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OMAM Blog Questions

Part 2:

1. Select your own topic
2. Leadership
3. Who or what seems to be the source of tension in part 2 that may foreshadow future conflicts?

Part 3- (pgs. 38-51)  

1. Select your own topic
2. Mercy Killing
3. Analyze Carlson’s reasons for and Candy’s reasons against shooting Candy’s dog.  How do they touch on the central issues of the novel?

Part 3-(pgs 52-65):

1. Select your own topic
2. Curley and Curley's Wife
3. Why does George rebuff Candy’s inquiries about their dream of owning a farm? Furthermore, why is that dream so appealing to Candy?

Part 4:

1. Select your own topic
2. Predatory Nature of Humans
3. Where/How did you see loneliness affect a character’s actions/speech towards another?

Part 5 and 6:

1. Select your own topic
2. The End! (DO NOT SUMMARIZE)
3. Explain the significance of Carlson’s last line in the novel and how does that connect back to

his role in part 3?