Of mice and men

REUBEN, MATT, LUC AND WOODY

ENACTMENT OF ‘OF MICE AND MEN’

REUBEN: Welcome to our re-enactment of the short novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck. Using our knowledge, understanding and notes from the Gary Sinise movie adaptation we have hopefully made this performance as accurate and similar to the book as possible. But first we will be discussing the film and how it portrayed the book on the big screen and seeing if it was successful in it’s aim or not. We have made notes on the questions but it will be mainly our improvised opinion talking.

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NOTES ON THE QUESTIONS

Question 1.- What major differences do you find between the text and the film directed by Gary Sinise.

*Talk about scenes incorporated into the movie which were never mentioned in the book.

*State opinions on how each character was portrayed and if it was the same as how you thought it would be when reading the book.

*MAKE SURE THE FACT THE ‘CURLEYS WIFE’ HAS THE NAME MAY IN MENTIONED.

*Though it was a movie, was the sense of nature in the story still made visible?

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Question 2.- How successful IN YOUR OPNION was the adaptation and what aspects of the film contributed to it’s success.

*How did camera shots and music portray different emotions for the three main themes e.g. Friendship, Loneliness, American Dream.

e.g. The birds eye view when Lennie kills May?

*Was the dialogue and props used authentic as if it was really used in ...

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