In last week's blog response, I asked you to select a theme that "hit home" with you the most. Now that you have set your sights on a theme you would most like work with some more, it is time to test your skills of analysis. Scan through the last chapter (6) inOf Mice and Men and see if you can pull out a moment from the text that, upon close reading, says something about your selected theme.
For example, imagine that I am a student who was most interested in the theme of "The American Dream." When scanning chapter 6 I came across this moment in the text:
"A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shallows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically."
Next, try to analyze how this moment is somehow connected to the theme you have chosen.
In chapter 6 in, Of Mice and Men, freedom is portrayed within George and Lennie. After killing Lennie, George had the freedom to do whatever he wanted. He always was saying how Lennie was always making him feel trapped like he couldn't do anything. But after he killed Lennie, that is no longer a problem.
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