Of Mice and Men Storyboard Assignment

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Of Mice and Men

T r a c k i n g t h e m e s a n d s y m b o l s u s i n g w w w. s t o r y b o a r d t h a t . c o m

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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

theme is developed in that chapter


Symbol: you will explore the deeper meaning

of a different symbol each chapter


Character: you will discuss how a different

character each chapter is being developed


through characterization

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