Year 10 PEE(E) starters

 Steinbeck portrays Lennie as animal-like in order to make him seem simple and innocent.

 

Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as an object in the eyes of the men.

 

Steinbeck portrays George as someone with a burden on his shoulders.

 

Steinbeck portrays Slim as someone the men look up to, someone who should be respected.

 

Steinbeck uses the attitude of the men towards Curley’s wife to suggest women have no value.

 

Steinbeck portrays Candy as a victim who is bullied by the men.

 

Steinbeck uses the attitude of Candy to suggest Curley’s wife is a ‘tart’ and unwelcome on the farm.

Steinbeck uses the attitudes of the men towards Candy to suggest the old and weak can be manipulated.

 

Steinbeck uses Curley’s wife to symbolise all women at that time.

Steinbeck uses the attitude of Lennie to show that some men can be gentle, however he ends up being the most destructive.

 

Lennie’s attitude to soft things illustrates that men have the capacity to be gentle, however this seems out of place in Steinbeck’s world.

Steinbeck portrays the fact that Lennie and George travel together as something unheard of in those times.