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So my podcast are about the book Of Mice and Men. It takes place in about the 1920’s or whereabouts. They have a southern twang to their speech. Since they are on a rach full of guys they spit curses throughout their quotes so it has a few bad words. But other than that you can understand everything that they are trying to say. I clipped most of the important quotes out of our group project and i clipped most of what i said out because i talked alot durring the podcast. Everybody else in the group agreeded with me so i mostly threw out all my thoughts.

“She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young. Now her rouged cheeks and her reddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly. The curls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head, and her lips were parted.

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.”

~pg 93

I think this was the most important paragraph of the whole book. it made it a really good book just by this alone.

It was major foreshadowing when this was siad:

“No, said george. “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.”
 This kindda gave way to the ending because the paragragh after this tells how he shot Lennie. It was to be expected that Lennie would die or maybe end up in jail. But i didn’t really think how this would of effected George he seemed so resilient and confident. Now at the end of the story he seems like he doesn’t know what to do with himself. If i was in the same situation i wouldn’t know what to do either. His life was based around him taking care of Lennie ever since he was young now what does he do? His life pretty much just ended. It’s a sad ending but how else would the story end?

top of pg. 81 in Mice and Men book:

  “Well, you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.”

   Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego–nothing to arouse either like or dislike. He said, “Yes ma’am,” and his voice was toneless.

   For a moment she stood over him as though waiting for him to move so that she could whip him again; but Crooks sat perfectly still, his eyes averted, everything that might be hurt drawn in. She turned at last….”

Crooks seemed life a very deffensive and mean guy when Lennie came out to the barn. I think one reason for that is because everyone treats him so horribly because he’s black. i think that is a totally bogus reason to treat someone so unfaily because of their skin. The civil war was fought over slavery 30-40 years back before the date in the book so why don’t they just let it go? anyways Crooks starts warming up to Lennie very soon. He feels this way because nobody else will even sit next to him to know what he feels about a certain situation, so he talks Lennie’s ear off. In this case i don’t think Lennie is the right person to be talking to about how it is unfair for Crooks on the ranch. Why did Crooks leave from his home where he enjoyed it? He mentions how good his life was but doesn’t put any of the glue in between. He really wants to get out of the ranch especially when he tells Lennie he wants to pitch in on their farm as long as he gets shelter and a decent meal. Comparing Crooks and Slim is a crazy comparison as much slim is looked up to for his opinions Crooks is the complete opposite. Nobody ever even wants to know what Crooks thinks. I find it ironic they way his back is cripple but still he does as much work as every other guy on the ranch, maybe even alittle more and still he doesn’t get even an ounce of respect. What the spit…

  Curley said, “Well, I didn’t mean nothing Slim. I just ast you”   Slim said, “Well, you been askin’ me too often. I’m getting’ God damn sick of it. If you can’t look after your own God damn wife, what you expect me to do about it? You lay offa me.”     “I’m jus’ tryin’ to tell you I didn’t mean nothing,” said Curley. “I jus’ thought you might of saw her.”    “Why’n’t you tell her to stay the hell home where she belongs?” said Carlson. “you let her hang around bunk houses and pretty soon you’re gonna have som’pin on your hands and you won’t be able to do nothing about it.”    

This is a major foreshadowing effect in this book. It leads to the thought that maybe later in the story there will be a fight over this girl, but it just might not be Lennie in the fight. Why Curley doesn’t have a problem when his wife hangs around the bunks? It’s kind of suspicious especially when all the people that live in the bunks are men and she is the only girl on the ranch. What kind of relationship is that anyways? In the story it mentions that whenever they see Curley’s wife she’s looking for Curley and whenever Curley comes around he’s looking for her. Shouldn’t she be in the kitchen cooking pies or helping around the ranch? I wonder what she does with her days…I guess it is during the depression time so maybe there isn’t enough good things to put in pies but she should at least be helping around the ranch. The word ranch brings he thought of everyone doing something to help out. What will become of Lennie and George in the next chapter…?

wow! It’s getting even more intense as i progress throughout the story. I think that Curley’s wife is going to play an important role in this story because she flings herself at any guy while she’s married and her husband is in the visinity. Lennie you can tell is attracted to her, he even tells george this on pg. 32 of M&M. George of course gets angry like always and tells Lennie to stay away from her. But i think george just doesn’t want him to get into trouble because of this girl. I think it’s a good idea because she’s just trouble waiting to happen. Curly, her husband, is an even bigger problem for the “cousins” he’s already been defiant toward Lennie.. What problems are in store for Lennie and why does everyone pick on him?

On pg 25-26 i believe this is a foreshadowing effect:

“An’ you won’t let the big guy talk, is that it?”
“He can talk if he wants to tell you anything.” He nodded slightly at Lennie.

“We jus’ come in,” said Lennie softly.

Curley stared levelly at him. “well, nex’ time you answer when you’re spoken to.” He turned toward the door and walked out, and his elbows were still bent allitle.”

I believe that Curly is going to start something involving these two guys. Since his dad is the owner of the ranch he has a great oppurtunity to. I wonder where the last ranch was and why exactly they left it. maybe it was the same thing? im not quite sure what will happen but i have a feeling Curley and Lennie will have a battle of some sort…maybe a breakdancing battle!??!? ok not so much but something is going to happen for these poor dudes. sad day…

“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. . . . With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.  . . . because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why” (14).
~Of Mice and Men

I belive that this passage is very important to the story because the protagonist is stating how their life is. It sums up how they were living, how they will keep on living, and probobly the way their life will be in the future. The only people they have to depend on are each other or else know one will bother to help them out.It’s sounds like the two men have had a very rough life so far but in the end it makes them stronger. I just wonder whats going to happen to their relationship after they move to the ranch, will it get better or get worse?

The Grapes of Wrath–Of Mice and Men

I belive the setting in the Grapes of Wrath is around the 1920’s era or somewhere close because they have a major southern accent and it’s a tough life working on raches other than the huge buildings we have now. I think in might be the same in M&M because its pretty much the same, ranches. The difference in the Grapes of Wrath is that we know its in the great depression and they are just trying to live out their lives with enough food in their bellies, but in M&M I’m not so sure because I’ve only read the first chaper. In both stories though right off the bat you know that Steinbeck writes about real hardcore people going through a life that is tough and real. His writing isn’t  sugar coated and thats what I like about it, it gets down to the nitty gritty.