1. Homework
omplete any task from the Of Mice and Men homework menu.
his has been set on the ‘Show my homework’ website and is also
available to download from the year 9 literature blog.
http://strattonenglishyear9.blogspot.co.uk/

2. L.O: To consider how space
represents mood in the novella.
To analyse the introduction of
characters in section 2
SPACE AND
ANTITHESIS IN
‘OF MICE AND MEN’

3. This is the setting for Chapter
0ne – Write two paragraphs
describing it.
Use as many adjectives as you
can…

4. Task
• We need to consider locations and places in
the text.
• Today we will look at space and room.
• We will focus on chapter 2 and consider how
space is used and how this reflects on
characters.

7. Find a quote using…
• Death imagery
• Lists and long sentences
• Any language that suggests the room is
small/cramped
• What possessions the men have.
• Any language that suggests if this is a
masculine or feminine room?
• What effect does this have on a reader?

8. Themes
• Dreams
• Loneliness
• The working man
• Prejudice and protest
• Fate and destiny

9. Antithesis
• What does this term mean?
• When two opposite words or two opposite situations
are put together.
• Antithesis happens a lot in Of Mice and Men; and
happens in Chapter 2.
Foreshadowing
• A technique used by authors to give clues about what
will happen later in the text.
New terminology

10. Questions
1. Find a quote that shows the bunkhouse is like a coffin.
What does this foreshadow in the novel?
2. Does the Bunkhouse fit with the description of what the
American Dream is made out to be?

11. Characters
andy – Pg 39
he Boss – Pg 41
urley 46-48
urley’s wife 46-48
lim 55-56
ook at these sections and other places in the chapter.