In Of Mice and Men, what is most closely the meaning of the underlined phrase in
the passage below (paragraphs 9-10)?
"O. K. Someday-we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little
house and a couple of acres an'a cow and some pigs and"
"An' live off the fatta the lan" Lennie shouted. "An' have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell
about what we're gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and
about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk
like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that, George."
a) To live without having to work
Ob) To eat a lot of food
Oc) To go on a diet
d) To live for a long time

a) To live without having to work

Explanation:

The two friends, George and the half witted Lennie here are fantasizing abut living a life in which they do not have to work and have plenty in their lives.

This fantasy reveals that they are tired of going around town finding work and then getting scraps to eat, the vagabond life has taken a toll on them and they want to settle down in one place where they will have plenty to eat and no worries about food without having to work for it all the time.

To live for a long time

Explanation:

In the above-mentioned passage, George hopes of living a simple life in a peaceful and serene rural environment. George along with Lennie want to enjoy the unbounded freedom and talk of their shared dreams and hopes.

The act of talking about shared dreams and their hope for their future lives on the piece of land forms the main plot of the story. They think of working on the land as well as touring the countryside and witnessing the natural beauty of the countryside.

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.