We completed studying chapter 3 by addressing how Lennie and George's "dream" almost feels achievable after the old ranch hand , Candy, offers to help pay for the purchase of a farm where they can all live "off the fat of the land." But as this is a naturalist novel, we discussed how the characters' best laid plans "will go awry". Marcel explained the motivation for Curley attacking Lennie and how Lennie's response, crushing Curley's hand, acts as the first event of the dream's derailment. We discussed Candy's old euthanized dog as mirror of Candy who recognizes that' like his dog, he has become old ,weak, and useless and will soon be discarded as societal detritus thus his incentive for seeking to join George and Lennie. I further distributed a written exercise on imagery. Marcel placed a definition of imagery on the handout and then identified various examples of visual, auditory, and tactile imagery from examples I provided and from the novel. We then explored the notion of Edenic imagery in the novel. Marcel reviewed the text and on the handout placed specific language evoking Eden such as an orchard, plentifulness , animals at large, and a life without toil. I last elaborated on the relationship between naturalism and the objective third person omniscient point of view of the novel. For homework due Monday, read the next two chapters and complete study guide questions on the reading.