Exclusion from a society or group; to leave someone out. | Crooks – the novella’s only black character – is ostracised from the rest of the ranch hands as a result of the racism which was pervasive in society at the time. Thus, he lives alone in the stables with the horses. |\n| Isolation | To be apart from others; to be alone. | Curley’s wife felt a sense of isolation as her husband did not like her talking to others on the ranch. |\n| Loneliness | Sadness because one has no friends or company. | Loneliness is pervasive in Of Mice and Men but different characters deal with it in different ways. Crooks, for instance, carries within him an air of aloof superiority to assuage his feelings of loneliness. |\n| Racism | Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone based on the belief that one’s own race is superior. | Crooks is subjected to racism in the novella even from the most powerless characters when Curley’s Wife threatens that she could have him lynched. |\n| Segregation | The action or state of setting someone or something apart from o","cbCairKIHwHKWw9g","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairKIHwHKWw9g","pdf",247726,"English","# MAIN CHARACTERS\n## GEORGE / MILTON\n## LENNIE / SMALL\n## CURLEY\n## CURLEY’S WIFE\n## CROOKS\n## SLIM\n# RACISM AND PREJUDICE\n# DREAMS, FAILED DREAMS AND THE AMERICAN DREAM\n# LONELINESS\n# FRIENDSHIP\n# POWER AND POWERLESSNESS/THE WEAK AND THE STRONG\n# KEY CONTEXT\n# KEY VOCABULARY AND SELF STUDY TASKS\n## Self Study Tasks","[{\"question\":\"Who are the main characters highlighted in the organiser, and what roles do they play?\",\"answer\":\"The organiser focuses on George and Lennie as joint protagonists, plus Curley, Curley’s Wife, Crooks, and Slim. 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