Thursday, May 8, 2008

Of Mice and Men Bloom's Taxanomy Questions

1. Do you know another instance where a runaway suspect killed a white girl?
• Yes, there this same thing happened in Native Son where Bigger the runaway suspect killed a white heiress named Mary Dalton.
2. What factors would you change if you had written Of Mice and Men?
• I change the fact that Carlson killed Candy’s dog but I would write that Candy killed his own dog.
3. What questions would you ask of Lennie before he died?
• Does his have voices in his head.
4. How is George similar to Lennie?
• I believe George needs Lennie as much as Lennie needs him. George needs him for the hard labor and to keep him sane.
5. How was this similar to Native Son?
• Discrimination, racism, and killing are some similarities in both books.
6. What do you see as other possible outcomes?
• A possible outcome would probably be George, Candy and maybe Crooks to get the dream farm.
7. Which events could have happened is Curley’s wife dressed like the men around her?
• She probably would have not gotten killed and could have gone into town.
8. What does Lennie and George’s relationship demonstrates?
• Their relationship demonstrates companionship and love.
9. How does the discrimination in Of Mice and Men compare to present day?
• Today people are too discriminated of their race, sexuality and intelligence.
10. What was the moral of Mice and Men?
• That no matter what you do in life there will always be death.

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