Of Mice And Men
Natalie Nelson, Shaina Nelson, Taylor Fischer
What are treatments for mental illnesses?
Mental illnesses can affect you physically and/or emotionally so different illnesses need different treatments.
Medication
Treatment
Doctors
Facilities
Psychiatrist
How can we prevent mental illneses'?
- Some people cannot prevent mental illnesses, they are just born with them
- Eating healthy and exercising can help reduce your chances of getting a mental illness
- You can find ways to deal with the mental illness
- Some are capable of getting rid of most of the illness, while others can get rid of it permanently
- Or there is no possible way to prevent mental illnesses
Timeline for Of Mice And Mice
Event 1 (MLA): Steinbeck writes, “First chance i get i’ll give you a pup, Maybe you wouldn’t kill it, that’d be better than mice, and you could pet it harder”(13).
Relation to idea/issue: Lennie accidently killed a mouse due to mental illness. He just wanted to pet something soft and the mouse was too small so his thumb crushed it and killed it, he kept it in his pocket.
---------------------------------------------------Event 2 (MLA): Steinbeck writes, "I don't know where there is no other mouse. I remember a lady used to give em' to me ever'one she got. But that lady ain't here."George scoffed. "Lady, huh? Don't even remember who that lady was. That was your own Aunt Clara.”(9).
Relation to idea/issue: Lennie’s mental illness caused him to not remember his own aunts name
---------------------------------------Event 3 (MLA): Steinbeck writes, “Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard” (85).
Relation to idea/issue: Lennie didn’t know that you can’t bounce newborn puppies, and he bounced one. The puppy died and he didn’t know why. Therefore Lennie’s mental illness caused him to do something that he shouldn’t of done
------------------------------------------------------------Event 4 (MLA): Steinbeck writes, “I forgot,” Lennie said softly. “ I tried not to forget. Honest to god i did, George.” (4).
Relation to idea/issue: Lennie’s mental illness has an effect on his memory and his thinking abilities
--------------------------------------------Event 5 (MLA): Steinbeck writes, “I guess Lennie done it, all right”(97).
Relation to idea/issue: Lennie’s mental illness caused him to kill Curley’s wife because he just wanted to touch her pretty hair, which lead to her death.
Nonfiction piece of "Mental Illnesses"
Nonfiction Title (Link): Mental Health and Illness
Purpose of Nonfiction: Informing us
Connection to Big theme/ idea: This connects to the theme because it talks about options of mental illnesses, stigma, and talking to medical experts to treat your mental illness.
Lennie's importance
Evidence to support that Lennie likes to pet soft things and his pattern's in the story is to touch things. Steinbeck writes, "I wasn't doin' nothing bad with it, George. Jus' strokin' it " (9).
Evidence to support that he has a mind of a child. Steinbeck writes, “He’s jes’ like a kid, ain’t he” (43).
Essential Question Answers
Theme for Of Mice And Men
Solutions
- Stabilize Statistics
- Meet with a trustworthy psychiatrist
- Mental & Physical Medication
- Talk to someone
- Get help
Citations
Smith, Matthew. "An ounce of prevention." Lancet 9992(2015):424. eLibrary. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
Credibility: Matthew smith
Accuracy: Accurate, uses real facts and statistics
Reliability: Yes the article informs us on our topic
Relevance: contains good info that i can use
Date: 10/30/15
Sources: Elibrary; credible information
"It's time to talk openly about mental illness." USA Today. 15 Oct. 2015: A6. eLibrary. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
- Credibility: Melissa warrington
Accuracy: The information is accurate
Reliability: Yes informs usRelevance: Yes this source contains information i need
Date: 10-15-2015
Sources: elibrary;credible
- "John Steinbeck." American Cultural Leaders. 2001. eLibrary. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
- Credibility: American culture leaders
Accuracy:Yes; information and statistics are accurate
Reliability: YesRelevance: Yes this source contains the information we need
Date: 10-01-2015
Sources: Elibrary is credible