Vocab quiz on Wednesday, May 9th

Quiz: Vocabulary--Difficult Words:  words 21-30: "vitiated-deferential"

We will be starting our last in-class novel of the year on Monday.

Check out The Bean Trees
If you finish Of Mice and Men and would like to start The Bean Trees, go ahead. You'll like it.

Over the weekend: Finish Of Mice and Men.

To a Mouse, by Robert Burns

What themes do we see in Burns' poem and how are they related to the novel?

Today: Discuss examples from the book of Steinbeck's primary themes:

Steinbeck's 

Themes:                         To a Mouse                        Of Mice and Men

1. It is a harsh,            Mouse is small and                                          
often unfair world        vulnerable--homeless and,

    that makes people   could die. at the mercy of 
 vulnerable.                  human beings (fellow              

                                         mortals

2. Most people are      Farmers make more
selfish and try to          profits by killing mice.

    get ahead at the      It's a dog eat dog 
expense of others        world. Survival of the

                                    fittest

3. We have a moral     Because we are fellow
responsibility to           mortals, we should be

    compassionately     compassionate of mice
 help people in need   and help them find
                                    happiness

4. People find              
happiness through 
community and 
equality

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