Thursday, November 10, 2011.

1) SSR and log

2) Complete reading of Of Mice and Men Ch. 6. Discuss setting and foreshadowing connected to chapter one: The identical setting and the little water snake appears in both chapters. Discuss the different moods in the chapters and how these moods are created. Point out example of synecdoche in the heron represented by the "head and beak." The little snake is devoured by the large heron. The heron may represent society "devouring" Lennie, represented by the little snake. (Man vs. society). Also pay attention to Lennie's hallucination: Aunt Clara and the giant rabbit as symbols in the novel. Aunt Clara may symbolize Lennie's childhood and his lack of a loving mother; instead he is reared by the strict and stern Aunt Clara. Perhaps this explains his need to "touch soft things." The rabbit may represent Lennie's feelings of guilt and his greatest fear: abandonment by George.

NOTE: Study Of Mice and Men Vocabulary Glossary: "scrappy - writhed" Quiz tomorrow.