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OMAM - Chapter 5 - In the barn - Coggle Diagram
OMAM - Chapter 5 - In the barn
Who
Lennie
Curley's wife
Candy
George
Curley
Slim
Calson
Where / When
The barn
Afternoon, Sunday
What
Lennie kills his puppy
Curley's wife talks to Lennie
They share dreams
Lennie kills Curley's wife
Candy and George discover the body
Curley forms a mob
Why
Shows inevitability of tragedy
Ends all dreams
Shows dangers of Lennie's strength
Shows cruelty of world
How
Foreshadowing
Puppy to Curley's wife
Contrast peaceful setting vs horror
Animal imagery
Lennie acts on instinct
Themes
Dreams
Death
Violence
Power
Fate
Loneliness
Context
Women isolated in the 1930s
No protection for the vunerable
Justice through violence
Quotes
"I done a bad thing"
"Now what am I gonna do?"