Ethical Dilemmas
In your notebook, write down what you would do in these situations…
-Your teacher announces that Jenny’s iPhone is missing and we should all keep an eye out for it, or if you know anything to tell him. You remember overhearing the two older kids in the back of the room, that were recently suspended for severely bullying a friend of yours saying something about “she has no idea I took it” and “making mad dough on eBay.” What do you do? What if Jenny is your best friend?
-Your best friend asks you to tell his/her beautiful, hip, and cool crush of two years that he/she likes him/her. You start talking to him/her and he/she admits he/she has had a crush on YOU like forever. What do you do?
-Last week you catch your coworker at the pizza place stealing money from the cash register. You don’t say anything until you see her doing it again today. You confront her and she begs you not to say anything, she needs the money to help her family pay for a life saving operation on her little brother. What do you do?
Next week you find out an older coworker (a single parent) got blamed for the stealing and was fired. What do you do?
Time to Work on Of Mice and Men Themes
Assignment: In your notebook create journal entries for any 4 of the following themes. If you can think of a theme or message of the story that isn’t here, you may write about it. Write at least half a page on each of the 4. Grammar and spelling are not important right now. Just explore your thoughts on the topics.
Ask yourself what does Of Mice and Men teach us about the importance of, the dangers of, the benefits of, the problems with, our misunderstandings about…
Loneliness, Hope, Friendship, Euthanasia, Bullying, Social class, Racism, Treatment of Women, Respect…
Theme is more about what YOU the reader learn about a given topic than it is what the author intended!