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What is the name of the river in Of Mice and Men?
“A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.
Where does crooks live on the ranch?
Crooks lives in a small room attached to the stable. He lives there alone because he is the only black man on the farm, and black people are not…
What is the name of the town from where George and Lennie have come?
At the start of the book, Lennie and George are just coming to the little heavenly bit of the Salinas River near Soledad. They have been hitchhiking this way so that they can get to the ranch where they have been told they will work. They are coming from Northern California, from the town of Weed.
What is the mountain range in Of Mice and Men?
Gabilan Mountains: The mountain range near the ranch and the river. Mice: Lennie loves to pet soft things.
What does jungle up mean?
jungle- up: During the Great Depression, many wanderers (hoboes and tramps) would settle for the night in groups. These areas would be known as hobo jungles. To jungle- up is to camp out for the evening in the company of other like companions of the road.
What ranch does George and Lennie work?
The last town George and Lennie worked in was Weed, which is a little town in Siskiyou County, several hundred miles north of San Francisco. When they first appear in the novella they are on their way to a ranch in the Salinas Valley, which is over a hundred miles south of San Francisco.
Where are Gabilan Mountains?
The Gabilan Range or Gabilán Range are a mountain range in the inner California Coast Ranges System, located in Monterey County and San Benito County of central California. Pinnacles National Park is located in the southern section of the range.
What does pants full of ants mean?
Be extremely restless, uneasy, impatient, or anxious, as in This child just can’t sit still; she must have ants in her pants. This rhyming idiom calls up a vivid image of what might cause one to be jumpy. [
Where are the hiding places in of mice and men?
The novel begins and ends on the banks of the river. It is also Lennie’s hiding place if he gets into any trouble. Soledad: The town south of the ranch, in the California valley. Gabilan Mountains: The mountain range near the ranch and the river. Mice: Lennie loves to pet soft things.
Where are the Gabilan Mountains in of mice and men?
Gabilan Mountains: The mountain range near the ranch and the river. Mice: Lennie loves to pet soft things. Mice are no exception. But Lennie often kills his tiny pets accidentally, when his petting gets too rough. He and George have an argument in the first chapter when Lennie wants to keep a dead mouse and George won’t let him.
How is the natural world depicted in of mice and men?
The natural world is depicted as a large an unlimited environment. “On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong and rocky Gabilan Mountains” (p. 3).
Where is the Salinas River in of mice and men?
Salinas River: The River is south of Soledad and very close to the ranch. The novel begins and ends on the banks of the river. It is also Lennie’s hiding place if he gets into any trouble. Soledad: The town south of the ranch, in the California valley.