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English 10(2)

** Characterizing Crooks 3/14-17/2011 **

Day 1: Describe life for an African American in the 1930's. Identify Crooks and explain how your description of life for an African American applies. You should describe him as intelligent, skilled, low in status and segregated.

Day 2: Peer Editing. Click on 3-5 posts written by your classmates. Use the guidelines below to post a peer response. When you post your peer editing response, delete the students name in the subject tab and enter your own.

Remember these tips for being a good peer editor:

1. For every suggestion for improvement, list one thing you think is done well.

2. Make sure you are critiquing the paper, not the person. It's ok to disagree with the author, but it's not ok to expect them to change their writing to agree with your point of view.

3. Point out errors in spelling and grammar, but don't correct the paper for the author. You should list errors in spelling, punctuation, or grammar, but let the author research the correct usage.

Post your response to the DISCUSSION tab.

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** Chapter 4 Essay Prompt 3/7/2011 ** =Of Mice and Men= =Theme of Weakness= Weakness in //Of Mice and Men// is as diverse as all the characters. Lennie is mentally weak, George can’t fight for his dream, and Curley resents being a smallish man. Weakness is a reality for nearly everyone on the ranch, but rather than subdue the characters, it forces them to brush up against each other and accept the fights (often inspired by their weakness) as they come. This might be because of the environment – on a ranch full of strong men and male bravado, weakness (whether it’s present in everyone or not) is frowned upon. Because characters often know their weaknesses, they’re quick to try to cover for them, which spells confrontation. It’s a typical bullying situation: characters’ weaknesses make them insecure, so they fight and judge others to avoid having their flaws exposed or exploited. Consider the weaknesses of Lennie, Crooks, Curly's wife and Candy. What are their weaknesses? How do they compensate for them?

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