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29 Cards in this Set
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realistic fiction |
what type of writing was Steinbeck known for |
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1902-1962 |
when did he live |
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Nobel Prize |
what prize did he win in 1962 |
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stock market crash |
what caused the great depression |
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October 29, 1929 (Tuesday) |
when did the great depression happen |
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terrifying Tuesday |
what was October 29, 1929 known as |
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25% |
what percent of Americans didn't have jobs |
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dust bowl |
what natural events also devastated many rural communities during this terrible decade |
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Aunt Clara |
is dead, and is Lennie's care taker |
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Bill Tenner |
a former worker at the ranch who drove a cultivator, and wrote a letter to the magazine |
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the boss |
Curley's father, owner of the ranch, and acted suspicious when George and Lennie get there. |
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Carlson |
Bitter and mean farmworker, who shot Candy's dog |
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Candy |
old ranch worker who loses his hand, and had a old dog. he was also included in Lennie's dream |
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Crooks |
the black stable hand with a crooked back, but is separated from the other farm hands |
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Curley |
Big-headed, son of the boss, bullies Lennie, also marryed |
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Curley's wife |
heavily made up, not good wife and flirtily messes with farm hands |
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George |
BFF with Lennie, kills Lennie at the end |
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Lennie |
BFF with George, and has mental issues |
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Candy's dog |
Candy's old dog, Carlson shoots him, and used to be a good hearding dog. |
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Slim |
super cool "prince" of the Ranch, and lays down the law. |
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mid 1930s |
when did the story take place |
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Salinas River |
where does the story take place |
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George and lennie travel to a farm in search of work in the Silnas river after Lennie is wanted for rape |
exposition |
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Lennie is mentally retarted, so he has a hard time woth everything |
conflict |
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Curley dislikes Lennie, Lennie shatters his hand. Curleys wife is causing trouble with them |
rising action |
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Lennie kills his dog and Curley's wife |
CLIMAX |
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George and the rest of the guys find Curley's wife. they go hunting for lennie |
falling action |
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George kills lennie |
resolution |
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Frytague pyrimid |
structure of the novella |
