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-Candy's dog is put down by Carlson
- Lennie breaks Curley's hand when George tells Lennie to defend himself from Curley's attacks
-Lennie tells Crooks about his and George's dream of their dream farm and Crooks doesn't believe they can get it
-Crooks is tired of being segregated from the other workers
-Crooks is threatened to be lynched for asking Curley's wife to leave

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"'Sure he's jes' like a kid. There ain't no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he's so strong. I bet he won't come in here to sleep tonight. He'd sleep right alongside that box in the barn.'" (Steinbeck 43). Here, George defends his friend with a mental disability. In modern day's society, people are afraid of and avoid disabled people. Today, Lennie would be isolated from the neurologically typical due to his strength, but George sees Lennie's innocence and purity.

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Curley and Lennie get into a physical altercation and though Lennie is abnormally strong, he doesn't want to hurt Curley. "Lennie covered his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror. He cried, 'Make ‘um stop, George,'" (Steinbeck 63). Lennie is capable of defending himself, but his innocence and kind heart wouldn't let him.

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Candy and Carlson argue about whether or not Candy's old, stinky dog should be put out of its misery. Candy wants his dog to live out the rest of its life naturally because he has had it since it was a puppy and could not think of killing it. Carlson wants to kill the dog to put it out of its misery because it is old, smelly, and suffering. The resolution of the conflict is for Carlson to kill the dog to end its suffering with his luger

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Women are barely represented in this novel, mostly through Curley's wife. In these chapters, Curley's wife is bitter, indecent, and racist towards main characters Lennie, Crooks, Candy, and her husband Curley. The other women in these chapters are the women of the rivaling brothels, who are briefly mentioned in chapter 3. Women from the brothels are compared as purchased goods and seem to be objects rather than people.

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A large man who is very forward with his thoughts even to the point of rudeness. He wants to put Candy's old dog out of itsmisery with his Luger pistol.

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Lennie being asked to leave Crook's barn

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Lennie being asked to leave Crook's barn

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Crooks tries to explain to Lennie that black people and white people don't associate with one another and that Lennie should leave the barn. "'You go on outta my room. I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room.' 'Why ain't you wanted?' Lennie asked 'Cause I'm black...'"  (Steinbeck 68). Lennie does not see black or white, just a man to keep him company—which is more important to him.

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An older man who cleans the bunkhouse and only has use of one hand. Candy also has an old, stinky dog that Carlson thinks he should put out of it's misery and eventually does. Candy also gets in on George and Lennie's dream of having their own farmland and says that he'll contribute money to it.

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Curley's wife threatens to have Crooks lynched after he tells her off in an effort to get her to leave. Then she proceeds to call him a racial slur and Crooks's ego is shattered. Later on, Crooks says that being around Lennie and Candy, "made me forget. What she says is true" (Steinbeck 82).

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Married to Curley and wears provocative dresses and clothes. She is the only woman on the ranch and is not seen much but when she is she always it trying to get the men's attention and it's obvious trouble will be caused by her in some way.

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Curley got mad at Lennie and tried to pick a fight with him and ended up getting his hand crushed by Lenny's grip.

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Crooks is an African American living on a mainly white farm. Crooks is discriminated against, and is not allowed stay in the same sleeping Quarters as the whites.

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A tall, slender man who all the men on the ranch respect and is their kind, fair leader.

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A short man who is always trying to prove himself tough in front of everyone else by picking fights, showing off, etc.

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The characters dream of saving their money and purchasing a new farm for themselves with the help of Candy's savings.

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A short, averagely strong, slight figured man who is very smart and takes care of Lennie. George also has a dream of having his own farm and land with Lennie.

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A large man who has a mental condition that makes his personality similar to that of a little kid, he is a very peaceful person.

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Segregation had a large impact on Crooks, he can not play cards, or sleep near the others

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Many of the characters on the farm feel a constant state of loneliness. (which serves as a Motif of the book). Instead of coming together they segregate and separate one another.

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These people are not wealthy, and they must do a lot of manual labor to make a living.