Of Mice and Men | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Salinas River - Close to the ranch, this is Lennie's hiding place if he gets into any trouble.

Soledad - This is south of the ranch, in the California valley.

Gabilan Mountains - This large landmark is near the ranch and the river.

Mice - Lennie and George argue in the first chapter over whether Lennie can keep one of these.

Weed - This is the last town where Lennie and George had a job, but they had to leave when Lennie unintentionally assaulted a woman.

Rabbits - The farm the men hope...
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