by melaniewp | Jun 1, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Essays, Ranch Community
Steinbeck presents the ranch community with a startling degree of realism, dramatising a condition created by the Great Depression of migrant labourers, forced into work communities, with no families. This is summarized in the key quotation at the start of the novel...
by melaniewp | May 20, 2013 | Edexcel, English Literature Exam, Of Mice and Men
How can I Revise for the Edexcel IGCSE English Literature Exam? What questions are likely to come up?I can’t access the actual questions from the past two years as I’m not at a centre (they’re password protected). The best I can advise is for you to...
by melaniewp | May 16, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men
+ Plot SummaryKey Quotations for Chapter +ONE +TWO +THREE +FOUR +FIVE +SIX+ What does the title Of Mice and Men mean?+ Social and Historical Context (American Dream)+ Social and Historical Context of Women in...
by melaniewp | May 16, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Essays
How Does Steinbeck present different types of Strength and Weakness?In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck portrays many strengths and weakness in a wide spectrum. In the pecking order of the ranch, Curley has most power, and is a bully. His wife has no identity, and is...
by melaniewp | May 15, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Key Quotations, Of Mice and Men
Chapter OneThe scene is peaceful, like Eden: ‘deep and green’ ‘warm’ ‘golden’.George and Lennie appear as anonymous, typical migrant workers: ‘both wore’ the same thing, but George is ‘sharp’, and Lennie is ‘his opposite’ ‘huge’ ‘shapeless’ like a...
by melaniewp | May 15, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Key Quotations
All Quotations from Of Mice and Men in detail, hand-picked by an Outstanding Oxford Graduate teacher of GCSE and IGCSE.Use this with the mind map to pick out your own quotations for the closed book exams (WJEC and Edexcel IGCSE).Also see the briefer,...
