How Does Steinbeck Present Disadvantaged Characters In The Novel
GCSE Practice Questions
Prose or literary non-fiction
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
1. How does Steinbeck show the power of dreams and dreaming in the novel?
2. Explore why the relationship between George and Lennie seems so special in the novel.
3. How does John Steinbeck show the influence of ranch life on the behaviour of the characters in the novel?
4. Explore some of the ways in which Steinbeck presents disadvantaged characters in the novel.
5. “Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world”.
How far does the relationship between George and Lennie challenge this idea?
6. “Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world”.
Discuss the theme of isolation in the novel.
7. How does Steinbeck’s writing vividly convey the harshness of life for the ranch hands? Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel. …show more content…
How much sympathy for Candy does Steinbeck’s writing encourage you to feel? Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel.
9. Explore the ways Steinbeck makes the ending of the novel so moving. Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel.
10. Explore the ways that Steinbeck memorably portrays the importance of dreams in the novel. Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel.
11. How far does Steinbeck’s writing make you change your view of Curley’s wife as the novel develops? Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel.
12. How does Steinbeck emphasise the unusual nature of the friendship between George and Lennie?
The Kindness of Strangers by Kate Adie
1. How does Adie make her descriptions of one or two of the battle zones in her autobiography so disturbing?
2. How does Kate Adie reveal the excitement of filming on location in her autobiography?
3. How does Kate Adie reveal the dangers of reporting on war in her autobiography?
4. Explore some of the ways in which Kate Adie presents herself in her autobiography.
Drama: William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by William
Prose or literary non-fiction
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
1. How does Steinbeck show the power of dreams and dreaming in the novel?
2. Explore why the relationship between George and Lennie seems so special in the novel.
3. How does John Steinbeck show the influence of ranch life on the behaviour of the characters in the novel?
4. Explore some of the ways in which Steinbeck presents disadvantaged characters in the novel.
5. “Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world”.
How far does the relationship between George and Lennie challenge this idea?
6. “Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world”.
Discuss the theme of isolation in the novel.
7. How does Steinbeck’s writing vividly convey the harshness of life for the ranch hands? Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel. …show more content…
How much sympathy for Candy does Steinbeck’s writing encourage you to feel? Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel.
9. Explore the ways Steinbeck makes the ending of the novel so moving. Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel.
10. Explore the ways that Steinbeck memorably portrays the importance of dreams in the novel. Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel.
11. How far does Steinbeck’s writing make you change your view of Curley’s wife as the novel develops? Remember to support your ideas with details from the novel.
12. How does Steinbeck emphasise the unusual nature of the friendship between George and Lennie?
The Kindness of Strangers by Kate Adie
1. How does Adie make her descriptions of one or two of the battle zones in her autobiography so disturbing?
2. How does Kate Adie reveal the excitement of filming on location in her autobiography?
3. How does Kate Adie reveal the dangers of reporting on war in her autobiography?
4. Explore some of the ways in which Kate Adie presents herself in her autobiography.
Drama: William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by William