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Assignment Over view
In this assignment, you and a partner will be tracking some of the important themes and symbols as they appear and are developed throughout the course of the narrative. You will be expected to complete three frames for each of the novels six chapters. For each chapter, you will: 1. Create one frame that explores a major symbol (a different symbol each chapter) 2. Create one frame that explores how a major theme is developed (the same theme throughout) 3. Create one frame that explores how a character is characterized (a different character each chapter)
For each frame you will:
Create a complete comic image that clearly
depicts what you are exploring
Utilize a text box in which you will provide a Characterization: Slim the prince of the ranch In chapter 57 the reader is introduced to Slim who is immediately represented as a figure of trust and rationality. When he first comes into the bunkhouse, he
moves "with a majesty achieved only by royalty
and master craftsmen. He was a jerk-line skinner, the prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders." (p 455) Slim is tall, ageless, and an expert in his job. His voice is the voice of rationalism. He is in contrast to George and Lennie in that his job is one for life, and he lives a life of admiration. Even irrational Curley listens to Slim. Curleys wife wishes to have Slims atten-
written explanation of the significance of what
you are exploring Create a paragraph response of 80-120 words Theme: you will track how your selected