1. Mini Lesson 7 Chapter 4 Pages 66-83
Do Now: What is Crooks’s perception of life in the ranch?

2. Whiff of Socialism Lonesome Individualistic Farm Workers Collective
Communal
Attitude
discuss their dream of living "of the fat of the land"
Crooks, Candy and Lennie, (the three mentally or physically impaired "outcasts" ) of the farm
They imagine a life of freedom from prejudice and racism, in which each man works for "just his keep" regardless of color or disability.

3. In the Fantasy Farm there are no Women
Curley's wife emerges more complex and more loathsome than before, much more than a one-dimensional harlot.
She represents a clear interruption of the socialist fantasy that the three men entertain.
She literally interrupts them at the height of their fantasizing.

4. A glimpse at Curley’s Wife’s Discontent
mistreated because she is a woman
intelligent and perceptive
contain a deep bitterness stemming from their mistreatment.
mistreated because he is black
Both have a bleak and accurate insight into the fundamental nastiness of people.

5. Crooks gets Lennie angered about George because he shows him how George also sets him aside.
Crooks asks Candy about the ranch dream because he wants to hear about their hopes.
Crooks himself has hopes, but too many times they have been crushed.
When Curley’s wife strolls into Crooks’s room, she disturbs the order of things.
Even though the “The Three Bindle Sticks” try to defend themselves, she conquers over them, installing fear and reminding them their place in society.

6. Homework # 10 Crooks’ Dream
In your Literary Notebook, write a paragraph in response to this question,
Why does Crooks tell Candy to forget about what he said?