OMAM Conflict

4/28/15
Of Mice and Men



     There are many conflicts in the book of Mice and Men. Some conflicts that are presented through the actions of the characters is Man vs. Man,  Man vs. Self,  Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. society. This is important to the book because without conflicts then the story would be a bland story. Conflicts play a huge rule in stories and are later resolved throughout the story.

     One conflict in the book, "Of Mice and Men" is the tension between Curley and Lennie. This conflict is called Man vs. Man. This type of conflict is called this because the characters in the book have a conflict between each other and they are both human. I know this because the book says that, "Lennie took his hands away from his face and looked about for George, and Curley slashed at his eyes. The big face was covered with blood. George yelled again, "I said get him." Curley's fist was
swinging the next when Lennie reached for it. The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie's big hand." This shows that there is tension between Curley and Lennie.

     Another conflict that this book has is Man vs. Self. The character that has this conflict with himself is Crooks. He doesn't like himself because he is black. He is usually excluded from every activity because of his race. That is why he keeps his distance and advises other to keep their distance. You can tell because the book says that, "He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs." This shows that he has isolated from everyone else and didn't want anybody bothering him. This also shows that he has a problem with himself because he keeps himself from other people.

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"Of Mice and Men" Blog.

Prompt: Describe the atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse. Be sure to include characteristics of different characters that were formally or informally introduced to us in this chapter. Support your choice with textual evidence and interpretation. 

Why doesn't Curley's wife have a name? What message, if anything, is John Steinbeck trying to send by not giving her a first name? Support your choice with textual evidence and interpretation





4/22/15

     The atmosphere of the bunk house is edgy. This is because there is a lot of fighting or negative actions going on. There is cursing and threatening going on in the bunkhouse. This is due to the fact that most characters in the book are independent and have nothing to worry about if they curse or threaten somebody. You can see when George and Curley verbally fought there were some curse words but not a lot. I know this because in the book it says, "You seen a girl around here?" he demanded angrily. George said coldly, " 'Bout half an hour ago." "What the hell was she doin'?"  This shows that there is a lot of tension between Curley and George and they don't care what they say about each other.

     Curley was introduced informally, but the author showed what kind of person he is through his actions. "You the new guys the old man was waiting' for?" "We just come in," said George. "Let the big guy talk." Lennie twisted with embarrassment. George said, "S'pose he don't want to talk?" Curley lashed his body around, "By Christ he's gotta talk when he's spoke to. What the hell you gettin' in for." This shows that Curley was introduced informally but you can see what kind of character he is.

     The message that John Steinbeck is trying to show is that women in the 1930's were treated like men's properties. You can see in the book that Curley treats her bad behind her back. He doesn't even use her real name when talking about her. I know this because the text states that, "What the hell was she doin'?" This text shows Curley talking bad things about her like asking where she was in a bad way.


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Beyonder blog

WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!

"Beyonders: A World Without Heroes."
Prompt: What event could have happened in real life? What would be similar in real

life? What would be different in real life?
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     There are many events that could happened in real life. One of the events that could of happened is that the main character was hit with a baseball in the head. Many kids in real life have been hit with a baseball, wether they play baseball or not. I know that the main character got hit with a baseball because the text states that,"Jason glanced back at his friends, grinning. Shifting his gaze, he noticed that April was watching her sister enter the fast pitch softball cage. When he turned to face forward, a ball was streaking toward him. Jason twisted his head just in time to prevent if from striking his face, but the hard sphere thumped against the side of his helmet, knocking it off his head and sending him sprawling." As  you can see the main character did hit himself in the head with a baseball. 

     There are many events that world be similar in real life but is more fake than real. The event is that the main character got swallowed by a hippo but was transported to another world. This is similar to real life because it is possible to get eaten by a hippopotamus but it is impossible to get transported to another world. There is no known way to get to another world. But getting swallowed by a hippo, now thats a different story.

     A event that would be different is there being a word that is able to destroy anyone if you just speak the special word. This is physically impossible. There is no word in real life that can destroy anyone on contact. But there are words that can hurt somebody emotionally. As you know there is no word that can destroy anybody.  
     
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