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

b) to eat a lot of food

c) to go on a diet

d) to live for a long time

''An live off the fatta the Ian'' means that those people are tending to live off the food and things that will be produced by their land which means that they are not going to bye many products in the story and that they can live and survive on their own.

They are describing their ideal of living which is considering a life with a garden, animals, and nature.

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Answer:

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.

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