by melaniewp | May 12, 2013 | Crooks, Curley's Wife, GCSE, IGCES, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Key Quotations
Crooks’ bunk is in the ‘harness room’, a ‘shed’ propped against the barn. It’s full of leather-working equipment. Crooks’ apple box contains ‘medicine bottles, both for himself and for the horses’ ‘being a...
by melaniewp | May 12, 2013 | Curley's Wife, GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men
Curley’s wife is also treated unfairly, although many students find it more difficult to see this. They take the violently abusive language of all the ranch hands at face value.Steinbeck himself wrote that she isn’t a tart, but ‘a nice girl’. Her...
by melaniewp | May 12, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Curley's Wife, GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men
Thank goodness! Here’s everything you’ll ever need to complete your controlled assessment on Curley’s Wife to a red-hot standard, hand-crafted for you by an Outstanding teacher and Oxford graduate. Get all the quotes your heart could desire.All...
by melaniewp | May 10, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men
The title of Steinbeck’s novel comes from the poem ‘To a Mouse’, by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759–96). It is addressed to a mouse that builds its winter nest in a wheat field, only to see it destroyed by a ploughman. Burns wrote his poem in Scots dialect....
by melaniewp | May 9, 2013 | Crooks, GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Character Quotations
Here’s a super-thorough collection of quotations with analysis for the character of Crooks. It also explains Crooks’ relationship with Lennie and Curley’s wife, prejudice, loneliness, hopes and dreams, black rights – with short video –...
by melaniewp | May 9, 2013 | Candy, GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Character Quotations
Here’s a collection of quotations with analysis for the character of Candy. It also explains Candy’s relationship with George, Lennie and his dog.CandyWe see the theme of disability: he’s given light work “‘cause I lost my hand”. This...