Summary vs. AnalysisStep 1: Describe what you see

(SUMMARIZE)Step 2: Consider the TONE of the painting.

How does it make you FEEL?Step 3: Find EVIDENCE in the painting

(color, figures, lines, facial expressions) to support your claim about the tone.

George MiltonSummary: What does he look like? Say? Do?

Analysis: WHY? What is his MOTIVATION? How does he AFFECT OTHERS? What function does he serve in the novel (protagonist,

antagonist, martyr, hero, moral guide)?

Lennie Small & Curley’s WifeSummary: What does he/she look like? Say? Do?

Analysis: WHY does he/she act as he/she does? What is his/her motivation in life? How does he/she affect others? Why is he/she

important to the story?

FriendshipSummary: “George and Lennie are friends.”

Analysis: “The friendship of George and Lennie shows that in a world full of self-interested, selfish people, good people

still exist.” (tell WHY friendship is important)

Clarisse McClellanSummary: What does she LOOK LIKE? Do? Say?

Analysis: WHY?? What is her motivation? What does she WANT? Why is she in the book? How does she affect others?

Guy MontagWhat does he look like? Do? Say?

WHY? What is his MOTIVATION? How does he affect others? What does he want?

Censorship:What do we see happening?

WHY??