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Here's your blog to respond to in connection with the story "Of Mice And Men"...in case this is the book you are currently reading. Another challenging one...
EUPHEMISM - the use of an indirect, mild, delicate, inoffensive, or vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, sordid, or otherwise unpleasant, offensive, or blunt. The word is from the Greek euphemismos derived from euphemizein, meaning “to speak words of good omen.”
Common examples of euphemisms are “passed away” for died, “little girl/boy’s room” for bathroom, and “terminal illness” for deadly illness.
"Focusing on any scene from this story, what good and clear example of a EUPHEMISM can you give based on the given definition on top? Within the entire story, there are a lot of good examples to support this concept of euphemism, which is why this posting is going to be another "first-come, first serve basis only" posting---this means that once an example has already been given, it cannot be used by anyone else. Please make sure to read the postings first before you put your own blog so that you will not end up wasting your time...?!"
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Mr. A
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The Last part of the story, when Lennie get shot by George at the back of his neck. He passed away and never come back.
When Carlson said "I'll put the old devil out of his misery" instead of saying i'll kill it for you he said it this way making the phrase sound like he was in fact helping it.
Pea 9C
"Funny how you and him string along together." Slim said it instead of saying it is so funny, how can you and him get along or travel around together. If he says what I write down, it means he felt that it was so strange, how can they go along together and then Slim and George might had a fight because of that sentence.
-- Anna 9c --
Candy said "Well--hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup" when Carlson and others try to persuade him to kill the old dog. This is a way to tell others the strong relationship and friendship among them that he don't want to be seperated from his dog, since Candy had the dog since it was still a pup (look after his growth like watching his own child).
Jojo9A:
When Curley is going to have a fight with Lennie, Carlson said "You tried to throw a scare into Slim, an' you couldn't make it stick. Slim throwed a scare inta you. You're yelling as a frog belly" to Curley. The frog belly is a euphemism, i think it means that he is scared.
alice 9a
the last part of the story when curley saw lennie lying on the ground he said "got him, by god".
Yui 9B
At the very last few pages where George comforts Lennie and listens to Lennie's blabbering, he said, "I gotta" than changed into "We gotta.” Instead of 'I gotta kill you', he reassures Lennie and himself by saying "We gotta" and stopped right there to let Lennie knows that ‘we gotta do it. We gotta buy her(the place they planned to buy).’
When George said, "She's gonna make a mess..." (page 49), he is actually saying that "well, she IS the trouble." in a better way. George didn't want to really point out that he feels the sense of trouble in Curley's wife. This phrase also foreshadows what will happen next in the story. However, George's foreshadow was true at the end of the story. Lennie accidentally killed Curley's wife and brought death to Lennie himself.
COCO 9B
After Lennie killed Curley's wife he said, "George gonna say I done a bad thing...". The "done a bad thing" is the euphemism for "killed Curley's wife."
Kai MOok 9B
Pages 57
When whit said,"She got the eye goin' all the time on everybody."
instead of sayin she always interest on everybody.
At the very begining of the story when George knew that Lennie got the mouse. George asked Lennie to give them to him. Lennie was not willing to give but George forced Lennie to give them to him. After George had the mouse, he threw the mouse as far as he could.
Lennie's lip quiverd and tears started in his eyes. George explain to him that he didn't take it away just for meanness but that mouse is not fresh
When the boss is talking to George and Lennie, George replied everything for Lennie. And when the boss asked about Lennie (he ain't much of a talker, is he?), George answered, "No, he ain't, but he's sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as bull."
This is an euphemism of what George answered: not telling that Lennie is "child-like".
Endele 9B
When Lennie says that, "I didn't kill. Honest." It seems like he's afraid of it, scared of having any punishment.
Ploy 9B -
At the very end of the story, when Lennie begged George "Le's Do it now. Le's get that place now." ‘That place' is a happiness land which they both want to go and right now Lennie mean that it is heaven. So he mean that let's die now and go to heaven where he believe that there is happiness.
each time when ever lennie does something wrong geogrge will cover it for him, it shows us that lennie will not be able to survive without geogrge.
Of Mice and Men Page 30
"He's kinda feelin' you out. He figures he's got you scared..." This part is when George was telling Lennie that Curley hated him and he'll threat Lennie as many times as possible because he hates him. In thise case, George used better words so that he wouldn't scare off Lennie.
Whenever Lennie kill the mouse, he always say "i didn't kill it". It means that he is afraid the George to punish him
Bow G9c
OMAM
"For the rabbits."
"And I get to tend the rabbits."
"An' you get to tend the rabbits."
Lennie giggles...
George said about the happy farm that they will do it together, even though George don't want Lennie to tend the rabbits because he alwaya kill it. He only say it because he still did not know what the future will be. He did not say "No!You tend rabbits no more, cuz ya kill'em all!"
Joanne 9A:
When George gonna shoot Lennie he told him that everybody gonna be nice to him and there's no trouble anymore, because Lennie's gonna die.
Tommy 9A
on page 79 when Crook invited Lennie to set down on the nail keg but Lennie set down on the little barrel.
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