Activity 1.14
 Finish it up
Intro to Of Mice and Men
 Introductory notes
 OBJECTIVE:
 Analyze how conflicting images point to thematic points.
 Synthesize connections among multiple texts to support a thematic interpretation.
Analyze how conflicting images point to thematic points.
Synthesize connections among multiple texts to support a thematic
interpretation.
P. 64
The Godfather
Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
“Ellis Island”
 Mark the conflicting
images created by
Bruchac.
Slovak
Grandparents
Native American
Grandparents
EA 2: How is the American
Dream different for the two
groups included in the
poem?
Like millions of others,
Slovakian
grandparents
arrived in
America and
were excited
to own the
land they
worked.
Beyond the red brick of Ellis Island
I too come to this island,
where the two Slovak children
nine decades the answerer
who became by grandparents
of dreams.
waited the long days of quarantine,
Yet only part of my blood loves that memory.
after leaving the sickness,
another voice speaks
the old Empires of Europe,
of native lands
a Circle Line ship slips easily
within this nation.
on its way to the island
Lands invaded
of the tall woman, green
when the earth became owned.
as dreams of forests and meadows
Lands of those who followed
waiting for those who’d worked
the changing Moon,
a thousand years
knowledge of the seasons
yet never owned
in their veins.
He is
conflicted
because of his
dual heritage.
Native
American
grandparents
upset
because the
land they
loved was
being taken
away from
them.
What is the
conflicting image
presented by
Wheatley?
How does America
satisfy her American
Dream?
T’was mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there’s a God, that there’s a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
“Their colour is a diabolic die.”
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,
May be refin’d and join th’ angelic train.
How could you use Wheatley’s
poem in EA 2?
Jot down some ideas.
Point out specific lines that
would be helpful.
Contrasting Images
Father vs. Son
New Ways vs. Old Ways
New Country vs. Old
Country
New Expectations vs.
Old Expectations
 What is the common theme among these speaker’s
experiences?
 What contradictions do the writers present?
 How do the writers resolve the conflicts?
 Address the reality of the American Dream for
these speakers.
 1902-1968
 born in California
 worked odd jobs
 won Nobel Prize for
literature
 characteristics of his
writing
 The American Dream
social issues of the
1930s
dreams of down-ontheir-luck workers
common man during
Great Depression
The Setting
 1937
 Thursday-
Sunday
 Salinas
Valley,
California
Start here
End here
 The Characters
 George
 Lennie
 Curley
 Candy
 Carlson
 Crooks
 Slim
 Curley’s wife
 The Boss
 The Themes
The life of the down-on-his-luck
worker is one of profound
loneliness.
Humans dream of creating a
better life.
The nature of human existence is
predatory.
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Characterization (direct and indirect)
Conflict (internal and external)
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