Of Mice and Men: Chapter 6 Questions & Correct Verified Answers

How is the beginning of this scene similar to the beginning of the novel? Why would Steinbeck begin this chapter in the same way that he began the first? - Correct Answer Story has come full circle. Lennie is back where he and George started. Explain the image of the heron awaiting its prey and its connection to Lennie and his circumstances. - Correct Answer The Heron is the men coming after Lennie, Lennie is the snake who is killed. Lennie is going to be killed by the men. As Lennie is waiting for George, he remembers a ¨little fat old woman. She wore thick bull´s-eye glasses and she wore a huge gingham apron with pockets, and she was starched and clean.¨ Who is this woman? - Correct Answer Lennie´s Aunt Clara How can you explain the hallucinations that Lennie has as he is waiting for George? - Correct Answer He is scared for what George will say, he knows he is hurting George. How does George know where to find Lennie? - Correct Answer George had told Lennie to go the brush by the creek if anything bad happens. Why does George go through the motions of pretending to be angry at Lennie? - Correct Answer It makes Lennie fell better, that even though something bad happened George will fix after he yells at Lennie. Explain whether you believe Lennie realizes that he has done something wrong. - Correct Answer No, he does not realize what he did. He just wants George to yell at him, he is only thinking about the rabbits, nothing else. Explain the symbolism in George´s final telling of the farm story. - Correct Answer It is the final telling, Lennie will not see the farm. Why is George calm, almost without emotion, when he talks with Lennie? - Correct Answer He know what he needs to do for Lennie, it has to be done. During Georges retelling of the ranch story, the point is made that on the ranch they will have each other to look after. Why is this point mentioned so often? - Correct Answer George and Lennie are special, most men don´t travel in pairs. They look out for each other. George in the end is still looking out for Lennie. Earlier in the novel, what foreshadows the final events between Lennie and George? - Correct Answer George and Lennie are partners, that they look out for each other, and that Lennie has gotten into trouble before.