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katherine:

Has anyone read the book,OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck?

katherine:

@Vocaloid @JustSaiyan

JustSaiyan:

Not yet. Why? Is it a good read?

JustSaiyan:

Wait I might have. I don't know. I have read A LOT of books.

katherine:

Identify the book you are reading. What is the setting of your book, the time and place of the characters and their story? Based on what you have read so far, what purpose might the author have for writing this book? Use details from your reading to explain why you think the way you do. Use proper spelling and grammar.

katherine:

this is why

JustSaiyan:

Do you have the book, or do I need to get it from my virtual library?

katherine:

Yes, because i can't share school links.

ThisGirlPretty:

My brother has but I chose to read Enrique's journey v.v

katherine:

tbh, I try to read books that don't have many pages, after awhile I get lost and bored. this book has 54 pages. So I'm good

katherine:

It suits me loool

ThisGirlPretty:

Wow XD

katherine:

ik, I'm weird that way. but oh well,

katherine:

Anyways, I got most of the questions answered. All I need answer is: what purpose might the author have for writing this book

katherine:

Wanna see what I wrote so far?

ThisGirlPretty:

Yes please :D

katherine:

The book I'm reading is OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck. The setting of my book is at Salinas River, a few miles south of Soledad, California. The time is taking place at the Great Depression around the 1930's. The characters in the book are: Lennie Small, Curley's Wife, George Milton, Curley, Whit, Crooks, Slim, Candy, and Carlson. The purpose that the Author had when writing this book was that ( Blank because I need help on that part)

katherine:

@JustSaiyan

JustSaiyan:

Flip to the end of the book and tell me what the last few pages say.

katherine:

OK

katherine:

"Go on," said Lennie. "How's it gonna be. We gonna get a little place." "We'll have a cow," said George. "An' we'll have maybe a pig an' chickens... an' down the flat we'll have a... little piece alfalfa-" "For the rabbits," Lennie shouted. "For the rabbits," George repeated. "And I get to tend the rabbits." "An' you get to tend the rabbits." Lennie giggled with happiness. "An' live on the fatta the lan'." "Yes." Lennie turned his head. "No, Lennie. Look down there acrost the river, like you can almost see the place." Lennie obeyed him. George looked down at the gun. There were crashing footsteps in the brush now. George turned and looked toward them. "Go on, George. When we gonna do it?" "Gonna do it soon." "Me an' you." "You... an' me. Ever'body gonna be nice to you. Ain't gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from 'em." Lennie said, "I thought you was mad at me, George." "No," said George. "No, Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know." The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices. Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now." "Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta." And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering. George shivered and looked at the gun, and then he threw it from him, back up on the bank, near the pile of old ashes. The brush seemed filled with cries and with the sound of running feet. Slim's voice shouted. "George. Where you at, George?" But George sat stiffly on the bank and looked at his right hand that had thrown the gun away. The group burst into the clearing, and Curley was ahead. He saw Lennie lying on the sand. "Got him, by God." He went over and looked down at Lennie, and then he looked back at George. "Right in the back of the head," he said softly. Slim came directly to George and sat down beside him, sat very close to him. "Never you mind," said Slim. "A guy got to sometimes." But Carlson was standing over George. "How'd you do it?" he asked. "I just done it," George said tiredly. "Did he have my gun?" "Yeah. He had your gun." "An' you got it away from him and you took it an' you killed him?" "Yeah. Tha's how." George's voice was almost a whisper. He looked steadily at his right hand that had held the gun. Slim twitched George's elbow. "Come on, George. Me an' you'll go in an' get a drink." George let himself be helped to his feet. "Yeah, a drink." Slim said, "You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me." He led George into the entrance of the trail and up toward the highway. Curley and Carlson looked after them. And Carlson said, "Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?" THE END

JustSaiyan:

Hmm.

JustSaiyan:

It seems to be a story about what it means to be a person in the world. Having dreams, and needing to overcome obstacles to achieve it. Failure and victory. Loss of things close to you.

katherine:

Can you help me on the last question?

katherine:

Identify the book you are reading. What is a major obstacle or conflict a character in your book is facing? Explain the conflict or obstacle and how your character handles it. What does this conflict reveal about the character? Use examples from the book to explain why you think the way you do. Use proper spelling and grammar.

katherine:

@JustSaiyan :P

imcute12:

omg i love that book

imcute12:

do you need help

katherine:

Yes, Please

imcute12:

what do you need help with

katherine:

You read the book right?

imcute12:

yes

katherine:

thank you so much

katherine:

Identify the book you are reading. What is a major obstacle or conflict a character in your book is facing? Explain the conflict or obstacle and how your character handles it. What does this conflict reveal about the character? Use examples from the book to explain why you think the way you do. Use proper spelling and grammar.

katherine:

that's the question I need help with.

imcute12:

what character did you choose

katherine:

,George Milton

imcute12:

oh

katherine:

who did you pick?

imcute12:

you should pick Lennie it is more easier

katherine:

Ok, Lennie it is

imcute12:

so Lennie face being mentally challenge, he can't live on his own because he want know what to do. Lennie handles being mentally challenge by just staying quite and listening to what George tells him to do. This conflict reveals about the character is that he respects George and does what he is told from George. In the story Lennie says "Lennie cried out to George- saying I don't like this place George. This ain't no good place. I wanna get outta here". The reason I pick this sentence is because it is showing the reader how Lennie looks like a tough guy, but deep down inside he is a big old child.

imcute12:

there you go just type that in the way i wrote it

katherine:

This isn't from Google, right?

imcute12:

no

katherine:

thank you so much!!

imcute12:

np

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