1.	John Steinbeck – O myších a lidech

2.	Popis knihy

3.	Hlavní postavy

3.1

Lennie

3.2

George

3.3

Curley

3.4

Candy

3.5

Crooks

3.6

Slim

3.7

Carlson

4.	Vzrušující síla

5.	Rostoucí akce

6.	Vyvrcholení

7.	Upadající akce

8.

Rozuzlení

"Another underdog on the farm is Crooks. He is segregated because of the black colour of his skin. He is independent, lonely, quiet. He sleeps in the burn with mules, he doesn´t trust anybody, but he jealous on friendship between Lennie and George because he needs somebody to talk to like everybody. One day he is talking to Lennie – he feels he is honest, he doesn´t want to hurt him. But he doesn´t believe their dream, but that´s why he jealous. Only one thing he does is reading books, he has a small bibliotheca in the bunk. He has a crooked spine, that is why his name is Crooks.
King of the ranch, Slim, the jerkline skinner, he looks after mules, he is role model for every men on the ranch. He is authoritative, clever, thoughtful, perceptive, sympathetic, independent, responsible, everybody looks up to him. He is trustful and he is the only one who knows what happened in Weed.
Carlson, thick, pragmatic and realistic, insensitive, cruel, stubborn, ignorant and dishonest man, who decides and kills Candy´s old dog.

Exciting force:
The exciting force, first incident, first conflict, which gets things going is when Carlson kills a Candy's dog, who is very old, who cannot walk, eats, he is useless and stinks. Carlson argues he suffers all the time. They leave bunkhouse and after few minutes gunshot sounds. Carlson shoot the dog with luger gun, everybody looks at old man, but he only rolls and faces the wall.

Rising action:
The series of events which lead up to the climax of the play. The rising action of the story is, when Lennie meets Curley and his wife. Curley is arrogant, scrappy and threats Lennie. They fight and Lennie hurts Curley's hand. It is an external conflict between these two characters, which can be a plot of the story.

Climax:
The climax represents the turning point of the play. It is the peak point, the most dramatic, exciting part of the story, the point with the highest intensity. The climax of the story is, when Lennie kills the puppy and then Curley's wife. But it is an accident, he doesn't want to do it... Lennie pets the puppy and kills him and then he pets Curley's wife hair, plays with them and doesn´t want to stop it, she starts screaming and he breaks her neck. Then he must run away.

Falling action:
The falling action is when Lennie runs out and Curley with other men wants to find him. George knows what will happen if Curley with others finds Lennie… and he wants to figure it out."

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