![Steinbeck Diary 1938
In every bit of honest writing in the
world there is a base theme. Try
to understand men, [for] if you
understand each other you will
be kind to each other. Knowing
a man well never leads to hate
and nearly always leads to love.
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- 6. What are thethemes in OMAM? • Dreams (and the fragility of the American Dream) • Friendship • Loneliness • The natural world • Weakness • The cycle of hopelessness • Prejudice • And others...Templates Free Powerpoint Page 6
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- 8. Loneliness and Crooks Howdoes Steinbeck present Crooks as a lonely character? Free Powerpoint Templates Page 8
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- 10. How does Steinbeckpresent Crooks as lonely character? Skilled work 6 sections – perfect! • Identify features of Steinbeck’s use of will language with some explanation of layers of meaning. • Have some links between Crooks and loneliness Excellent work • Have a detailed explanation, with will appropriate terminology, of how language and linguistic features are used with a developed perceptive identification of layers of meaning • Show sophisticated links to language used about and by Crooks that show him to be a lonely character Free Powerpoint Templates Page 10
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- 15. The author’s useof language / words / tone of voice is significant. T Imagery is significant in this section. The imagery of .... is especially significant in this section. The author uses setting to convey ... The characterisation of ... is developed in this section. Structurally, this section is significant. We can see this in the quotation ... E We hear the character described as ... The word ... demonstrates this. Arguably, the most significant words are ... and ... The image of the ... is crucial to our understanding. The author seems to be suggesting ... P The author is, perhaps, exploring the idea of ... The author is explaining, illustrating, uncovering, hiding, illuminating, developing, The words suggest / imply / convey ... E This word / phrase / image / character makes me think of ... because... This conveys feelings of ... because.... The word / image contains several ideas. For example... The author seems to be exploring the them / idea of ... E From one perspective we could say ... From another we might consider... Developing the interpretation further, we could argue that... This links with..... This idea is repeated when......
- 16. The characterisation ofCrooks as a lonely character is developed in Chapter four.
- 17. The characterisation ofCrooks as a lonely character is developed in Chapter four. Steinbeck describes the character as ‘a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs.’
- 18. The characterisation ofCrooks as a lonely character is developed in Chapter four. Steinbeck describes the character as ‘a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs.’ The author seems to be suggesting that Crooks’ isolation is self-imposed.
- 19. The characterisation ofCrooks as a lonely character is developed in Chapter four. Steinbeck describes the character as ‘a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs.’ The author seems to be suggesting that Crooks’ isolation is self-imposed. The word ‘proud’ suggests Crooks’ intelligence and dignity and conveys the idea that he is acutely aware of his prejudicial treatment. ‘Aloof’ also suggests that his disinterest is conspicuous.
- 20. The characterisation ofCrooks as a lonely character is developed in Chapter four. Steinbeck describes the character as ‘a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs.’ The author seems to be suggesting that Crooks’ isolation is self-imposed. The word ‘proud’ suggests Crooks’ intelligence and dignity and conveys the idea that he is acutely aware of his prejudicial treatment. ‘Aloof’ also suggests that his disinterest is conspicuous. The author seems to be exploring the idea that loneliness can be a way of protection and this real danger is made more obvious later in the chapter when Curley’s wife threatens him.
- 21. How does Steinbeckpresent Crooks as lonely character? Skilled work will 6• sectionsfeatures of Steinbeck’s use of Identify – perfect! language with some explanation of layers of meaning. • Have some links between Crooks and loneliness Excellent work • Have a detailed explanation, with appropriate will terminology, of how language and linguistic features are used with a develop perceptive identification of layers of meaning • Show sophisticated links to language used about and by Crooks that show him to be a lonely character
- 22. Crooks’ bleak view... Iseen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads . . . every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. Powerpoint Templates Free Page 22
- 23. The imagery ofCrooks as a disabled man is especially significant in this section. We can see this when the character described as ‘his body was bent to the left by his crooked spine’. This gives a clear image of Crooks as a disabled man, but Steinbeck could be suggesting that Crooks’ prejudicial treatment disables him. His name, Crooks, emphasises this.