1. Connect to the study notes by clicking on the links.

2. What are the universal themes of Of Mice and Men?

3.What is George and Lennie’s dream? (Cliff’s notes “The Nature of Dreams”).

4. Why, do you think, is their dream almost central to the novel? (Think about the messages Steinbeck is sending).

5. What is the fundamental difference between Lennie’s and George’s dreams?

6. What does the dream of having your own place symbolise?

7. Which battles and sacrifices must be fought to obtain the dream?

8. What are the internal and external threats to the dream? (Draw a table with two columns to complete)

9. How is Lennie’s involvement with the dream treated as ironic by the reader?

10. Explain how loneliness is presented throughout most of the novel. (Cliff’s Notes p 2)

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