Dreams & Destiny: The Myth of Progress in Of Mice & Men
"People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all"
Essential Questions
1. What is empathy? Why is it an important human characteristic?
2. What is an individual's duty to others?
3. How can the struggles of others teach us about ourselves?
4. What does it mean to be powerful and powerless in our society?
5. Why is society intolerant of those who are different?
6. What is the writer's obligation to the reader?
7. How can literature be used as a tool for political & social change? Should it be?
Of Mice and Men is one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. It is a story about loneliness, loss, love, and the light & darkness of having hope.
Essential Questions
1. What is empathy? Why is it an important human characteristic?
2. What is an individual's duty to others?
3. How can the struggles of others teach us about ourselves?
4. What does it mean to be powerful and powerless in our society?
5. Why is society intolerant of those who are different?
6. What is the writer's obligation to the reader?
7. How can literature be used as a tool for political & social change? Should it be?
Of Mice and Men is one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. It is a story about loneliness, loss, love, and the light & darkness of having hope.
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 Photographs by the famous photographer, Dorothea Lange. Background music is "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" by Bing Crosby
View this video to give you concrete images of the setting for Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Compare the primary sources with the descriptions in the novella. How accurate is Steinbeck? What choices does he make to create the vivid scene he creates? |
Click here for the Sound Cloud Audio of the novella. Note: the page numbers may be different than our text, but the chapters are the same.
