"watchin' that blackboard" employment agencies would post available jobs on a blackboard in front of their offices. Prospective employees would watch the blackboard or any new jobs. work cards. a job assignment from an employment agency would be written on a work card to be presented by the worker to the employer.
roll your hoop: a popular amusement of children in the past was running while rolling a large metal hoop with a stick (See a picture of children rolling hoops). Telling Curley's wife to "roll your hoop," is Candy's way of calling her young and immature.
The title of this novella is an allusion to the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns, specifically connecting to the lines “The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men / Gang aft agley, / An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, / For promis'd joy!”
Lennie's favorite saying about the dream was? That he got to tend the rabbits. George and Lennie were late for their first day or work because? The bus guy was lazy and wouldn't take them all the way to the ranch.
"she got the eye" said of Curley's wife, meaning that she flirts and is interested in men other than her husband.
The metaphor of Curley having “ants in his pants” makes clear that he cannot sit still – he is constantly trying to see what his wife is up to. “The eye” is also slang, and it is one of the first things we learn about Curley's wife.Mar 2, 2016
a lamp with a base made from a children's toy. liniment. a soothing or pain-killing liquid used on sore body parts. looloo.
Steinbeck uses hyperbole to describe the grief of loneliness, as this is an ongoing theme throughout the book. When Lennie is sitting with Crooks in his house, Crooks says: ''A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody…a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick. '' This hyperbole serves to emphasize how lonely Crooks is.
Before sleeping, George describes their dream to Lennie; they want to buy their own small farm where they will grow their own food, rear animals and keep rabbits for Lennie to look after.
Abstract. Of Mice and Men remains a staple text in schools in both the United States and United Kingdom, where both neuro-typical and disabled pupils encounter it. The character of Lennie has learning difficulties and also—as identified by some researchers—exhibits many characteristics of autism.Jan 31, 2020
Curley is the antagonist, or the character who stands in opposition to the protagonist (usually the main character), in Of Mice and Men. He is the son of the boss of the ranch and is always stirring up trouble for everyone, particularly the main characters, George and Lennie.Nov 29, 2021
Steinbeck narrates, ''Don't you go yellin',' he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck. '' Lennie realizes he has killed Curley's wife and decides to cover up her body with the hay while he runs to the hiding place that George told him to go to.Nov 30, 2021