Of Mice and Men: Chapter One

Answer the following questions, based on what we have read in chapter one.

1. Why did George and Lennie have to leave their previous jobs? Describe what happened in your own words. (p.12-13)
2. Summarise Lennie and George´s dream (p.15-18) in 50 words. What does their dream suggest about their character/life?
3. Compare and contrast George and Lennie's characters using quotations from the text to support your ideas. Use at least two quotations from the chapter for each character. Make at least two different points. Try to focus on, and explain, specific word choices.

Some useful phrases:

•The author describes ________ as ‘….’

•The quotation, ‘…’ gives the impression that…

•There is a description of the _____ as, ‘….’

•For example, when, ‘…’ the quotation

•This gives the impression of …

•The word ‘…’ gives a clear idea of …

•The author gives a sense of the …

•From this quotation …